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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in May 2011

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Comment: Marvell - Craig Matsumoto May 31, 2011
Comment: Craig Matsumoto - Craig Matsumoto May 27, 2011

Tail-f Tails Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 27, 2011 : If you're going to do anything 'multivendor,' there's one vendor you really can't leave out. (Sorry, Juniper, it's not you)
Comment: RUS approval - Craig Matsumoto May 26, 2011
Comment: Tabula - Craig Matsumoto May 26, 2011

Chipmakers Snack on Optical Designs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 26, 2011 : The latest transition in optical networking is turning obscure chip-design houses into acquisition targets
Comment: Supermergers - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2011
Comment: Re: Ottawa - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2011
Comment: Nortel buildings - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2011

Nortel Sells Out in Dallas


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (16)
May 25, 2011 : The company's fadeout has a lot of milestones, but this is one of the most visible
Comment: Re: abvt sale - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2011
Comment: Dish/DirecTV - Craig Matsumoto May 24, 2011
Comment: Re: OTN vs TDM - Craig Matsumoto May 24, 2011

Cisco's China Syndrome Reopens


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (16)
May 23, 2011 : The business of building China's networks is not always pretty, and the tough questions aren't going away
Comment: Re: The wwarm-up - Craig Matsumoto May 23, 2011
Comment: Death of IPoDWDM - Craig Matsumoto May 23, 2011

8 Things to Know About Packet-Optical


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 20, 2011 : This week's Light Reading event discussed life with OTN, life after 100G and the life (or lack thereof) of IP over DWDM

Cisco Feels Switching Pains


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 20, 2011 : A recovery in Cisco's switching business could take a while, and lower margins might simply be a fact of life from now on

Allied Fiber CEO: Yes, We Still Need Fiber


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May 19, 2011 : Hunter Newby outlines his plans for putting more fiber in the ground where it's needed and leasing access to carriers to help them achieve fast networks at lower cost

Packet-Optical Stays Out of Control


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May 19, 2011 : The dream of a converged network is still haunted by the lack of a converged control plane
Comment: 100G - Craig Matsumoto May 18, 2011

Reliance Globalcom: Bless GMPLS


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 18, 2011 : Reliance Globalcom's Shankar Narayanaswamy takes the mic and tells us what's so great about GMPLS

Optical Gear Enters a New Era


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 18, 2011 : Sounds really grand, doesn't it? Wait 'til you see the growth chart, though
Comment: Andy B. - Craig Matsumoto May 17, 2011
Comment: Re: Any insight - Craig Matsumoto May 16, 2011

Google Chromebooks & Me


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 13, 2011 : 1:00 PM It's not a life-changer for everyone, but a Chromebook can be a fun and even useful toy

Broadcom's Ethernet Club Revealed (Sort of)


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 13, 2011 : Ever hear the statement that 'everybody' is using merchant Ethernet chips? Here's a partial list of 'everybody'
Comment: Re: Margin loss - Craig Matsumoto May 13, 2011
Comment: Re: Status Quo - Craig Matsumoto May 13, 2011
Comment: d12 - Craig Matsumoto May 12, 2011

Juniper's Mike Marcellin: Managing the Cloud


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May 12, 2011 : Running a cloud isn't going to be all that easy, as the recent Amazon outage showed
Comment: Cisco Layoffs - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2011

Cisco Preps for Layoffs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (46)
May 11, 2011 : Staff will be told the plan by the end of the summer, as Cisco tries to prune the branches and refocus the business

Cisco's Profits Shrink in Q3


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 11, 2011 : The numbers beat expectations but didn't beat the 3Q 2010 mark

Extreme Goes Big on Ethernet


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May 10, 2011 : A new wave of Ethernet switches is on the way, and Extreme puts in its bid to stay ahead of them all

Clouds Need More Than SLAs


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May 10, 2011 : Mark Thiele of ServiceMesh talks about why service-level agreements aren't enough and why Amazon's cloud doesn't fit all

Juniper's QFabric Man Defects to Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 10, 2011 : David Yen, who's led Juniper's data-center fabric project, will now do the same for the other side. Also: remember the Nuova guys?
Comment: 100G at Interop - Craig Matsumoto May 9, 2011

Interop Watch: Talking OpenFlow & 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 9, 2011 : A couple of popular topics are going to grab the headlines as Interop commences, with next-generation switching leading the way

San Francisco Avoids Cloud Overload


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 6, 2011 : They could have had two big cloud events in the same week. Call it a perfect storm
Comment: OpenFlow - Craig Matsumoto May 6, 2011

Why OpenFlow Isn't Like Active Networking


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 6, 2011 : Get used to hearing about the common control plane for switches and routers, because the cloud has made OpenFlow all the rage
Comment: Re: RPX - Craig Matsumoto May 5, 2011
Comment: Nortel Patents - Craig Matsumoto May 5, 2011

Cisco Cuts Down on Councils


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
May 5, 2011 : Many investors seem to despise the councils-and-boards structure, but Cisco's reorg won't do away with it entirely

Brocade Develops a Cloud Complex


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 3, 2011 : Details of the company's cloud strategy suggest Brocade is trying to be the opposite of Cisco's data-center fabric

Cloud Watch: Amazon Explains Its Outage


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May 2, 2011 : The aftermath of the day Amazon's lights went out; more clues about Apple's theoretical cloud service