Service Provider

December 15, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The benefits of Deep Fiber HFC

2 min read

  Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit More and more these days, service providers in the access market are talking about the evolution of their plants to a Fiber Deep (FD) Architecture. While the trend toward driving fiber into the plant and reducing RF amplifier cascades is not new, today’s discussions seem […]

December 14, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The #1 Reason to Choose your NFV and SDN Partner

3 min read

Last year, in order to ensure we were delivering world class professional services for NFV and SDN to our service provider customers, we invested a not insubstantial sum from our...

December 13, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Boring is the New Awesome

2 min read

The core principle of model-driven telemetry is super simple:  as much usable data out of the network as fast as possible.  The implementation is also pretty subtle:  a push mechanism, data models, open-source encodings.  In fact, it’s all so simple and subtle that some folks look under the hood and say, “so what?”   To that, […]

December 13, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Containers Hold an Agile Approach to Data Center Virtualization

2 min read

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, container is a noun, and is defined as a receptacle for holding goods. Alternatively, it also means, a portable compartment in which freight is placed (as on a train or ship) for convenience of movement. In this blog, I’ll be talking about containers in the networking sense and the important […]

December 12, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Ultra Packet Core, the Transition Begins

2 min read

So yesterday we had our first snowfall up here in New England, holidays are coming fast, and so are events like the Consumer Electronics Show and Mobile World Congress. Well while it was snowing yesterday, I realized that I had not updated our industry veterans on our Packet Core Transition. So there has been a […]

December 9, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Is OTT Here to Stay?

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Part 2: What does it take to win in an OTT world? In the first blog of this trilogy, I wrote that pay TV providers do not seem to perceive OTT video as a threat to their business. Well one thing’s for sure; there is plenty that we can learn from OTT video providers. They certainly […]

December 8, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

cBR8, NAGRA CA and Cisco Videoguard CA certification

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Today, Cisco is proudly announcing that our cBR-8 Evolved CCAP has achieved both NAGRA CA (Conditional Access) and Cisco’s Videoguard CA certification in compliance with the standard DVB Simulcrypt used in Europe and other parts of the world for delivery of digital cable video to STBs. Why is this important? Well, it allows cable operators […]

December 6, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cloud Scale Networking, Finding Common Ground

2 min read

We launched Cloud Scale Networking about a year ago to address the initial wave of software and hardware innovations that were built to enable co-development with Web Scale companies. Last July I offered my views on how Service Providers can thrive in the future. Since that time I have had the privilege of meeting with […]

December 5, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Ultra Services Platform as a 5G core

2 min read

Three Keys to Success Preparing Your Mobile Network for 5GDownload our new 5G ebook The concept of slicing is a fundamental component of the 5G architecture and it permits network customization that can reach a personal level. One could call this the personalization of the mobile internet. We can do this by taking the slicing […]