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Posted in October 2011

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Comment: Charles Laperle - Craig Matsumoto October 31, 2011

Ciena Goes Terabit


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October 31, 2011 : 11:00 AM Running 1Tbit/s isn't pretty yet, and that's part of the fun
Comment: TelcoTV Photos - Craig Matsumoto October 28, 2011

Thailand's Floods Will Affect Optical Sales


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October 27, 2011 : Flooding at Fabrinet is going to cause problems for the optical components companies that rely on its manufacturing services
Comment: Subliminal 3G - Craig Matsumoto October 27, 2011

Calient Gets Data-Center Fever


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
October 25, 2011 : The company's all-optical switch gets a long-needed revamp in order to go after data-center markets. Oh, and it raised $19.4M more

Startup Finds a Business in OpenFlow


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October 24, 2011 : xFlow is taking advantage of the OpenFlow buzz, getting itself hired as an engineering partner to some notable chip companies
Comment: OSMINE - Craig Matsumoto October 21, 2011

Calix's Woes Will Continue Into Q4


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October 20, 2011 : Delays in broadband stimulus winnings could drag on and on ... and on ...
Comment: Cisco - Craig Matsumoto October 20, 2011
Comment: SDN - Craig Matsumoto October 20, 2011

The Software Revolution Is Coming


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October 20, 2011 : OpenFlow is just the start. What networking really needs is to become more like computer science, researchers argue at a Stanford get-together

Vendors' Q3/Q4 Earnings Could Suffer


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October 19, 2011 : Juniper might not be the only company seeing carrier spending stall. Analysts think it's going to be tough all over
Comment: Juniper Beyond Q1 - Craig Matsumoto October 19, 2011

Juniper's Getting Stalled on Revenues


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 18, 2011 : Some service providers are ordering gear now but asking that it not be delivered until Q1, making Juniper's Q4 look drained
Comment: Juniper new products - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011
Comment: Re: Shippingness - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011
Comment: Hadn't noticed this - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011

Juniper Makes Its Q3 Numbers


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October 18, 2011 : Q3 earnings were just as downcast as expected, which is a good thing
Comment: Re: Openflow != SDN - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011
Comment: Shippingness - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011
Comment: Cisco Hearts OpenFlow - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2011

Cisco Fires Back at QFabric


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
October 18, 2011 : In the data-center fabric wars, the heavy artillery keeps coming out

Leading Lights Finalists: Best Product (Telecom)


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October 18, 2011 : 7:00 AM Our pick of the litter: products that tap some big telecom themes and open up some intriguing possibilities

Cisco Will Support OpenFlow


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October 18, 2011 : Sometimes thought of as a Cisco-killer, the protocol is about to become a Cisco feature
Comment: Adtran & bonds - Craig Matsumoto October 17, 2011

Why Adtran's Earnings Were in Line


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October 17, 2011 : Products and customers are nice, but Adtran has been getting help from another source

Leading Lights Finalists: Deal Maker


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October 14, 2011 : 6:45 AM Our reasons for picking the deal maker contenders in a big year for mergers and company transformations
Comment: 1:128 PONs - Craig Matsumoto October 13, 2011

Fujitsu Pushes PON Splits


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
October 13, 2011 : A new amplifier array could make a 1:128 PON split a little more practical
Comment: Re: Nokia test center - Craig Matsumoto October 13, 2011
Comment: Nokia test center - Craig Matsumoto October 12, 2011
Comment: Huawei booth - Craig Matsumoto October 12, 2011

Huawei Makes Its Enterprise Pitch


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October 12, 2011 : With Interop as a backdrop, Huawei came out swinging in its enterprise 'debut.' Here's how it looked...
Comment: Hybrid cloud - Craig Matsumoto October 11, 2011

Infinera's 100G Goes Undersea


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October 11, 2011 : NTT takes a bunch of the optical vendor's new technologies for a spin

What's Driving Cloud Interest


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October 11, 2011 : Sometimes, it's as simple as 'My boss made me do it,' as Windstream's Kip Turco tells us
Comment: Farmer Mike - Craig Matsumoto October 10, 2011
Comment: Outtakes/non-takes - Craig Matsumoto October 10, 2011

Photos: Fall Interop 2011


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October 10, 2011 : It's the smaller sibling to Las Vegas Interop, but we still found plenty of shutter candy

Slide Show: Carrier Cloud Forum, Fall 2011


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October 7, 2011 : In the shadow of Javits Center construction, we gathered industry leaders for an update on the cloud

6 More Truths About Cloud Computing


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October 6, 2011 : The future of the cloud is still morphing for both service providers and customers, as we found at the latest Cloud Carrier Forum

BT Slices Up the Cloud


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October 6, 2011 : Picking vertical markets for cloud services isn't quite enough, explains BT Global Services Chief Architect and CTO Scott Cain
Comment: Re: Question... - Craig Matsumoto October 5, 2011

Cloud Could Face Network Bottlenecks


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October 5, 2011 : To fulfill the promise of cloud services, the network might need some adjustments. Equipment vendors aren't sad to hear that
Comment: Interop small talk - Craig Matsumoto October 5, 2011

Interop Wrap: Huawei's Enterprising Campaign


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October 5, 2011 : Huawei, Cisco, Juniper and HP all have plans on how to rethink the enterprise network and they're shouting about it at Interop New York

Leading Lights Non-Finalists: Deal Maker


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October 4, 2011 : 8:05 AM Why a few juicy possibilities didn't make the cut