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Posted in March 2007

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OFC Notebook II


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
March 29, 2007 : 9:30 AM -- WDM-PONs and the 100-Gig alphabet

100-Gig Chases 40-Gig


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 29, 2007 : Developments in 100-Gbit/s and the competitive cost of 10-Gbit/s equipment might end up affecting the life span of the 40-Gbit/s generation, according to some at OFC/NFOEC
Comment: Short sells - Craig Matsumoto March 29, 2007

Cisco to Buy Spans Logic


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 28, 2007 : As predicted in February, Cisco is acquiring a ternary CAM startup, but analyst say that's not necessarily trouble for CAM vendor NetLogic

OFC Notebook


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March 28, 2007 : 11:30 AM -- Tripping the show floor fantastic
Comment: Kailight - Craig Matsumoto March 27, 2007

Video Hopes Boost Optics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 27, 2007 : Big components mergers didn't come about, but vendors are still abuzz at OFC/NFOEC, thanks to the promise of big video bandwidth

Pooh-Poohing P2P


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March 27, 2007 : 8:20 AM -- Who's afraid of peer-to-peer video?

ROADMs, 40G Spark OFC/NFOEC


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 26, 2007 : Year by year, energy continues coming back to OFC/NFOEC, with 40-Gbit/s technologies and ROADM devices among the hot topics this year. Startups Capella, Kailight, and Nistica get a jump on the festivities
Comment: Video scaling - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2007
Comment: Re: GoogleTV - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2007

Internet Video's Scale Scare


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 23, 2007 : P2P may help the Internet video business finally realize large-scale live streaming. Meanwhile, high-def video is still a concern for all involved in distribution
Comment: Re: GoogleTV - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2007
Comment: Bookham down - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2007
Comment: Re: GoogleTV - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2007

VON Madness


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March 22, 2007 : 2:15 PM -- Today, VON ain't the most popular show in town

Cisco Shows Some Optical Love


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (18)
March 21, 2007 : Long rumored to be a sell-off target, Cisco's optical division gets some moral backing as the parent company releases some new ONS 15454 cards

Neokast Sets Sights on Cheap Streaming


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March 21, 2007 : A P2P video startup out of Northwestern U. is focused on large-scale streaming without the help of content delivery networks

VON vs Old School


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March 20, 2007 : 3:00 PM -- VOIP isn't for everybody yet
Comment: Internet vs. cable - Craig Matsumoto March 20, 2007

Internet Video Heads Mainstream


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 20, 2007 : Speakers at the New Video Summit see signs of carriers and traditional TV players embracing Internet TV, but it's a slow process that's just starting

Juniper Pushes Services Policy


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 19, 2007 : Arguing that the management of services is becoming more crucial to service providers, Juniper rolls out new policy and control products
Comment: WebEx - Craig Matsumoto March 16, 2007

Will WebEx Change Cisco?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 16, 2007 : The $3.2 billion WebEx purchase could be a key component of a long-term vision – or, maybe, it's another cog in a directionless buying spree

Will Juniper Be Burned by the Churn?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (17)
March 16, 2007 : Downside: High-level execs keep leaving Juniper, and the company has no ready replacements. Upside: Maybe Juniper needed to look for replacements anyway

Another $3B Down


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March 15, 2007 : 1:30 PM -- Pre-coffee impressions on Cisco/WebEx

Dykes Joins NebuAd


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March 14, 2007 : The former Juniper CFO takes the helm at a Silicon Valley startup doing precision targeted advertising

Juniper Loses More Execs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (25)
March 13, 2007 : Resignation letters have come in from CFO Robert Dykes and the head of Juniper's enterprise business, Robert Sturgeon
Comment: Re: EoCU - Craig Matsumoto March 13, 2007

AT&T Sets Copper Ethernet Course


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (22)
March 13, 2007 : Adtran reportedly won the Ethernet-over-copper RFP, but neither Adtran nor most competitors have a VDSL-based technology to match AT&T's supposed long-term direction
Comment: Juniper redux - Craig Matsumoto March 12, 2007

Juniper Catches Up, Writes Down


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
March 12, 2007 : Hoping to dust its hands of the stock-options scandal, Juniper files its restated earnings, including an anticipated $1.3 billion goodwill writeoff
Comment: GDC - Craig Matsumoto March 9, 2007

GDC 2007 in Pictures


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 9, 2007 : Light Reading goes down the rabbit hole to see what's up at the Game Developers Conference. Tough gig, obviously

Point & Click


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 8, 2007 : 2:00 PM -- PS3, Wii, iPhone... It's curtains for your PC
Comment: Re: Juniper HA - Craig Matsumoto March 8, 2007
Comment: ATCA life - Craig Matsumoto March 8, 2007

Nortel Preaches ATCA


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 8, 2007 : The transition to standard AdvancedTCA hardware had its bumps, but a Nortel keynote speaker tells a Light Reading Live event crowd the change has been worth it so far
Comment: Little Big Planet - Craig Matsumoto March 7, 2007
Comment: Re: Juniper HA - Craig Matsumoto March 7, 2007

Sony Hits Home


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 7, 2007 : The PlayStation 3 gets an online booster shot that includes a Second Life-like virtual world and the promise of user-created game levels
Comment: Re: Juniper HA - Craig Matsumoto March 7, 2007
Comment: Juniper HA - Craig Matsumoto March 7, 2007

AlcaLu Tunes Up Redundancy


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (26)
March 7, 2007 : New features for the 7750/7450 franchise tout high availability, the feature that helped get Alcatel-Lucent on the map in routers

Sony Goes 3.0


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March 6, 2007 : 2:30 PM -- Catching up with Xbox
Comment: Cisco Media Group - Craig Matsumoto March 5, 2007
Comment: Nortel and IPTV - Craig Matsumoto March 5, 2007

Cisco Adds to Social Stockpile


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 5, 2007 : Following up the acquisition of Five Across, Cisco nabs the software and people that made Tribe.net work, as the company continues to build its shadowy Media Group

Nortel & LG Prep New IPTV Set-Top


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 5, 2007 : A SIP/IPTV mix is on tap for Nortel's IPTV World booth this week; meanwhile, the company is gearing up to release its own set-top box, built by the joint venture with LG

Ciena Continues Ethernet Push


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 2, 2007 : Much of Ciena's recent work has been on the multiservice front, but product announcements this week are meant to show the vendor can play in Ethernet as well

Ciena Spending Climbs, Stock Falls


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 1, 2007 : Revenues for 2007 could be up 30 percent, but word that Ciena will increase operating expenses drives the stock down