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October 27, 2016

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DDOS Attacks: Protecting your Network Infrastructure

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Following the sophisticated and highly distributed attack involving tens of millions of IP addresses this past week, the concept of DDoS protection is on the forefront of network administrators and operator’s minds alike.  While the nature and source of the attack is under investigation, understanding what can be done to prevent and mitigate future attacks is […]

September 14, 2016

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Latest Trends on DDoS Attacks

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This week we’ve been talking a lot about security, and especially security for video applications. One challenge facing everyone – mobile, cloud, video – is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Three key points – Attacks are getting bigger. We’re now seeing volumetric attacks of up to 400 Gigabits per second. DDoS attacks are getting […]

November 3, 2015

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Simple Device Management, Network Provisioning and Network Assurance for Small Carriers & RLECs

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Guest Blog by Alison O’Brien, Product & Solutions Marketing Manager Small Carriers and the NMS/EMS Small carriers and rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) often forgo Network Management Systems/Element Management Systems (NMS/EMS) platforms because they don’t have dedicated IT departments. They often have limited staff, time and in some cases lack the breadth of technical IT […]

Stopping DDoS Attacks at the Network Edge

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We’ve been talking a lot about security this week with the announcement of the Firepower 9300 and how we’re helping to secure the Evolved Programmable Network.  Earlier posts talked about the security threat, the challenge to video delivery networks, and what steps we’re taking to for both DDoS mitigation and security in general. Part of […]

ACG Research says “Cisco Continues to grow Market Share Leadership in Mobility” – #1 in Mobile IP Infrastructure, …

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So here we are in the middle of Spring 2015 and the temperature is beginning to rise, yes finally here in New England the temperature is beginning to rise after such a harsh winter. What is also on the rise according to ACG Research is the Cisco IP Infrastructure Market-Share. ACG published today their 1st […]

Cisco – Aspider-NGI, Cisco and Telindus Win 2015 Coveted Global Telecom Business Innovations Award

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So we were back in London this week to attend the annual Global Telecoms Business Summit and Innovations Awards, and what a great industry event it was. Lots of customer interactions, industry networking, exchange of best practices, and of course the Innovation Awards. The Global Telecom Business Summit and Innovation Awards is an annual event […]

Cisco – XL Axiata Win 2015 Coveted Global Telecom Business Innovations Award

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What a great time to be in London this week, the weather was great with blue skies and warm weather. But the main reason this week to be in London was to attend the annual Global Telecoms Business Summit and Innovations Awards, and what a great industry event it was. During the event there were […]

ACG Research says “Cisco Continues to grow Market Share Leadership in Mobility” – #1 in Mobile IP Infrastructure, …

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Coming back from a world wind Mobile World Congress with a record breaking number of customer meetings, Cisco received some great news from ACG Research, Cisco continues to be the #1 provider of the Mobile IP Infrastructure Market Share with over 39%. In 2014 the average smartphone data usage grew 45 percent. The average amount […]

Making sense of Service Provider Virtualization

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Guest blog by Greg Nehib, SP Product and Solutions Marketing I like to think of virtualization as an expanded networking toolkit, providing us with additional options to get the job done. It’s almost like when cordless tools entered the consumer tool market. You could take the cordless tools anywhere and use them in new and exciting applications. […]