October 13, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cox Communications and Cisco Jointly Present on Innovations in Network Monetization and Optimization

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Project Illustrates How Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Work in Concert to Enhance How Networks are Designed, Operated, and Monetized Last week, I blogged about some...

October 10, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco at the Fall ’14 PONC, Oct 28-30, Baveno Italy – Informative Workshops

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By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions The Fall ’14 Cisco Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) is quickly approaching – October 28-30 in Baveno & Vimercate, Italy.  Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in this highly compelling and informative event (To learn more visit the Cisco PONC Series webpage). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxZJmKGP1M If you […]

Transform Service Provider Architectures to Support Virtualized Managed Business Services

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By Gina Nienaber, Marketing Manager, SP Product and Solutions Marketing Cisco estimates over 50 billion new devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020.  To support the Internet of Everything, service providers must undergo an infrastructure transformation.  The network needs to become more open, programmable, automated, adaptive, and agile.  To guide this transformation, the […]

What is the Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA) Layered Approach?

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This is part 2 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. CSA Description The following figure shows a simplified view of the Cisco CSA. It has five horizontal layers: Physical Infrastructure layer, Virtualized Infrastructure layer, Services layer, Service Management and Automation layer, and App/portal layer.  Supporting each layer from […]

Join Us at BBWF 2014

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Written by Greg Nehib, Cisco Senior Product Marketing Manager  Network functions virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) will get a lot of interest this year at BBWF 2014 Broadband World Forum 2014 as carriers seek to make networks more agile and efficient. In talking to both service providers and large enterprises, it’s clear that […]

Does Virtualization Really Matter?

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That was the question that an attendee at a recent conference sponsored by the Communications Technology Management, part of University of California’s Marshall School of Business, asked me last week.  With all of the industry discussion on the topic over the last year or two on the topic, I think it is always worthwhile to […]

Launching Passpoint Connectivity Deep in the Heart of Texas

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This is a customer perspective guest blog contributed by Dr. Derek Peterson, Boingo Wireless Chief Technology Officer. In early 2014, Boingo made the bold move of launching Passpoint-enabled Wi-Fi at 26 airports throughout the U.S. and Brazil, bringing seamless, secure and instant Wi-Fi access to travelers with Passpoint-ready devices. In partnership with Cisco, the Boingo […]

Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA). What are Cisco CSA’s Benefits?

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This is part 1 of the “Your Business Powered By Cisco Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA)” blog series. Many IT organizations are challenged to take advantage of the new technologies enabled by Virtualization, Cloud, Analytics and IoT.  Applications enabled by these new technologies must be protected from unauthorized use but remain accessible, in a secure manner, […]

Broad Industry Support Taking Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to Next Level

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Cisco will Leverage OPNFV Efforts in Evolved Services Platform (ESP) Development Most people following industry trends are aware of the ETSI Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Industry Specification Group, which was formed in 2012 and kicked off its first set of specifications in October 2013. These documents are commonly used references in the growing movement to […]

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