February 14, 2013

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Four Ways TV Advertising Will Change During this Decade

By Leszek Izdebski, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) The past few years have brought sweeping transformation to television—a trend that will only accelerate in the coming decade. Following up on a 2011 study on the future of television, Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) recently examined the ways disruptive technology and user behavior trends […]

February 7, 2013

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Cisco ONE Webcast Series: An Introduction to OpenFlow

Topics such as Software Defined Networking and programmable networks are of great interest to many network operators these days. With that in mind we’re pleased to kick off a new series of Webcasts to help our customer learn more about Cisco’s Open Network Environment strategy. Please join us on February 14, 2013 (9:00 am PST, […]

February 7, 2013

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Cisco Talks Next Generation Optical Transport at OFC 2013

Join Cisco executives and technology experts at one of the premier optical networking conferences from March 17-21 in Anaheim, California.  We welcome you all to be part of the dialog around Next Generation Transport technology! Optical networks are the foundation of communications today – and trends such as programmable networks, dynamic networking, interconnected data centers, […]

February 6, 2013

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Delivering High Value Cloud Services in a World of Many Clouds

Businesses and Governments are using multiple clouds in different ways. They are moving core functions in to a controlled private or managed cloud. But they are still using public clouds for new services, content and demand spikes. Some large enterprises are becoming specialized cloud providers for smaller businesses, while traditional providers are using different clouds […]

February 4, 2013

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Get Moving to V6 World Congress 2013

By Gina Nienaber, Marketing Manager, Service Provider (SP) Marketing Routing and Switching The theme of this year’s V6 World Congress, happening in Paris, March 19-22, is “Going Mobile.” With the advent of the Internet of Everything and the proliferation of mobile devices well underway, there will be a lot to talk about. And this year, […]

January 31, 2013

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Taking Carrier Ethernet To Another Level: Cisco CE 2.0 Certification Pioneer

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By Biren Mehta, Senior Marketing Manager, SP Marketing in Routing and Switching, Cisco Have you ever tried to order a pizza that 20 different people would enjoy?  Just imagine getting twenty companies to agree upon a vigorous test plan that included over 600 test cases! (No easy cop-out by just getting plain cheese here…).  Big […]

January 30, 2013

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Multiscreen Video Delivery: Tangled Solutions, Smoothed by the Cloud

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By Bill Gerhardt, Director, IBSG Service Provider Online video is growing at a rapid — if not explosive — pace, with innovation and disruption spreading across all areas of the value chain. Some of the greatest innovation is currently occurring around multiscreen delivery and related services. To better understand the climate for video consumption, in […]

January 29, 2013

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Challenges of the Evolving Home Network [INFOGRAPHIC]

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By Steve Gorretta, Product Manager, NMTG Do you know how fast the Internet connection is coming in and out of your house?  If you are like most broadband subscribers in the US, the answer is “no.”  You probably also share the sentiment (and pain!) that regardless of how much you are paying, your ISP isn’t […]

January 24, 2013

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The Impact of Programmability on Networks Part 2

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Yesterday we reprinted the first part of Telecom Asia magazine’s interview with Brian Shoda, director of Cisco NGN architecture sales for Asia Pacific. Here is the second and final part of the story. 4. [Telecom Asia] How can telcos better optimize and simplify their network architectures? [Brian Shoda] The traditional layered and hierarchical model of […]

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