September 8, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Agile (r)Evolution – Mobile Heads to the Cloud

5 min read

Co-Authored by Ian Hood, Senior Manager, Service Provider Architecture & Dan Kurschner, Senior Manager, Service Provider Mobility Business Challenge:  Everything Goes Mobile The dynamic state of the business of service providers is quite apparent these days, and perhaps this is most evident for the mobility providers as everyone and everything goes mobile.  All of their […]

September 5, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco SPotlight Series – Connected Devices in the Connected Home

1 min read

By Joe Chow, VP & GM, Connected Devices Business Unit, Cisco Our home entertainment centers are rapidly changing. For decades, the television has been the center of American living room, but with the advent of cable, video games, streaming services and the cloud, our definitions of TV and set-top boxes have evolved. These days, a […]

September 3, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Have Global IPv6 Deployments Really Slowed Down?

3 min read

For those that are not closely involved with IPv6, it may seem like the emphasis on migration to the new addressing scheme is waning. But while the hue and cry over IPv6 may appear to have quieted down to a background noise since 2010-2011; a closer inspection would prove that perception to be quite false. […]

September 2, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

How to Make Money from Smart Cities

2 min read

As cities around the world grow in size, we are beginning to see that strained resources, infrastructure, and services are causing natural limits to urban growth, which in turn limits the economic growth opportunity.  To combat this, cities as diverse as Barcelona, Nice, Kansas City and Songdo in South Korea, are starting to leverage advanced […]

September 2, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Operators Accelerating Pace with NFV and SDN

2 min read

Save Money Here and Now When was the last time you won the lottery?  If you are like me, it’s a pretty rare occasion indeed.  The same probability can be applied to increasing the budget allocation for any business and especially for service providers.  What can service providers do to save money now, enabling them […]

Enabling Open, Agile, Application Centric Networks With Cisco Evolved Services Platform

1 min read

Service provider customers expect more.   The pace of change around us is not just constant but continuing to accelerate.   To stay competitive with the nimble new players in the market, service providers need to change how they engage all of their end customers.   Not exactly an easy challenge to overcome, but rapid and successful business […]

Carrier Wi-Fi for the Mobile Industry: An Insider’s View

1 min read

Written By Lisa Garza, Cisco Service Provider Marketing, Mobility Solutions In his Wi-Fi Achieving New Heights blog after Mobile World...

Service Agility from Customer, Business, and Orchestration Perspectives

2 min read

A Great Leap Forward Evolutionary biologists talk about features that suddenly seem to burst forth and enable stunning new capabilities for life forms in the natural world. Eyes. Legs. Flight. And right now service providers have at their fingertips many new operational features that can help them become more agile purveyors of better, faster, and […]

Carrier Wi-Fi Reaches the Mountain Top with Spark New Zealand

1 min read

Written By Lisa Garza, Cisco Service Provider Marketing, Mobility Solutions Not many of us would expect to get free Wi-Fi when standing on the top of the mountain at a...

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