Product Overview The Cisco ASR 1013 Router uses the innovative and powerful Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, which provides a huge leap in performance and resiliency for network processors. Cisco is reinventing edge routing with the Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, a portfolio of midrange routers that establish a new price-to-performance class offering, benefiting both … Read more
When it comes to cable and telecom companies, I honestly don’t envy their business models. The need to continually evolve to meet the demands of consumers and businesses alike, borders on the near impossible. Yet, at every turn, they seem not only to meet the demands of the masses, but also to exceed them—to that … Read more
Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers are designed to optimize service provider edge and enterprise aggregation solutions. The innovative hardware and software design of these routers integrates powerful resiliency and intelligent services into a single router platform. The system is composed of a chassis, a route processor (RP), embedded services processors (ESPs), … Read more
OK, let me just start by admitting right up front that the title of this blog is incredibly cheesy. But as cheddar-filled as it may be, there is, in fact, a reason for the reference. As I finish my week at another national trade show event—this one focusing on telecom—I have come to the realization … Read more
Well, everyone, fall is here. Before we get to celebrate all things seasonal, we all have to come to terms with the reality that the trade show season is upon us. And, not unlike children looking forward to Halloween, there is a cross-section of adults who look forward to the trick-or-treat nature of trade shows … Read more
Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processor (SIP), based on the Cisco I-Flex design, combines shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), taking advantage of an extensible design that facilitates service prioritization for voice, video, and data (triple-play) services. Enterprise and service provider customers can take advantage of improved slot economics … Read more
When it comes to the bragging rights—or at least perceived bragging rights—of large data companies, they are matched only by quintessential 10-year-olds on the school playground with stories of how big their fathers are. In short, the rhetoric is high but the facts are questionable. Currently, the boasting about speed comes from several of the … Read more
Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Route Processors address the stringent route-processing requirements of carrier-grade IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet network infrastructures. They are the central control processors that run the network operating system, provide advanced routing capabilities, and also monitor and manage the other components of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation … Read more