This forecast is part of the Cisco Visual Networking Index™ (Cisco VNI™), an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications. This document presents the details of the Cisco VNI global IP traffic forecast and the methodology behind it. For a more analytical look at the implications of the data presented in this paper, refer to the companion document,
According to Gartner Dataquest* IT Operations Management software consumed $12.9 billion in spending in 2007. Of this, $4.3 billion, or 33%, was spent on availability, performance, and network management, representing the largest portion of IT Operations Management software spending. Just over $3 billion of this, or 70%, was spent amongst only four vendors: BMC, CA, HP, and IBM, also known as …
The rate of change and the amount of competition in the business world is escalating. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need to ensure that the technology solutions they buy meet today’s business needs and are flexible enough to grow with this rapidly evolving business environment. The Cisco® Smart Business Roadmap provides a structured, planned evolution path to help organizations ta…
This paper provides a high-level overview of the Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM) Business Process Framework. eTOM is part of the New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) standard, developed by the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum). The TM Forum is an industry association focused on transforming business processes, operations, and systems for managing and monetizing online…
or this fourth book we have chosen ethics and values as the main topic. That is because we need shared values and ethics, they are vital for the proper functioning of the economic, political and social network and, therefore, for the well-being and development of the potential of every world citizen. It has always been like that in every society, but today it is more than ever necessary that et…
The exploitation of trust is a common mode of operation for online attackers and other malicious actors. They take advantage of users’ trust in systems, applications, and the people and businesses they interact with on a regular basis. And this approach works: There is ample evidence that adversaries are coming up with new methods for embedding their malware in networks, remaining undetected…