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Crack-down on video streaming-piracy on the rise

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Regardless of the ongoing debate on the efficacy of legal action against illegal streaming, there seems to be more legal action initiated, with pretty significant judgments, across more territories and jurisdictions. Two reports on action against illegal streaming caught my eye last month. The first was the conviction and four-year prison sentence for Terry O’Reilly in […]

Cisco@CES: Video Quality Everywhere as a Competitive Differentiator

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What better place than the International Consumer Electronics Show to shine the light on consumer experiences in the device landscape — and not just the sparkly, new, all-IP dandies, mind you — such that all devices are treated as first class citizens? That’s part of what we will be demonstrating (at the Wynn Hotel,) this […]

Cisco@CES 2017: Exceed Broadcast and OTT

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From extensions to our Infinite Video Platform, which allows you to launch IP-based services on legacy boxes, to Cloud Scale Networking solutions that prepare your network for increased IP traffic... It's a good time to see what we’re up to at CES 2017!

Looking Back at 2016, a Year in Cable

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As we have just come back from the holidays and spent time with family and loved ones, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back at 2016 and provide you with some of the highlights for Cisco in Cable Access over the year. In May 2016 we celebrated the first birthday of the cBR-8, […]

December 20, 2016

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Get Your Data Center Ready for a Multicloud World

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Cloud traffic will soon account for most data center network traffic. Now is the time to make the cloud a central pillar of your data center planning.

December 20, 2016

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Tis the Season to Secure Your Devices (and Things)

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Today, global headlines are focused on alleged government-led breaches of U.S. political parties. But the threat of nefarious online activity goes beyond the email and communications of elected officials. The large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattack that flooded the servers of Domain Name System (DNS) host Dyn on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 undoubtedly proves the disruptive […]

December 19, 2016

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Are you ready for 5G xHaul?

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A major shift in demand is driving interest in new services and 5G technologies.

December 16, 2016

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Prepare Yourself for the Future of Video

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Part 3: What does it take to win in an OTT world? In my previous post of this trilogy, I explained why I think that OTT video on the unmanaged network (aka. the Internet) is here to stay. Moreover, I suggested that by combining the advantages of Video-Over-IP with those of Video-Over–Broadcast, service providers can […]