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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in March 2011

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Comment: Re: Cisco fabric - Craig Matsumoto March 31, 2011
Comment: Cisco fabric - Craig Matsumoto March 30, 2011

Cisco Counters Fabric Challengers


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
March 30, 2011 : Data center fabrics are proving quite the battleground, as Cisco prepares to counter the publicity Juniper's gotten for QFabric
Comment: Feel the Drama - Craig Matsumoto March 30, 2011

Brocade Responds to Juniper's QFabric


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
March 29, 2011 : Juniper and Brocade both want to virtualize the data center into one big switch, but their approaches aren't so similar

Tabula Gets $108M – & Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 28, 2011 : The FPGA challenger always sounded like an expensive proposition, and it's making good on that promise
Comment: Re: NFOEC - Craig Matsumoto March 26, 2011

AT&T Could Drop 40% of T-Mobile


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 25, 2011 : Everyone's expecting concessions in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Turns out AT&T was expecting them too
Comment: NFOEC - Craig Matsumoto March 24, 2011
Comment: Tribute - Craig Matsumoto March 24, 2011
Comment: Re: I know, I know - Craig Matsumoto March 24, 2011

Nortel Sells IPv4 Addresses


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
March 24, 2011 : When you've got to unload 666,624 IPv4 addresses, who can you turn to?
Comment: I know, I know - Craig Matsumoto March 24, 2011
Comment: Sprint - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2011
Comment: Behind the Scenes - Craig Matsumoto March 23, 2011
Comment: 4G Chip Deals - Craig Matsumoto March 22, 2011
Comment: Re: Really LR?? - Craig Matsumoto March 22, 2011
Comment: Re: Really LR?? - Craig Matsumoto March 22, 2011

Finisar Goes Vertical for Tunables


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 22, 2011 : As tunable XFPs gain in importance, Finisar makes a $76M deal to take ownership of the tunable laser it's reportedly been using

Who's Hurt if T-Mobile USA Vanishes?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 22, 2011 : The removal of one big US wireless carrier would create questions for those suppliers that aren't on AT&T's roster

Minerva Adds an OTT Deal


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March 21, 2011 : A sizable win with Malta's incumbent provider gives Minerva some exposure for its new service combining IPTV and over-the-top video

Broadcom Buys Into Microwave Backhaul


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 21, 2011 : The $313M offer for Provigent shows just how cool (or hot) microwave backhaul has become
Comment: $313M - Craig Matsumoto March 19, 2011
Comment: IPOs - Craig Matsumoto March 18, 2011

Cortina Preps an IPO


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 18, 2011 : Got an appetite for unprofitable chip makers?
Comment: Re: Duped - Craig Matsumoto March 17, 2011

100G Watch: Juniper Makes a Deal


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 17, 2011 : Opnext and Cortina also have stories to tell in our post-OFC/NFOEC roundup of 100Gbit/s
Comment: mHealth - Craig Matsumoto March 16, 2011

Actelis Moves Into Broadband


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March 16, 2011 : The Carrier Ethernet company makes an acquisition to try its hand at aiding DSL deployments
Comment: 100G - Craig Matsumoto March 15, 2011

NEC Has 100G Ready


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 14, 2011 : Heavy Reading reports that the Japanese tech behemoth has its 100G ducks in a row
Comment: Cord Cutting - Craig Matsumoto March 14, 2011
Comment: LA Live - Craig Matsumoto March 14, 2011

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Wrapping Up


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March 14, 2011 : 12:05 PM The optical networking sector isn't completely healed, but OFC/NFOEC showed there's still a lot to be excited about

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Photo Outtakes


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 11, 2011 : 2:45 PM A tourist's-eye view with an outdated camera

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Bandwidth Goes Flexible, Too


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 11, 2011 : The terabit era of optical networks might include options for trading off bandwidth for performance, if carriers are willing
Comment: Juniper PTX + ADVA - Craig Matsumoto March 10, 2011

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Juniper OEMs an ADVA Box


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 10, 2011 : There's a little something extra about last week's PTX packet-optical announcement

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Calient Recruits a Familiar Name


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 10, 2011 : He's back in optical networking, but he probably won't be taking Calient public any time before, say, 2013

OFC/NFOEC 2011: ADVA CTO Foresees Flexible Optics


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 10, 2011 : What's to come after 100G? ADVA CTO Christoph Glingener explores the possibilities of software-defined optics
Comment: Supercomm - Craig Matsumoto March 10, 2011

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Infinera to Add ROADMs, MPLS


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 9, 2011 : With everybody else talking about packet-optical equipment and ROADMs, Infinera might as well get in on the fun, too

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Infinera Talks Terabit


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 9, 2011 : Radha Nagarajan explains the terabit PIC that Infinera presented at the show and discusses what it means for the company's product plans

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Finisar Drops the Bomb


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
March 9, 2011 : Talk of inventory corrections may be coming true, as the bottom falls out under Finisar's Q4 forecasts
Comment: Outlook - Craig Matsumoto March 9, 2011
Comment: Finisar - Craig Matsumoto March 8, 2011

OSA 2011: Optical World Faces Hipster Challenge


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March 8, 2011 : Google and Facebook are starting to influence the design of optical equipment, and that might force a rethinking of some old telecom habits

A New Ethernet Contender


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
March 7, 2011 : 6:20 PM Plain old servers handle data centers' computing needs. Now they might move into networking, too

100G Decision Time Looms


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March 7, 2011 : Even the true believers in 40G optical networks need to have their 100G stories straight by now

Altera to Demo OTN


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March 4, 2011 : The FPGA vendor brings its latest OTN technology to OFC/NFOEC, with the aid of the former Avalon Microelectronics
Comment: Re: Who Makes What - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011
Comment: Re: Who Makes What - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011
Comment: Re: Who Makes What - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011

Who Makes What: Tunable XFPs


Reports - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (14)
March 4, 2011 : Substantial shipments of tunables will roll out this year. As we travel to OFC/NFOEC, here's a rundown of who plays in the space
Comment: Footnotes - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011
Comment: Re: Tunable XFP - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011
Comment: Tunable XFP - Craig Matsumoto March 4, 2011

Considering QFabric


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
March 4, 2011 : 12:10 PM Juniper has announced lots of big, ambitious plans lately, but QFabric might be the most significant. Here's why

Opnext Joins the Tunable XFP Race


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
March 4, 2011 : Say cheese! Opnext hopes its optical shutter will make up for its late entry in the hottest optical module market

Cisco Asks for MPLS Unity


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
March 3, 2011 : With an angry ITU group ready to start a second MPLS OAM standard, Cisco makes its case for staying one big happy family

Juniper Makes Its Packet-Optical Move


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
March 3, 2011 : It's more packet than optical at the moment, but it suddenly makes Juniper relevant in a core battle that includes AlcaLu and Ciena
Comment: MPLS: Cisco Side - Craig Matsumoto March 3, 2011
Comment: Product names - Craig Matsumoto March 3, 2011

Rumor: ANDA's About to Be Acquired


Rumors - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
March 2, 2011 :
Comment: Overlap - Craig Matsumoto March 1, 2011

Overture & Hatteras Gang Up on Carrier Ethernet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
March 1, 2011 : If you have trouble remembering who does what in Carrier Ethernet, things just got a little bit easier