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Comment: SDN Cycle - Craig Matsumoto January 2, 2013

Q&A: David Meyer, Brocade's New SDN Expert


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
January 2, 2013 : Recently transplanted from Cisco, Meyer talks about SDN's audiophile potential and the ad-hoc implementations of early adopters

Carrier Ethernet Preps for a Busy 2013


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
December 31, 2012 : New standards and that pesky SDN trend, of course, set the stage for a big year (and a big anniversary)

Where SDN Is Going Next


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

Optical Networking: What to Watch in 2013


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
December 25, 2012 : We wouldn't dare mention software-defined networking here. Well, maybe just a few times
Comment: Re: Friday news - Craig Matsumoto December 22, 2012

CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
December 21, 2012 : John Chambers takes care of some paperwork on the Friday afternoon before the Christmas holiday
Comment: Friday news - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012
Comment: Re: Oops - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012
Comment: Re: End of the World - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012
Comment: Re: Old news - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012
Comment: Re: Even more - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012
Comment: End of the World - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2012

World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
December 21, 2012 : As if the lingering capex crisis wasn't bad enough, now the end of the world is fouling things up for the comms sector...
Comment: Re: Bidding war? - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2012
Comment: Mobile data caps - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2012
Comment: Re: Bidding war? - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2012
Comment: ALU owns ships? - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2012
Comment: Look at the Bright Side - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2012
Comment: Bidding war? - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012

Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
December 19, 2012 : Just in time for the holidays, Arris picks up a little something to increase its competitiveness against Cisco
Comment: Digital vs. Banana - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Re: Even more - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Re: Way to Go !! - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Re: Even more - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Even more - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Finisar - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012

Gray Market Optics Go 40G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
December 19, 2012 : Network Hardware Resale is pushing further into the high end, possibly putting pressure on OEMs' own sales of optical modules
Comment: Re: DIY Cable System - Craig Matsumoto December 19, 2012
Comment: Re: not - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Re: food for thought - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Seeking Alpha - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Re: food for thought - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: 400G Ethernet - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Re: Land grabbing - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Re: Land grabbing - Craig Matsumoto December 18, 2012
Comment: Re: Poor density - Craig Matsumoto December 17, 2012
Comment: Re: Use of IPv6 - Craig Matsumoto December 17, 2012
Comment: Re: Land grabbing - Craig Matsumoto December 17, 2012
Comment: Alcatel-Lucent & Margins - Craig Matsumoto December 17, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent's Optical Margins Don't Impress


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (18)
December 17, 2012 : With AlcaLu disclosing some detailed numbers, we can see how painful the pain points really are
Comment: Use of IPv6 - Craig Matsumoto December 17, 2012

DT's All-Cisco, No-Optical Network


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (11)
December 17, 2012 : Well, there's some optical. The point is that TeraStream is taking IPoDWDM seriously and might be a showcase for Cisco's homemade transceivers
Comment: Re: 10X Capacity? - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Edge networks - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Spectrum Shortage - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Re: Reno! - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Re: QFabric - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Re: How much? - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2012
Comment: Re: does it help? - Craig Matsumoto December 13, 2012
Comment: Re: connected cars - Craig Matsumoto December 13, 2012

Huawei Lays Off 100 in US


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
December 13, 2012 : The network infrastructure group gets scaled down, but Huawei is far from giving up on the United States
Comment: Speed of QFabric - Craig Matsumoto December 13, 2012

Contrail Sizes Up SDN


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December 13, 2012 : Some interfaces beyond OpenFlow are the really important hot spots for software-defined networking, according to the startup's CEO

Juniper Cracking SDN Open


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
Comment: QFabric - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012
Comment: Juniper - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012
Comment: Creepy Location Services - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012

Photos: Broadcom's CES Preview


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
Comment: Ubiquity - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012
Comment: Re: Wii U/Samsung too - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012
Comment: Packing 400G - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2012

Japanese Firms Tackle 400G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
December 11, 2012 : A year-long R&D project is yet another sign that the carriers might need that intermediate step while waiting for 1Tbit/s
Comment: Wii U - Craig Matsumoto December 11, 2012

Broadcom Thinks NFC's Time Is Nearing


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
December 11, 2012 : Looking back at carriers' history with Wi-Fi, Broadcom thinks it knows what it will take for near-field communications to become a hit
Comment: Re: SDN & networking - Craig Matsumoto December 11, 2012
Comment: Seeking Alpha - Craig Matsumoto December 11, 2012

Buying Into the New Cisco


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
Comment: Re: Not too difficult - Craig Matsumoto December 10, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent Has a Top-Secret SDN Startup!


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
December 10, 2012 : Except that we found out. Because they told us. But it has a cool French name. Take that, Cisco
Comment: Infinera-Verizon - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2012

How Infinera Could Get a Shot at Verizon


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (11)
December 7, 2012 : It's hard to call Infinera a favorite for another US Tier 1 win, but there's a chance, one analyst says
Comment: Re: More Info - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2012
Comment: Re: AT&T CDN - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2012
Comment: 5-7% - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2012

Cisco Charts a New Future in IT


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
December 7, 2012 : Information technology has shifted to networks rather than computers. That means it's time for Cisco to become No. 1 in IT, CEO John Chambers says
Comment: LTE + Vectoring - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2012

DT's €30B Plan Wraps LTE With Vectoring


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
December 6, 2012 : The carrier outlines an ambitious spending plan that includes LTE, fiber-to-the-curb and a new mystery box
Comment: AT&T CDN - Craig Matsumoto December 6, 2012

AT&T Hands Its CDN Over to Akamai


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
December 6, 2012 : So much for doing that part in-house. Akamai's CDN servers will glom onto AT&T's IP network, taking over from AT&T's own CDN
Comment: Updated router stats - Craig Matsumoto December 6, 2012
Comment: Networking - Craig Matsumoto December 5, 2012

Emulex Buys Into Network Monitoring


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
December 5, 2012 : The $130M purchase of Endace taps a hot market and could help Emulex fulfill its networking ambitions