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Voice Fingerprints in Webex Speaker Diarization answers the question, “Who spoke when?” Currently, speakers in a meeting are identified through channel endpoints whether through PSTN or VOIP. When speakers in the same meeting are speaking from the same room/device, they are identified as one speaker in the meeting transcript. Because Webex Meetings recordings are provided with transcriptions, being able to answer “Who spoke when?” would allow colleagues who might have missed the meeting to quickly…

By Curtis Price, Program Vice President, Infrastructure Services, IDC Competitive intensity across the service provider landscape has increased significantly over the past few years. While most pronounced in the large tier 1 service provider segment, the level of competition has recently picked up in the midsize and small communication service provider market. The competitive landscape now includes a broader set of providers such as the following: Cable providers broadening their portfolio of services beyond traditional…

In collaboration with Joel Barbier and Vishal Gupta   Like most companies, Cisco is committed to continually improving security while simultaneously simplifying the user experience. We’ve learned some important lessons along the way. There are multiple points where user ID and password credentials can be potentially compromised. For example, employees sometimes chose to ignore best practices by utilizing easy-to-remember passwords such as “123456.” Others would share their Cisco passwords or use them externally for non-business-related…

Amazon Web Services has launched new support for IPv6-only subnets that can meet the needs of workloads that require more IP addresses than IPv4 can readily provide. The service is available through Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and suitable for workloads such as serverless and container applications, according to a blog by Rohit Aswani, a senior specialist solutions architect and Aditya Santhanam, a senior product manager, both with AWS. “Workloads that are constrained by the…

Today, I am proud to announce that the sixth-annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is now accepting applications. One of Cisco’s signature Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, the Challenge will award $1 million in cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs who are addressing some of our toughest social and environmental problems. We launched the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge in 2016 to jumpstart innovative ideas that benefit society, catalyze economic growth, and create jobs. Since then,…