19 08, 2020
  • Power Hour of Cable - Network Demand

Networks need to evolve to support demand

2024-03-01T14:08:57-05:00August 19th, 2020|

Hi everyone, we are going to give an update on network demand -- Specifically, how broadband DOCSIS networks need to adapt to changing societal needs due to COVID-19 This is episode 63 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us today is John Downey,  CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome back John.  In our Power Hour of Cable on All Things DOCSIS join us and drop your comments into the

19 02, 2018
  • Cable Access SDN Orchestration

Cable Access SDN Orchestration

2021-08-16T10:15:44-04:00February 19th, 2018|

Cable Access SDN Orchestration Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is February 16th and this is episode 36 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This a technology fan in cable.   With us is, John Downey, “the prognosticator”.   John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.   And Tal Laufer a RavenClaw and also Director, Product Manager At ARRIS. In the News CableLabs Mac-PHY standard came out recently.  We recently did a  hangout out

15 07, 2014

Software vs Hardware Solutions in Cable Industry

2022-01-07T11:39:46-05:00July 15th, 2014|

Why Software Solutions (SaaS) Should be Getting a Closer Look The cable industry is traditionally a hardware solution focused industry.  In a nut shell, there are AMPs, coax and RF signals.  Eventually we migrated into hardware and mixed software solutions with SNMP and the emergence of DOCSIS.  Today more then ever the cable industry is seeing a larger migration towards software and cloud-based solutions including software defined networks or SDN.  I often get the question which is better?  Hardware is more embedded and something operators understand, you can hold it in

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