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1. Cisco CKN Webcast Schedule: March 2014
Posted by Kellie Wong
March 2014, we will be holding four Service Provider related webcasts as part of
the Cisco Knowledge Network (CKN). Below is a schedule of our upcoming webcasts
and all the information you need to know to register.
Topic
When Speaker
The Evolution of Optical Pluggables
Meeting the bandwidth needs of tomorrow lies in
a new generation of IP and optical interconnect
technologies. New advances in photonics
development and manufacturing led by Cisco
have provided 100-Gbps optical solutions that
are smaller, faster, and more power efficient
than any available before.
In this webcast you will learn how, uniting optical
technologies with CMOS processes and tools in March
a portfolio of standards-based 100-Gbps
4, 2014
platforms, Cisco can help service providers and
data center operators reduce capital and
8-9am
operational expenses today and meet the data Pacific
traffic demands of tomorrow.
Time
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Introduction to Cloud Orchestration
A well-planned and carefully thought-out strategy
for cloud orchestration will yield enormous
dividends in terms of business agility and
architectural simplicity.
Attend this webcast to learn:
- What is cloud orchestration?
- Why is orchestration critical to successful cloud
deployment?
- How can cloud orchestration integrate and use
business processes?
- How can orchestration help address hybrid and
multicloud deployment?
- What are primary cloud orchestration planning
and deployment best practices?
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March
5, 2014
8-9am
Pacific
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2. Topic
This will be an interactive technical session with
time for Q&A with Cisco cloud orchestration
experts.
Cisco UCS Manager 2.2 Overview and Cisco
UCS Diagnostics Tool
This is an overview of primary features of a
significant release of Cisco UCS Manager. The
Cisco UCS Manager 2.2(1) release delivers
several important features and major
enhancements in the fabric, compute, and
operational areas.
When Speaker
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Second, we will present an overview of the new
Cisco UCS Diagnostics Tool. The Cisco UCS
Blade Server Diagnostics Tool is a standalone
offline diagnostics solution to verify the health of
hardware components on Cisco UCS blade
servers. The tool provides a variety of tests to
exercise and stress the different hardware
subsystems on the servers, including memory
and CPU. It provides the option to run quick test
checks after a hardware fix or a replacement. It
also provides the option to run comprehensive
tests for deeper stress tests and burn-in of new
server hardware before deploying into
production. The Cisco UCS Blade Server
Diagnostics Tool is available free of charge.
In this session you will learn about:
- Primary features of Cisco UCS Manager 2.2
and benefits of deploying it
- Features and benefits of the Cisco UCS
Diagnostics Tool for testing Cisco UCS hardware
components prior to deploying into production
March
18,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time
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Cisco VideoGuard Digital Rights
Management
The Cisco VideoGuard Security Suite enables
March
service providers to deliver pay TV services to
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any device, while maintaining consistent control 2014
over the service offering and reducing TCO.
8-9am
VideoGuard technology has been securing the Pacific
world’s largest pay TV deployments for more
Time
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3. Topic
than two decades and is deployed to more than
250 million devices worldwide. In the last five
years the VideoGuard portfolio was extended to
include digital rights management (DRM),
securing content on the most popular customer
edge devices along with channel associated
signaling (CAS)–protected set-top box (STB),
digital video recording (DVR), and gateway
devices.
When Speaker
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In this session you will learn:
- How VideoGuard digital rights management
(DRM) protects content across different devices,
operating systems, and content formats
- The importance of selecting an open DRM
solution based on industry standards
- How VideoGuard DRM help reduce overall
service deployment costs
To register for any or all of the March 2014 Webcasts listed above, please click on the
link in the Description box below for this posting or visit: http://cs.co/March2014CKN
For more discussions and topics around Service Providers News and Announcements, please
visit our SP News and Announcements Community: http://cisco.com/go/spnewscommunity