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INTX 2016: Our “Giga Baby” Is a Year Old and Already Runs So Fast! 700 Mbps, Upstream

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By Todd McCrum, Sr. Director, Strategy & Product Management, Cable Access BU It was at last year’s INTX, in Chicago, that we launched the cBR-8 (remember the “Giga-Baby”?) as a way to help our cable service provider customers affordably and quickly offer faster broadband speeds, with converged equipment. And here we are, 12 fast months […]

Good People Goodness: A Toast to Kanouff, Clemson, and Raman!

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By Marc Aldrich, SVP, Global Service Provider, Cisco We hereby interrupt this helter-skelter year in news, workload and general busy-ness to offer a moment of Zen, in the form of appreciating three trailblazers in our midst. By “trailblazers” I’m talking about Yvette Kanouff, Conrad Clemson, and Rajeev Raman, who, by their own respective merits, earned […]

Pushing the Virtualization Envelope on Primary Distribution

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I’ll make a bet. If you ask any of the leaders in broadcast television to sum up this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in three words, they would...

May 9, 2016

COLLABORATION

What?! WebEx has Video?

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I used to hate meetings. But we all know meetings are critical to running a business. They are basically the operating engine of a company. Meetings are just how people get work done… even though they are often boring and occasionally painful. Which is why I love WebEx. With WebEx, meetings are better: simpler, easier […]

The biggest cost cut you can make right now? Virtualize your video

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As cloud-based solutions continue to proliferate, it’s clear that the virtualized video revolution has already begun. How much of your video infrastructure still relies on dedicated appliances? Today, a growing number of pay TV providers are taking a different approach. By virtualizing key functions – transcoding, content management, content delivery network (CDN), and others – […]

April 19, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 11: VBrick

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing VBrick with Cisco experts Patty Yan and Rob Morris. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View this episode in iTunes Cisco Guest Patty Yan (@PattyYan8), Recording and Streaming Product Portfolio Rob Morris, VBrick Technical Recording […]

Cisco @ NAB: Is Your Media Business Secure? (Are You Sure?)

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By Michal Brenner, Marketing Manager, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco In the global digital revolution unfolding around us, the media broadcast segment is particularly well-stocked with opportunity. It’s...

Cisco & Roku: Innovating in OTT Together at NAB 2016!

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By Adam Davies, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Video Software and Solutions If I had a nickel for how many times we get asked about why we decided to...

Cisco @ NAB: Update on the Cisco ISV Program for Media

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By Roger Sherwood, Business Development Manager, Service Provider, Cisco Last year, as you may or may not recall, we came to NAB with a certification program for...