News Analysis - Post a comment April 28, 2000 : As the Department of Justice wraps up the Microsoft case, they examine a merger to end all mergers in the optical component space. Experts say there is little need for worry
News Analysis - Post a comment April 27, 2000 : Matthew Bross, chief technology officer at Williams Communications, stands to make millions from ONI's IPO
News Analysis - Post a comment April 26, 2000 : With an IPO pending, the startup slaps Nortel with a lawsuit
News Analysis - Post a comment April 25, 2000 : The economics speak for themselves, but only hardworking carriers need apply
News Analysis - Comments (5) April 25, 2000 : Optical giant loses lots of workers – but gains one key hire
News Analysis - Post a comment April 24, 2000 : The two powerhouses face-off as the companies they have chosen to back announce product offerings
News Analysis - Post a comment April 21, 2000 : Ciena and Juniper showed the world that they can actually run IP over glass at 10Gbit/s, but will anyone actually use it?
News Analysis - Post a comment April 21, 2000 : Only a small portion of its big optical switch was actually operational
News Analysis - Post a comment April 20, 2000 : Share price climbs despite trepidation
News Analysis - Post a comment April 19, 2000 : Its announcement of metro DWDM developments is just part of a bigger plan
News Analysis - Post a comment April 18, 2000 : If Juniper's claims of wire speed filtering are true, this is a revolutionary breakthrough in routing security. For years providers have been sitting ducks when it comes to hack attacks, because turning on filtering has meant that performance would take a nose-dive.
News Analysis - Post a comment April 17, 2000 : But its latest switch won't convince many existing carriers to go with Gigabit Ethernet.
News Analysis - Post a comment April 14, 2000 : Its plans for the biggest capacity backbone in the US will fuel even fiercer competition among long distance operators.
News Analysis - Post a comment April 13, 2000 : Share trading in the developer of optical integrated circuits is expected to start this morning
News Analysis - Post a comment April 13, 2000 : Technology limitations bring startup's claims about fiberless optical networking down to earth
News Analysis - Post a comment April 12, 2000 : Vendor faces new competitors and new marketing challenges. Its response: launch a PC-based product
News Analysis - Post a comment April 12, 2000 : Component maker's stock price increases 70 percent in the first day's trading
News Analysis - Post a comment April 11, 2000 : Extant is running live traffic over Tellium's Aurora switches, marking a milestone in optical developments
News Analysis - Post a comment April 10, 2000 : Vendor sets its eyes on the customer premises prize, with a multi-service provisioning platform designed purely for multi-tenant buildings and office parks
News Analysis - Post a comment April 7, 2000 : After watching Cerent and Siara sell for $11.2 billion last year, Raj Singh is now investing in optical start-ups
News Analysis - Post a comment April 6, 2000 : Startup Onix Microsystems joins the race to do more with miniature mirrors
News Analysis - Post a comment April 5, 2000 : Unisphere lays off 37 employees in company consolidation
News Analysis - Post a comment April 4, 2000 : Acquiring Cronos for $750 million gives it a key technology for future optical switches
News Analysis - Post a comment April 3, 2000 : Vendor takes a two-step approach to extending its product line. One: take existing product. Two: make it bigger
News Analysis - Post a comment April 3, 2000 : Evidence suggests that Lucent tried - and failed - to kill off Ciena two years ago by pre-announcing a DWDM product
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