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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in May 2010

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Comment: Re: Cult Status - Craig Matsumoto May 28, 2010

Marvell Plugs a Computer for Telcos, MSOs


LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 28, 2010 : The company's all-purpose 'plug computer,' its pride and joy at the last two CES shows, is making a play for telco services and broadband video

If Juniper Were Apple


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (12)
May 28, 2010 : 11:45 AM Maybe they'd sell jPods and jPads

Optical Exits


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 27, 2010 : 6:00 PM Everybody's still looking to get bought, but Cisco/CoreOptics offers a dash of hope
Comment: MLSE - Craig Matsumoto May 26, 2010
Comment: Layer 2 Mux - Craig Matsumoto May 26, 2010

ClariPhy Raises $24M to Chase 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 26, 2010 : The CoreOptics buy could mean Cisco won't need merchant chips for 100G. But that doesn't deter Oclaro – or ClariPhy, which just got $24 million to pursue that market

Infinera's Old 40G


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 25, 2010 : 6:00 PM A last glance back at the 400G PIC
Comment: Smart Grid IOS - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2010
Comment: Offense/Defense - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2010
Comment: 100G, no DSP - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2010
Comment: World Cup - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2010

Infinera Ditches 40G, Talks 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 25, 2010 : Everyone needs a 100G story, and Infinera is no exception. The more pressing issue is whether people buy its 40G story
Comment: Re: Infinera - Craig Matsumoto May 24, 2010

The SPIT Side of Optical


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 21, 2010 : 2:55 PM 100G chatter could be drowning out some of the carriers' bigger needs
Comment: Re: Single chip - Craig Matsumoto May 21, 2010
Comment: Google network - Craig Matsumoto May 21, 2010
Comment: Re: Mintera - Craig Matsumoto May 21, 2010
Comment: Re: Time out - Craig Matsumoto May 21, 2010

Covad's Brad Roldan: Ethernet Makeover


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 21, 2010 : Covad's Brad Roldan talks about how and why his company is moving toward offering more connection-oriented Ethernet services

Cisco Renews Optical Focus With CoreOptics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (15)
May 20, 2010 : The $99M pending acquisition is a 100G play, and a packet-optical play, and... Hey, wait a minute, Cisco's doing something in optical!

Google: 100 Gbit/s? How 'Bout 8 TBs Per Second?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 20, 2010 : As its machine-to-machine traffic grows, Google rethinks the way optical networks should connect its far-flung data centers

AT&T: 40G Was Faulty


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (48)
May 19, 2010 : Carriers want 100G technology to avoid the pitfalls that befell 40G – including cards that just didn't work right
Comment: Stratus - Craig Matsumoto May 18, 2010

PBB-TE Shares the Stage


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 18, 2010 : 4:05 PM A session at Wednesday's Packet-Optical Transport Evolution forum will give PBB-TE its say

Juniper's Stratus: Wait 'Til Next Year


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 18, 2010 : Unlike the Chicago Cubs, Juniper's super data-center project with IBM has hope for 2011

Juniper Gets 'New' With Data Centers


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 17, 2010 : Despite Cisco's UCS, Juniper is sticking to its data center story of the past two years, adding software and applications to bolster its case

Vendors Target the Packet-Optical Core


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
May 14, 2010 : Some vendors are closer than others to a core P-OTS box to satisfy the likes of Verizon. But the front-runner so far isn't the favorite
Comment: Re: Cisco Q3 - Craig Matsumoto May 14, 2010
Comment: Juniper Monday - Craig Matsumoto May 14, 2010

Veraz Aims for Backhaul


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 13, 2010 : As it prepares to get swallowed into Dialogic, the VoIP company hints at data-services products that could tap the oh-so-popular mobile backhaul market
Comment: Deal valuation - Craig Matsumoto May 13, 2010
Comment: Optical Reading - Craig Matsumoto May 13, 2010
Comment: Re: iPad Bad - Craig Matsumoto May 12, 2010
Comment: iPad Bad - Craig Matsumoto May 12, 2010
Comment: Cisco Q3 - Craig Matsumoto May 12, 2010

Dialogic Grabs Veraz


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 12, 2010 : The proposed merger would send Dialogic public and give it some firepower in VoIP, IMS, and even service provider IT (SPIT)

Cisco Q3: Best. Quarter. Ever.


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 12, 2010 : Results continue to point to an economic recovery across the board, at least in Cisco Land

Juniper's Cloudy Forecast


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 12, 2010 : 4:05 PM All this cloud talk, and still no word on Stratus
Comment: ESPN - Craig Matsumoto May 12, 2010

Brocade's Second Shot


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 11, 2010 : 5:50 PM Foundry's Ethernet franchise could take awhile to repair
Comment: Names - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2010

Wintegra Tries This IPO Thing Again


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
May 11, 2010 : A 2006 filing evaporated, but the network processor company, now big on mobile-network gear, is ready for another try at going public
Comment: Open competition - Craig Matsumoto May 10, 2010

Xsigo Follows Southwest's Route


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 10, 2010 : A new version of Xsigo's I/O box targets the cookie-cutter approach to data center deployments
Comment: Re: ATCA - Craig Matsumoto May 10, 2010
Comment: Re: ATCA - Craig Matsumoto May 10, 2010
Comment: Larry Ellison - Craig Matsumoto May 7, 2010

Cloud Watch: Cast in Iron


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 7, 2010 : IBM buys Cast Iron; Intel funds a cloud company; Microsoft discovers the cloud's dark side

ATCA: Not Squeezed Out


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 7, 2010 : 3:45 PM Always nice to hear the future is better than 'oblivion'
Comment: ATCA - Craig Matsumoto May 7, 2010

ATCA Ramps 40G Generation


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 6, 2010 : Vendors offering the newest generation of ATCA chassis are keeping LTE in their sights, as shown at the latest Light Reading virtual tradeshow

40G, 100G Demand Ramps Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 6, 2010 : 40G/100G optical modules could be a $720 million business by 2014, according to a new report

Netronome Expands Its Mission


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 5, 2010 : Company secures $23M Series D of funding as it adds more products based on its NFP network processor, including ready-built servers
Comment: Appleheads - Craig Matsumoto May 5, 2010
Comment: IPv6 - Craig Matsumoto May 5, 2010

Avast! The IPv4 Black Market!


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 5, 2010 : 2:30 PM Not that we really know what 'avast' means

Cisco Gets Bricked


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 4, 2010 : 4:50 PM Another step toward a commodity world
Comment: Sitting hazards - Craig Matsumoto May 4, 2010
Comment: Soapstone - Craig Matsumoto May 4, 2010
Comment: PBT - Craig Matsumoto May 4, 2010

Extreme Puts Soapstone to Work


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 4, 2010 : Soapstone assets get put to use, as Extreme unveils a management platform that points to software as a new battleground for equipment vendors

PBB-TE Loses Favor in Packet-Optical


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 3, 2010 : Some vendors are putting PBB-TE into their packet-optical plans, but all of them plan to support MPLS-TP