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Evolved Programmable Network Infographic

The document summarizes the evolution of network architecture from analog and circuit-based telephone and telegraph services in the late 19th century to the modern Evolved Programmable Network (EPN). Key developments included the digitalization of voice and data in the 1960s, the introduction of IP/MPLS networks in the 1990s allowing convergence of different services, and the emergence of network virtualization and synergy between networks and data centers in the modern EPN era. The EPN model aims to maximize efficiency through a physical, virtual, and converged infrastructure supporting applications through open APIs.

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Evolved Programmable Network Infographic

The document summarizes the evolution of network architecture from analog and circuit-based telephone and telegraph services in the late 19th century to the modern Evolved Programmable Network (EPN). Key developments included the digitalization of voice and data in the 1960s, the introduction of IP/MPLS networks in the 1990s allowing convergence of different services, and the emergence of network virtualization and synergy between networks and data centers in the modern EPN era. The EPN model aims to maximize efficiency through a physical, virtual, and converged infrastructure supporting applications through open APIs.

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Are you thinking about

your next transition in

Network
Architecture
The Origin of Evolved
Programmable Networks
The history of the telegraph and the telephone are well
understood. In the beginning, services were analog, circuit
based, and dedicated. It was labor intensive, but the ability
to talk to someone over long distances was revolutionary!

1876

The first
telephone call

Success Triggers Evolution

Over the following decades, a series of improvements


occurred that helped the solutions scale. The telephone
and the telegraph were no longer tools of the elite.
The economies of scale had reached the masses.

1920

The first radio stations


emerged, commercializing
a new industry

All Digital

Voice and data went digital. It may not


sound like much, but this was a major
network overhaul. From the digital age
emerged ubiquitous data services. Data
services were higher bandwidth and this
created higher network utilization.

1960

The introduction
of the first communication
satellites

The Network Age

Complex networks and shrinking margins led


some free-thinkers to ask,

"Why can't we run all of these services


on IP/MPLS?"
And the IP NGN era was born. This introduced
an IP service convergence which included,
voice, video, internet, and mobility.

The EPN Era

The importance of data center scale brought us


virtualization. As the data center and the network began
to merge another obvious question arose,
"Should we employ virtualization in the network?"
Computing and the Internet become synonomous.
People no longer play games by themselves or browse
independently. Instead of going to a store to buy a
game or video things are offered on-demand.

Evolved Programmable Network

Maximize Network + Data Center with Greater Efficiency

Tenets of the Evolved


Programmable Network
Physical
Virtual
Converged

Applications
Open APIS

ESP
EPN

To learn more, contact your Cisco sales


team or visit www.cisco.com/go/epn

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