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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in April 2009

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JDSU to Close Picolight Fab


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April 30, 2009 : A manufacturing shuffle moves Picolight's VCSEL work to San Jose while handing other products over to contract partners
Comment: Verizon rebuttal - Craig Matsumoto April 29, 2009

JDSU's Forecast Disappoints


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April 29, 2009 : Q3 earnings arrive as lukewarm as expected, and there seems slim chance of happier news to come in Q4

More Oclaro Numbers


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April 29, 2009 : 5:45 PM Stupid math tricks would seem to reveal an 'up' forecast
Comment: Oclaro stock - Craig Matsumoto April 28, 2009

ATCA Attacks the Data Center


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April 28, 2009 : The specs are being expanded to more directly challenge ATCA non-believers, IBM and HP

The ATCA Split


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April 28, 2009 : 4:00 PM Even if the money comes in, who gets it?
Comment: Juniper & IBM - Craig Matsumoto April 28, 2009

IBM to Resell Brocade/Foundry Gear


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April 28, 2009 : Big Blue gets its own line of routers and switches, better known as 'Stuff Foundry Used to Sell'

Oclaro's Numbers


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
April 28, 2009 : 8:55 AM Stats from the newly issued Bookham/Avanex card
Comment: Re: Liu? - Craig Matsumoto April 28, 2009

Bookham, Avanex Form Oclaro


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April 27, 2009 : The long-awaited merger is done, with hopes that a new name helps dispel ghosts of the past

Oplink Perks Up


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April 24, 2009 : 4:30 PM Cutting 400 employees will do that, these days

Juniper Runs Tepid


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April 24, 2009 : 4:00 PM It could still be a while before 'stable' spending blossoms into regrowth

Juniper Sees Q1 Stabilize


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April 23, 2009 : The company predicts flat revenues next quarter and has even hired in R&D, after cutting 140 jobs elsewhere

Ikanos Reaches for DSL Breadth


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April 23, 2009 : A $54M deal would hand Conexant's DSL business to Ikanos, but the question is what it will do to Ikanos's bottom line

Infinera Dampens Q2 Expectations


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April 21, 2009 : Revenues are growing, as is the customer roster, but Infinera's sales might be getting tweaked by the recession

Oracle Rocks Java


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April 21, 2009 : 2:05 PM That's not necessarily a good thing
Comment: Oracle MySQL - Craig Matsumoto April 20, 2009

Ciena Thinks Beyond PBB-TE


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April 20, 2009 : A set of new Ethernet offerings includes a 10GE customer premises box and an MPLS option for Ciena's aggregation box

JDSU Ends Tunable Wars


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April 17, 2009 : The lawsuits are settled, and the ITC air strike has been called off

Cavium Thinks Big


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April 16, 2009 : 5:50 PM Sure, namedrop Broadcom. Why not?
Comment: Bookham/JDSU - Craig Matsumoto April 15, 2009

Bookham, JDSU Settle Laser Tiff


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April 15, 2009 : An $8 million settlement ends a small patent battle and, more importantly, an ITC complaint

eBay Pledges Skype IPO


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April 15, 2009 : Skype is destined to go public, eBay says, implying the service won't be sold back to its founders
Comment: Skype IPO - Craig Matsumoto April 14, 2009

DT Likes Cisco's ASR 9000


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April 14, 2009 : Either that, or DT wasted a bunch of time doing a video about the new edge router

Cavium Sprouts More Cores


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April 14, 2009 : The processor company comes out with a 32-core heavyweight, but it's going to release much smaller versions first

Cisco Awaits the Hammer


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April 14, 2009 : 3:45 PM The Big Layoff still hasn't arrived

Skype Goes on the Block


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April 14, 2009 : 12:50 PM $3.1 billion can't buy 'synergy'

Force10's Feldman Sails to SeaMicro


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April 9, 2009 : The former marketing exec is at the helm of a startup tackling questions of power in the data center

Ignis Eyes Syntune


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April 9, 2009 : 7:20 AM Building a franchise around WDM-PON

The R&D Picture


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April 8, 2009 : 5:15 PM Who's going to pay for the next optical wave?

Danish Gov't Shakes Down Intel


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April 7, 2009 : One of Intel's overpriced bubble acquisitions just keeps on giving, in the form of a potential $651M tax bill from Denmark

Juniper Cuts Q1 Forecast


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April 7, 2009 : Revenues take a hit, but cost-cutting measures will save net income, making investors happy

NetLogic Keeps the Layer 7 Pace


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April 6, 2009 : Chipmaker claims an update to its processors maintains line speed no matter how messy the Layer 7 rules get
Comment: Re: HQ Correction - Craig Matsumoto April 1, 2009

Cisco Lands Verizon


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April 1, 2009 : 6:00 PM The ASR line gets its first announced customer

Opnext Changes CEOs, Starts Cutting


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April 1, 2009 : Gilles Bouchard takes over with a 10% layoff, but Opnext's fabs and its major R&D projects are intact
Comment: Re: twitter irony - Craig Matsumoto April 1, 2009

Juniper Routers Gain Video Powers


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April 1, 2009 : A partnership with Triveni yields a video-monitoring application for the M and MX router lines