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05.15.09

Cisco Launches Cloud Platform For Service Providers

By Mike Sachoff

Cisco has launched its Unified Service Delivery, a solution to help service providers build a foundation for cloud services.

With Unified Service Delivery and a next-generation IP network, a service provider can deliver video, data and video services from the data center, enabling it to optimize resources, assure quality, reduce operational costs, and deliver a more secure virtual experience for their customers.

Consumers and businesses are demanding new services and more from their network experiences. In fact, the increased demand for connected experiences has contributed to a projected 46 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in global Internet traffic, as estimated by the most recent Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI). Launching new services poses challenges for service providers as traditional approaches do not quickly or cost-effectively accommodate such growth profitably.

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"The unification of the data center and the IP Next Generation Network is a natural progression not just in the evolution of networking - it also builds the foundation for innovative service providers such as Terremark and iTricity to enable them to optimize their networks toward delivering new revenue-generating cloud-based services," said Kelly Ahuja, senior vice president and general manager, service provider routing technology group, Cisco.

Two new Cisco 10-gigabit modules and a Cisco 40-gigabit forwarding processor for the flagship Cisco CRS-1 platform are being introduced. They are designed specifically to extend virtualization from the data center through the IP NGN core and to address the needs of peering and interconnect applications for a service provider's data centers.

The Cisco CRS-1 platform and its new modules permit providers to virtualize traffic and network operations on a per-service or per-customer basis with a smaller Cisco CRS-1 footprint. This system design allows service providers to quickly adapt to changing customer needs, accelerate service delivery, permit better utilization of resources, and increase the return on investment

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