Tuesday 10 April 2018

Cisco's innovation portfolio to deal with IP traffic explosive growth

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Bernama) -- Cisco Systems Inc is a leading innovation that allows carriers to deal with the explosion in traffic growth and change in traffic patterns led by mobile applications and connections, IoT, video, 5G and more.

Cisco's innovative hardware, software and security additions to its service provider routing platform offer options for customers needing feature-rich platforms with higher density to support intense bandwidth demands.

Powered by Cisco IOS XR, the expanded portfolio offers an abundance of features to simplify operations such as zero-touch deployment, advanced programmability and model-driven telemetry, a statement said.

The routing hardware additions include; Cisco NCS 500 Series to address converged wireline and wireless 5G-ready requirements for fronthaul, midhaul and backhaul and future evolutions of carrier ethernet networks; Cisco ASR 9901 to support applications such as distributed provider edge, Internet peering, metro aggregation and broadband network gateway in a space-optimized platform; and Cisco NCS 5500 Series which include new components that are two fixed chassis, a 36 100GE ports line card and a compact 2RU router.

The software additions include ; Segment Routing that offers service providers more control over Internet traffic; and Ethernet VPN (EVPN) for improved scalability, optimal forwarding and helps prevent traffic floods.

Cisco is securing the service provider network at hardware, software and network level to help protect against current and future threats.

Senior vice-president and general manager, Service Provider Networking, Cisco, Jonathan Davidson said the company drives innovation in service provider routing to help customers uplevel their architectures and be one step ahead in managing their network traffic demands.

"As the majority of our customers get ready for 5G, our unmatched portfolio of options offers intent-based networking practices to enable networks to self-heal without service interruptions," Davidson added.

Cisco is leading the industry with its technology innovations in systems, silicon, software, security and its unrivalled expertise in mass-scale networking, automation, optical, optics, cable access, video and mobility.

--BERNAMA 

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