16 Cable Industry Terms You Need to Know to Get Ready for Cable-Tec 2019

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SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo 2019 is just around the corner (September 30th-October 3rd in New Orleans). Plan on a busy week given the wide range of technology on display in the exhibit hall, the 115 papers being presented in the Fall Technical Forum, numerous panel discussions on the Innovation...

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Cable Service Providers: You Have a New Game to Play. And You Have the Edge

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Time to take gaming seriously Video gaming is huge, by any measure you choose. By revenue, it’s expected to be more than $150 billion in 2019, making it bigger than movies, TV and digital music, with a strong 9% CAGR. And it’s not just teenagers. Two-thirds of adult...

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Best Practices for Using Cisco Security APIs

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Like programming best practices, growing your organization’s use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) comes with its own complexities. This blog post will highlight three best practices for ensuring an effective and efficient codebase. Additionally, a few notable examples from Cisco DevNet are provided to whet your appetite. API...

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The Artificial Intelligence Journey in Contact Centers

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I would like to share some thoughts pulled together in discussions with developers, customer care system integrators and experts, along one of the many possible journeys to unleash all the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into a modern customer care architecture. First of all, let me emphasize what...

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The Circus is Coming to Town and Why You Should Stay Away

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We are entering the integrated era You’ve probably noticed the recent headlines of a few one-trick ponies getting together to form their own three ring circus.  These events underscore a paradigm shift that is underway – the security world is entering the integrated era.  Nowadays, customers want comprehensive...

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5 Steps to Creating a Powerful Culture of Video to Impact Your Business, Brand, and Bottom Line

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Regardless of whether you’re B2B or B2C, there is a megatrend afoot and the reality is few businesses are ready for it. Case in point, the recent “Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2016–2021” states that video will constitute over 80% of internet traffic by the year...

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Three Services from 5G: More, Better!

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5G is a capital improvement project the size of the entire planet, replacing architecture created this century with another one that aims to lower energy consumption and maintenance costs while increasing efficiencies. In 2035, 5G is projected to enable $12.3 trillion of global economic output and support 22...

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Fundamentals of Cisco DNA Center Plug-and-Play – Day 0 Networking

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Background Network Plug-and-Play allows switches, routers, and wireless access points to be on-boarded to the network. An agent in the device, connects to Cisco DNA center and downloads the required software and device configuration. In order for this to be truly zero-touch, a network connection is needed. For...

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