Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment December 26, 2012 : 6:00 AM Well, it seems to be going everywhere, but here are some guesses as to what might come of that
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6) December 13, 2012 : 5:00 AM The $176M acquisition of startup Contrail looks like an attempt to create an open-source movement in software-defined networking
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) December 12, 2012 : 1:35 PM From an 18th-story San Francisco office, Broadcom shared its ideas for a wireless near-future
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6) December 11, 2012 : 6:00 AM For all the talk of a software-and-services makeover, Cisco might not be ready to let the switch/router market fall prey to SDN
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8) November 14, 2012 : 6:00 PM Software-defined networking won't eradicate Cisco or Juniper. At least not right away
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) October 26, 2012 : 3:35 PM Far from the years-away talk of network programmability, a couple of TelcoTV panelists discuss what SDN can do for them now
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (21) October 25, 2012 : 8:30 AM The company talked about this big North American customer. The deal finally happened, and there aren't many guesses as to who it is
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) October 23, 2012 : 11:00 AM Kicking off a series of blogs about the 2012 Leading Lights awards, here's the reasoning for the six telecom product finalists we picked
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8) October 5, 2012 : 5:50 PM There's no sign it would actually happen, but one analysis of EMC buying Juniper brings up some interesting ideas
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) September 12, 2012 : 4:00 PM Analytics are another function that routers can absorb, depending on what you mean by 'analytics'
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4) August 3, 2012 : 4:45 PM In our informal poll for the LR Hall of Fame, Qualcomm's founder was a favorite. But he's getting outbid
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) July 30, 2012 : 1:00 AM Cisco rightly prides itself on leading the way through market transitions. But what about the one that's happening now?
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3) June 13, 2012 : 8:00 PM Soon, the entire national press corps will be talking SDN. (Yeah, right)
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6) June 7, 2012 : 10:15 AM It's another social-media IPO, except that people love this one
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4) May 31, 2012 : 11:15 AM Cisco does take software-defined networking seriously, and that's supposedly why it's waiting two more weeks to explain its plans
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) April 18, 2012 : 11:25 AM The guys who live down at Layer 1 are cheering for software defined networking more fiercely than you might realize
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2) March 30, 2012 : 5:25 AM Mergers like Oclaro/Opnext do help, but the really big moves in optical components will have to be made by outsiders
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (27) March 12, 2012 : 3:00 PM An editor's-eye view of the big optical show during its last visit to LA (for now)
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) March 7, 2012 : 2:30 PM -- Don't bother stopping us. You've heard this one before
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7) February 29, 2012 : 5:55 PM The optical division, not all of NSN. But even that might be a stretch
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6) February 29, 2012 : 2:00 AM Sure, maybe it's true that connectivity can bring peace, love and harmony – but enough, already
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment February 24, 2012 : 5:25 PM Even though terabit work is already underway, it might not be too early to start worrying
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment February 10, 2012 : 6:45 AM Everyone sure sounded happy on Cisco's earnings call, but there's plenty to be worried about
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) February 8, 2012 : 9:15 AM That's what premium chipmakers are going to argue, and they might have a point
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment February 6, 2012 : Tired of hearing about software-defined networking? Too bad
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8) January 4, 2012 : 3:30 PM If the beloved Flip had to go, then the less-beloved ūmi wasn't going to be long for this world
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment December 20, 2011 : 5:25 PM A lot of people thought Cisco's new-age structure was dumb, but suppose it wasn't. What went wrong? It all comes down to the boss man
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2) December 16, 2011 : 5:15 PM It was right for chip startups to stop owning manufacturing, but somehow that added up to a wrong turn
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5) November 17, 2011 : 5:15 AM Hey, there are worse ways to spend a coffee break
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6) November 15, 2011 : 3:25 PM Exactly what this means for the potentially split MPLS-TP standard isn't that clear, though
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7) November 14, 2011 : 4:20 PM Techy stats are nice, but they don't get you profiled in The New York Times
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (29) October 31, 2011 : 11:00 AM Running 1Tbit/s isn't pretty yet, and that's part of the fun
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment October 18, 2011 : 7:00 AM Our pick of the litter: products that tap some big telecom themes and open up some intriguing possibilities
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment October 14, 2011 : 6:45 AM Our reasons for picking the deal maker contenders in a big year for mergers and company transformations
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2) October 4, 2011 : 8:05 AM Why a few juicy possibilities didn't make the cut
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) September 21, 2011 : 4:50 AM The DTN-X could curb a case of the seven-year itch
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment September 2, 2011 : 12:10 PM A peek into what it's like building a new startup around the buzz of the OpenFlow protocol
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2) August 29, 2011 : 5:40 PM Repatriation could revive Cisco's unofficial 'R&D' process, one analyst reckons
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment August 24, 2011 : 11:00 AM Maybe the OIF's 100G mojo will help get the industry moving towards whatever comes next
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) August 23, 2011 : 6:40 AM One of the M&A hot-shots becomes the latest senior exec to move out
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3) August 19, 2011 : 2:55 PM A habit that John Chambers has thankfully given up
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2) August 12, 2011 : 1:00 AM Mad Men, eat your heart out
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment August 5, 2011 : 3:40 PM Forget backhoes. Level 3 has stories about shotguns, wildlife and a really lost 18-wheeler
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (27) August 4, 2011 : 11:25 AM Where might Cisco cut at the top? One name stands out
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8) July 13, 2011 : 2:45 PM Or maybe it's the other way around. The companies are trading blows behind the scenes at Cisco Live
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (14) July 8, 2011 : 1:25 PM Isn't it great how the RIAA and the movie industry keep doing us favors?
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment June 14, 2011 : 5:40 PM Carriers getting into cloud services are going to have to be wary of Amazon's true superpower
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12) June 7, 2011 : 6:00 PM It's one feature everybody seemed to be looking forward to. Where is it?
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1) June 3, 2011 : 4:40 AM It's understandable why this merger theory is getting so much play
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12) June 1, 2011 : 3:05 PM Let's see Cisco try to shut this one down
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