service providers

September 22, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2014: It’s a Wi-Fi Bonanza!

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By David Alsobrook, Director, Strategy & Product Management, Cisco’s Connected Devices BU If there’s one thing that is absolutely unmistakable, going into this week’s IBC conference in Amsterdam, it’s the proliferation of Wi-Fi – a technology that’s also a service, and the industry’s ticket to providing wireless broadband connectivity that simultaneously rivals mobile, and tightens […]

September 15, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Smart Cities Are a $7.5 Billion Annual Opportunity for Technology Providers

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Cities around the globe are beginning to build out new digital services such as smart lighting, traffic, waste management and data analytics to reduce costs, tap new sources of revenue, create new innovation business districts and improve the overall quality of urban life. The previous blog (“How to Make Money from Smart Cities”) identified the […]

September 12, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cloud first + RDK + Application framework = Service velocity

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By Paul Claussen, Director, Product Management, Cloud Applications, Cisco Service Provider Video Software and Solutions If there’s one constant, in the need to compete more effectively against the growing roster of over-the-top (OTT) video providers, it is the need to move services and products to the consumer marketplace more quickly. Think about it: Every provider […]

Writing a new chapter of my story: Taking on the Internet of Things opportunity at Cisco

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This week I’m excited to participate in an event we are organizing in Chicago, home of the 2014 Internet of Things World Forum.  We’re meeting with some of our partners and customers as we make a few joint announcements – including a new IoE Innovation Center in Barcelona, and showcasing some new solutions built on […]

January 17, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Are Small Cells and Wi-Fi Networks Complimentary or Competitive?

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As an industry, we are starting to see a convergence of small cells and Wi-Fi to help solve coverage, capacity, and spectrum issues in our increasingly connected, mobile-dominated world. Today...

August 8, 2013

NETWORKING

Summary: Next-Generation Knowledge Workers

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Accelerating the Disruption in Business Mobility Business mobility is driving better productivity, heightened customer experience, and harmonious work/life balance. It also offers freedom for knowledge workers beleaguered by accelerating demands on their time and talents. Indeed, workers themselves have taken much of the initiative toward business mobility. It is now up to enterprises to support […]

Creating a Wi-Fi Monetization Virtuous Circle

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In the decade or so that Wi-Fi has existed, most technologists and mobile industry executives viewed it as the “poor cousin” to licensed mobile communications.  Now mobile operators around the world are asking how they can effectively use Wi-Fi to help them cope with the huge surge in mobile data traffic and to meet customer […]

May 9, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cbeyond: Taking Our SMB Cloud Offering to the Next Level

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By Chris Ortbals, Senior Vice President, Product Management , Cbeyond Inc.   At the company’s inception in 1999, Cbeyond saw the potential...

Preparing for an Uncertain Media Future: Even Challenging Scenarios Offer Ways To Grow

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In the midst of tremendous disruption, it is impossible to tell where the global media industry is ultimately heading. But a recent analysis from the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) explores four possible future scenarios for the media industry. While they do not “predict” the future, the scenarios help build our understanding of possible […]