Rob Pullen, CEO, Tellabs Interview - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7) November 25, 2008 : 'I don't mind spending our money. There are bargains out there.'
Eitan Gertel, CEO, Finisar Interview - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) September 16, 2008 : 'We were not negotiating with other companies, nor did we have any pressure from our board to do any deal'
Gary Smith, CEO, Ciena Interview - Ryan Lawler - Comment (1) March 14, 2008 : 'The drivers for growth in our industry are insatiable.'
Gary Smith, CEO, Ciena Interview - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment August 31, 2007 : 'We're used to more intense cycles on the capital side. But this feels different to me.'
Tony Li Interview - Comments (169) May 27, 2004 : "If there was any single act that really helped Cisco, it was the merger of Wellfleet and Synoptics."
Giorgio Anania, Bookham Interview - Comments (7) March 12, 2004 : "The industry consolidation is only one half to one third done – it needs to continue."
Stan Lumish, JDS Uniphase Interview - Post a comment February 27, 2004 : "We were a confederation of states before, and not necessarily a happy confederation, but we're integrated now."
Brian Protiva, ADVA AG Interview - Post a comment June 18, 2003 : "E-Tek got 40% of our company for $200,000. That was the best investment they ever made."
Luca Martini, Level 3 Interview - Comments (91) May 15, 2003 : "Personally, I think that MPLS is a merging of the best features of connection protocols like ATM and connectionless protocols like IP."
Mike Parton, Marconi Interview - Comments (6) March 20, 2003 : "Success going forward is not just about sexy widgets. It’s about having a sustainable customer base..."
Mike Volpi Interview - Comments (4) October 24, 2002 : "In the environment we live in right now, it's very difficult to identify growth markets. There are very few."
Erel N. Margalit Interview - Comments (8) July 11, 2002 : "The peace process is like a startup that needs to be recapitalized."
Bert Whyte Interview - Comments (3) April 24, 2002 : "Ha ha ha! Everything I say you can quote – other than what I say that's off the record, of course."
Mory Ejabat Interview - Comments (44) January 4, 2002 : "Vendor financing went beyond where we intended."
Rich McGinn Interview - Comments (32) October 26, 2001 : “You know, I had 30 years in the communications industry, and 29 of those were great.”
Hugh Martin, ONI Systems Inc. Interview - Comments (12) July 3, 2001 : "What we’re all about is to take advantage of the huge opportunity in photonics to build another Cisco."
Mike Ricci Interview - Post a comment June 14, 2001 : "If you come in too heavy on a startup, you squash it. If you come in too light, it dies as an island on its own."
Gordon Stitt Interview - Comments (2) April 4, 2001 : "I think that markets tend to swing from one extreme to the other. No pun intended."
Scott Kriens Interview - Comments (6) February 26, 2001 : "It looked a lot easier to run a networking company 6 to 9 months ago than it does today. Reality is returning."
Greg Mumford Interview - Comments (24) February 8, 2001 : "The bandwidth explosion is just barely starting"
Dr. Lawrence Roberts Interview - Comments (14) January 25, 2001 : "Service providers have to make IP profitable within a year or they are going to go under"
Kevin Kalkhoven Interview - Comments (5) December 19, 2000 : "I don't think you need fast breakthroughs in physics. You need science, manufacturing, and automation."
Pat Nettles, Ciena Interview - Post a comment October 4, 2000 : "Ciena being an acquisition target is not something I would encourage people to think about."
Carl Russo, Cisco Interview - Post a comment September 14, 2000 : "We will derive more revenue from optical networking products than from core routers within the next twelve to eighteen months."
Dan Smith Interview - Post a comment June 28, 2000 : "On the access side, there are 30 or 40 companies. I'm pretty sure 40 companies won't survive in that space."
Vinod Khosla Interview - Post a comment June 1, 2000 : "I’m not a fan of the Cerent deal [with Cisco]. I discourage founders from trying to sell the company too early."
Jim Dolce Interview - Post a comment May 17, 2000 : Unisphere "Nearly half of the acquisitions made by big companies in the last 18 months have failed"
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