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Posted in November 2011

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Comment: Re: What agreement? - Craig Matsumoto November 30, 2011

ITU Pushes Toward MPLS-TP Answer


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November 29, 2011 : In the tussle over OAM, it all hinges on what counts as 'MPLS'
Comment: Re: israeli press - Craig Matsumoto November 28, 2011

The Full Monty: Ciena CEO Gary Smith


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November 25, 2011 : The long version of our recent interview with Hall of Famer Gary Smith, including a few extra bits
Comment: Re: Cisco staff - Craig Matsumoto November 23, 2011

Interview: Ciena CEO Gary Smith, Part 3


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November 23, 2011 : Wrapping up our exclusive interview, Smith discusses how telecom is changing and why bandwidth demand is real this time
Comment: Re: simplistic - Craig Matsumoto November 22, 2011
Comment: Re: Cisco staff - Craig Matsumoto November 22, 2011

Interview: Ciena CEO Gary Smith, Part 2


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November 22, 2011 : In part 2 of our exclusive interview, Smith talks about avoiding the 'rock-star' CEO image and the tactics for keeping acquired employees in the fold

Is Cisco Suffering Brain Drain?


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November 22, 2011 : One report says the company's new direction has some engineers heading for competitors

ASSIA Climbs to Layer 2


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November 21, 2011 : The DSL-checking company starts poking around beyond the PHY layer

Interview: Ciena CEO Gary Smith, Part 1


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November 21, 2011 : In part 1 of our exclusive interview, LR Hall of Famer Gary Smith looks back on Ciena's acquisition history
Comment: Re: Bad Information - Craig Matsumoto November 21, 2011
Comment: Re: Giant killer - Craig Matsumoto November 18, 2011
Comment: Huawei - Craig Matsumoto November 18, 2011

Cisco Makes Noise in 100G


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November 17, 2011 : Remember that CoreOptics acquisition? It's alive

Oclaro Joins Opnext at 100G


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November 17, 2011 : The supply chain is setting the stage for eventual 100G volumes

Ciena Lets You Spy on SC11


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November 17, 2011 : 5:15 AM Hey, there are worse ways to spend a coffee break
Comment: 40G - Craig Matsumoto November 16, 2011
Comment: Arista 40G - Craig Matsumoto November 16, 2011

Tata Stops Short of 100G Undersea


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November 16, 2011 : A 40G undersea deployment is good news for Ciena and a reminder that 100G needs some time in the oven
Comment: MPLS-TP - Craig Matsumoto November 16, 2011

MPLS-TP's Split Standard Could Be Close


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November 16, 2011 : There's a proposal afoot that would appear to give the Y.1731 camp what it wants

Verivue Goes Transparent


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November 15, 2011 : New software could help Verivue's customers, including cable MSOs, broaden their use of network caching

ITU-T Makes an MPLS-TP Statement


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November 15, 2011 : 3:25 PM Exactly what this means for the potentially split MPLS-TP standard isn't that clear, though

100G Watch: Brocade Goes Big


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November 15, 2011 : The largest 100G installation to date, an extra bauble for the supply chain and a couple of Ethernet Expo notes
Comment: Ethernet Expo Europe - Craig Matsumoto November 14, 2011

Extreme vs. Arista


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November 14, 2011 : 4:20 PM Techy stats are nice, but they don't get you profiled in The New York Times
Comment: Re: Vanilla Ice - Craig Matsumoto November 14, 2011

7 Things to Know About Carrier Ethernet


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November 11, 2011 : OTN, backhaul, the cloud -- here's a wrapup of what we think we learned at Ethernet Expo

Canoga Perkins Brings 100G to Demarc


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November 11, 2011 : A 100G NID was an interesting tidbit snuck into one of the afternoon Ethernet Expo presentations

LR Live!: EENY Day 2 Update


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November 11, 2011 : The second day of Ethernet Expo included talk about MPLS-TP, 100G and, yes, the cloud
Comment: Re: OTN Again - Craig Matsumoto November 10, 2011
Comment: Cisco coming back - Craig Matsumoto November 10, 2011
Comment: Re: just checking - Craig Matsumoto November 10, 2011
Comment: OTN Again - Craig Matsumoto November 10, 2011

OTN Inches Toward the Metro


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November 9, 2011 : Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin discusses what he's seeing in the evolution of OTN and the packet-optical network
Comment: Submarine OTN - Craig Matsumoto November 9, 2011

Is OTN Overkill?


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November 9, 2011 : If services are all-packet, do you really want to pack them into OTN? Most people say yes, but Transmode made the 'No' case at Ethernet Expo
Comment: Rackspace - Craig Matsumoto November 8, 2011

Ethernet, Cloud Look to Scale


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November 8, 2011 : Simplicity and connectivity will be key to the next stages of Ethernet and cloud services, according to Ethernet Expo's Day 1 keynotes

Rackspace Touts the Hybrid Cloud


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November 8, 2011 : The company says its year-old hybrid cloud service seems to have unlocked customers' interest in the cloud

Luxtera Tries Its Hand at 100G


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November 8, 2011 : The silicon photonics vendor gets speeds up to 28Gbit/s, setting up the possibility of a 100G optical backplane
Comment: Cyan at EENY - Craig Matsumoto November 7, 2011

NEC Puts OpenFlow on the Market


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November 7, 2011 : Having gone commercial with a hybrid OpenFlow switch, NEC gives us some thoughts on what competition will be like

Cyan Widens Its Ethernet View


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November 7, 2011 : The promise of managing multiple vendors' gear from one screen is starting to come true, as Cyan plans to show at Ethernet Expo

OpenFlow Slices Up the Network


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November 7, 2011 : The power of the OpenFlow protocol could be in virtualizing the network, Christos Kolias of Orange explains
Comment: Sprint gets the money - Craig Matsumoto November 4, 2011

OpenFlow's 'Centralized' Problem


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November 4, 2011 : The OpenFlow protocol often gets criticized for creating a single point of failure, but Omar Baldonado of Big Switch says that's not the case

JDSU, Opnext Detail Flood Effects


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November 1, 2011 : The ongoing flooding in Thailand is hitting optical vendors, though JDSU has more reason for optimism than Opnext

JDSU Reports Q1 Losses, Beats Estimates


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November 1, 2011 : Non-GAAP earnings beat the street, but the Q2 forecast is more of a trick than a treat