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their networks to support the evolution • Go-to-market strategy: DISH will class DevOps organization that drives
of hybrid work models, the transition to participate in Cisco’s Reseller and automation and improves operational
Network as a Service (NaaS) offers, and Managed Services Program to deliver efficiency leading to faster time-to-
the expansion into new markets including private 5G services to the enterprise, market with new services, speed to
IoT.” “DISH has compiled an outstanding and the companies will invest in joint revenue and return on investments.
roster of partners in the wireless industry, go-to-market plans. Key outcomes are CI/CD testing and
and Cisco is a key player helping us launch • Deployment of an intelligent transport zero-touch onboarding to enable DISH
a customizable, automated, 5G network network: Cisco is helping to plan, to quickly go from development to
optimized for enterprise performance,” said design and deliver an open, cloud- pre-production, as well as staging and
Charlie Ergen, Chairman, DISH. “Working based network that will predict, self- testing directly to production.
with Cisco is central to achieving our goal heal and self-optimize with closed- • World-class technology: Cisco will
of delivering a best-in-class experience loop automation for transport network support DISH with the following: IOS-XR
for enterprises. Our ability to continually slicing. operating system for 5G, backhaul and
drive value and enhance capabilities • Co-innovation on virtual routing: DISH’s fronthaul transport via Cisco NCS series
for our customers is a key differentiator 5G network will be powered with fully routers, segment routing for automated
for DISH and positions us to disrupt the automated Cisco XRv9K virtualized traffic management and network slicing,
industry with more innovation, speed, routers running on AWS, along with Nexus 9000 series with an Application
agility and security.” The DISH 5G network virtual Cell Site Routers (vCSR) at Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric
will be powered by a comprehensive mix the tower. This is a state-of-the-art, for data center switching, and Cisco
of Cisco’s latest cloud networking and fully containerized virtual routing Crosswork Network Controller as the
automation software, as well as a unique implementation with a purpose-built transport domain controller including
blend of end-to-end lifecycle services from data plane to unlock the full potential automated service provisioning and
Cisco Customer Experience (CX). for cloud-native networking. assurance.
Highlights of the Cisco and DISH • New operational models: Cisco is
agreement include: helping DISH build out a lean, world-

Cisco and Meta Partner on Open Compute Project Contribution

As part of its commitment to the open
source community and the hardware and
software disaggregation movement, Cisco
announced that it is collaborating with
Meta on an Open Compute Project (OCP)
contributed design. Meta has deployed
the Cisco Silicon One Q200L device along
with the Wedge400C Top of Rack (TOR)
switch. Cisco Q200L uses 7nm technology
to provide a 12.8 Tbps solution for web
scale switching and routing. The 12.8 Tbps
Wedge400C supports up to 16 ports of
400G and 32 ports of 200G. Meta worked
with Cisco to develop and deploy two new
next-generation TOR switches. The latest
versions of Meta’s Wedge TOR, the Wedge
400 and 400C, offer higher front panel port
density, and greater performance for AI and
machine learning applications, while also
enabling future expansions. The Wedge
400 and 400C have several improvements positioned in the industry to provide a “The Q200L is an important part of Cisco’s
over the Wedge 100S, including 4x the common architecture across the entire expanding Silicon One product family and
switching capacity (upgraded from 3.2 network, enabling massive operational as part of our overall disagg component
Tbps to 12.8 Tbps), 8x the burst absorption efficiencies for our customers,” said Rakesh model, it provides Meta a building block to
performance, and a field-replaceable CPU Chopra, Cisco Fellow, Common Hardware innovate on top of, at hyperscale efficiency
subsystem. “Cisco Silicon One is uniquely Group Architecture and Platforming, Cisco. and scale.”

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