BROWSING: Cisco

Cisco will provide networking expertise for 5G RuralFirst project will create an end-to-end testbed system to test Cisco announced it will lead a project to create a complete end-to-end rural 5G testbed system for trials of new wireless and networking technologies and services in the...

Cisco announces updates to network operating systems Cisco recently announced updates on software disaggregation across service provider, enterprise and data center networking. The company noted that software disaggregation has been on the rise for a variety reasons. Hyperscale web providers are pushing for disaggregated solutions for...

Cisco and Verizon team up on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) software Cisco and Verizon announced they recently tested the former company’s hybrid ICN software at the latter company’s lab outside Boston. Cisco's ICN software is based on Xerox research company PARC’s technology. PARC's originally developed the technology...

A new kind of networking Many vendors are shifting focus from software-defined networking (SDN) to intent-based networking. Although still an emerging technology, the basic idea behind intent-based networking is to enable a user to determine how a network behaves by choosing and applying policies across...

STC also working on 5G with Ericsson, Cisco and Huawei Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced a cooperation agreement with Nokia, under which the two partners will work to launch a 5G network in Saudi Arabia in 2018. STC and Nokia agreed to jointly work towards...

Wide range of partners collaborated on Wi-Fi deployment for Mobile World Congress Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the premiere event for telecom industry professionals. As such, the more than 100,000 people who descend on the Catalan capital each year have relatively high expectations related...

Cisco unveils SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight Cisco advanced its intent-based networking initiative with two new products, SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight, which reportedly bring insight and visibility into the wide-area network (WAN). Intent-based networking involves determining how a network behaves by choosing and applying policies...

Cisco announced security updates to its analytics platform Tetration, including workload protection for any data center or cloud. Cisco announced its Tetration platform in 2016 as a way to provide total visibility across the data center using either server software sensors, network hardware sensors or...

Partnership focuses on analytics, data architecture Cisco and Teradata are partnering on a platform for smart cities that integrates Cisco's Kinetic for Cities IoT platform with Teradata's big data analytics capabilities. "The good news is, smart cities are starting to happen," said Maciej Kranz, VP of...

Ericsson has also announced a commercial IoT platform in Sri Lanka with Dialog Axiata Cisco and the Three Group have announced the global availability of the Cisco Jasper Control Center automated IoT connectivity platform for enterprise customers. The Three Group’s customers can now have access...

Cisco has launched the first commercially available global narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) platform, it said at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday (February 27th). Its Cisco Jasper Control Center for NB-IoT enables operators to manage their IoT networks and devices. China Unicom said early...

Telenor and Cisco are to establish a “joint lab environment” to develop smart cities solutions for civic authorities and services providers in Telenor’s home market, Norway. Cisco said the project will build upon Telenor’s existing connectivity infrastructure, including its Wi-Fi, WAN and mobile networks in...

AT&T is looking to integrate Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform into a number of its own city-focused solutions, notably its Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC) proposition, which collects data from multiple departments and services in a centralized dashboard. Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities is a...

Rackspace deploys over 22,000 Cisco firewalls Rackspace is making Cisco's next-generation firewalls available to customers who need to secure multi-cloud environments. Cisco and Rackspace’s partnership stretches back nearly 20 years, with Rackspace being recognized as one of Cisco's largest firewall customers. As Cisco’s testing partner, Rackspace...

Cisco releases 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report Cyber criminals are increasingly using encryption to evade detection, while security professionals are becoming more reliant on automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.). That is at least the conclusion of Cisco’s recently published 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which involved...

Cisco announces Crosswork Network Automation software portfolio Cisco unveiled five new pieces of software as part of its Cisco Crosswork Network Automation software portfolio for service providers. The new solutions, which are designed to work together, include Cisco’s Crosswork Change Automation, Crosswork Health Insights, Crosswork...

SK Telecom teasing a 5G-PON deal announcement next week South Korean telecommunications firm SK Telecom announced plans to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia and Cisco aimed at expanding 5G-Passive Optical Network (5G-PON) technology globally. The operator said the new agreement will be signed...

Cisco announces cloud-based security endpoint portfolio Cisco is taking aim at the managed security service providers (MSSP) market with three cloud-based tools included in its endpoint security portfolio: Cisco AMP for Endpoints, Cisco Umbrella and Meraki Systems Manager. The security market continues to swell alongside the...

Orange and Cisco team up on SD-WAN Orange Business Services announced it performed the first on-boarding of a Cisco SD-WAN virtual network function (VNF) on the Cisco Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS). The platform includes a fully functional virtualized solution for network services, and is part...

A growing market Multiple vendors are taking up space in the rapidly growing SD-WAN market. Although the technology has been commercially available for only a few years, research firm IDC estimates global SD-WAN infrastructure and services revenues will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

Cisco receives antitrust clearance for pending BroadSoft purchase Cisco recently finalized its acquisition of BroadSoft, thereby sealing the $1.9 billion deal. Paying $55 per share, Cisco aims for the investment to give its cloud strategy and collaboration portfolio a boost. As part of the acquisition, originally...

Cisco said one goal of the smart city initiative is to reduce traffic congestion in the city of Adelaide   Cisco announced an investment of $1 million in a smart city project in Adelaide, Australia, with a primary goal of reducing traffic congestion and pave the way...

Cisco and Microsoft announce new network practice Cisco announced it is extending its partnership with Microsoft by creating a new network practice that brings Cisco Solution Support to Azure ExpressRoute. The purpose of the partnership is to help customers address technical issues coupled to hybrid architectures....

Cisco announces HyperFlex 3.0 Cisco announced updates to its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), version 3.0, in a push to ease businesses into a hybrid, multi-cloud environment. While several companies are embracing the cloud as a means of fulfilling business objectives, several are not yet ready to...