Register for one or all of the May CKN webcasts listed above here: https://communities.cisco.com/community/solutions/sp/news-and-announcements/blog/2014/04/29/cisco-knowledge-network-ckn-webcast-schedule-may-2014 For more discussions and topics around Service Providers, please visit our SP Community: http://cisco.com/go/serviceprovidercommunity

1. Cisco Knowledge Network (CKN) Webcast
Schedule: May 2014
Posted by Kellie Wong
May 2014, we will be holding a number of 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.
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Converging the Core: Agility,
Intelligence, and Scale
The Cisco Evolved Programmable
Network (EPN) is a natural evolution of
the IP NGN, which now includes both
physical and virtual infrastructure while
easily extending into the data center.
The Cisco EPN tightly integrates
network, storage, and compute
functions, enabling real-time shifting of
physical and virtual resources that work
across the network and data center
transparently.
This session will focus on trends in the
network core and how service providers
can cost-effectively meet the growing
demands of cloud and data center–
centric services.
May 6,
2014
16:00 -
17:00pm
GMT TBD
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OpenStack and InterCloud
OpenStack and InterCloud are
becoming a leading topics of discussion
for companies investigating their journey
to the cloud.
In this session, you will learn about:
 How Cisco’s cloud offering integrates
with OpenStack
 The implications of InterCloud that was
announced at CiscoLive Milan
 How you can benefit from a private,
May 7,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time TBD
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public, and secure hybrid cloud solution
from Cisco’s InterCloud and OpenStack
strategy
Unified Gateways Overview
Cable operators have a constant need
for delivering new services to prevent
churn, increase ARPU, or reduce OpEx.
They feel competitive pressure from
data/video service providers, over-the-
top video providers, and over-the-top
new services providers (for example,
home security).
Agenda
This session will explore the areas in
which Cisco can help to maintain the
operator’s competitive edge from the
home perspective:
 Speed: MSOs need to deliver faster
data services to become competitive
 Video: As the video consumption
market is moving to over-the-top (OTT)
video delivery over IP, cable operators
are challenged with serving similar
capabilities for managed video delivery.
Although MSOs can deliver higher
quality video with QoS, they are lagging
the concept of delivering video content
to any IP device in the home. The new
unified gateways that distribute video
inside the home and the related
architectures will be addressed.
May 14,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time TBD
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Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Migration: The
Node as a Platform
In this session you will learn how
planning specific growth plans and
strategies for your hybrid fiber coaxial
(HFC) networks will maximize your
infrastructure for DOCSIS 3.1.
Customer demand for data and
bandwidth continues to expand at a
rapid pace. Next-generation cable
access is crucial to addressing this
May 21,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time TBD
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challenge:
 Optimized for D3.1 splits and deep fiber
architectures
 Transparent upgrades to digital fiber
architecture (remote PHY)
 Logical FTTx launch points for
commercial and residential
 Critical component of migration to
virtualization
An Evolutionary Approach Toward
Virtualizing Packet Core
In this session, you will learn the
approach Cisco has taken to virtualizing
its packet core solution, its architecture
and implementation, with the focus on
the results of the portability testing of
Cisco Quantum Virtualized Packet Core
(VPC) and the ASR 5000 Series
platform performed by EANTC in
December 201, and the report that was
published at the MWC 2014. Primary
takeaways include:
 Cisco Quantum VPC architecture,
implementation, and benefits
 Proven Star OS modular across ASR 5k
Series and virtualized environment
 Zero subscriber session loss extended
to virtual environment
 Hardware and hypervisor independence
May 27,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time TBD
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Orchestrating the Network with
Multivendor WAN
In February 2014, Cisco introduced the
Evolved Services Platform (ESP), a
comprehensive software platform that
orchestrates and virtualizes services in
real time. Cisco ESP delivers on the
commitments of the Cisco Open
Network Environment by transforming
service provider operational and
business models through accelerated
service velocity and a sharp reduction
May 28,
2014
8-9am
Pacific
Time TBD
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in operational costs. By using
orchestration technologies, networks
and applications have complete visibility
into each other, enabling advanced
services such as bandwidth calendaring
and bandwidth on demand, TE tunnel
building, load placement, multilayer
optimization, and business intelligence.
Join us on May 28 and learn how
carriers can generate rapid ROI by
using the intelligence of their networks
to create these new services while
driving down costs.
Register for any of the above CKN Webcasts here:
https://communities.cisco.com/community/solutions/sp/news-and-
announcements/blog/2014/04/29/cisco-knowledge-network-ckn-webcast-schedule-may-
2014
For more discussions and topics around Service Providers, please visit our SP Community:
http://cisco.com/go/serviceprovidercommunity