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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in May 2012

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Comment: Aereo - Craig Matsumoto May 31, 2012
Comment: Re: AlcaLu Core - Craig Matsumoto May 31, 2012
Comment: Re: AlcaLu Core - Craig Matsumoto May 31, 2012

What's the Holdup With Cisco & SDN?


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 31, 2012 : 11:15 AM Cisco does take software-defined networking seriously, and that's supposedly why it's waiting two more weeks to explain its plans
Comment: AlcaLu Core - Craig Matsumoto May 30, 2012

Verizon Builds an MPLS Metro With AlcaLu


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
May 30, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent's XRS core router is being put to metro uses by Verizon, which really just wants raise its MPLS quotient
Comment: Re: Cutsie Name - Craig Matsumoto May 29, 2012
Comment: Cable veggies - Craig Matsumoto May 29, 2012
Comment: Re: Cutsie Name - Craig Matsumoto May 25, 2012

Cisco Hits the Brakes on Cius


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 25, 2012 : Maybe it's time to admit that the world already has a zillion tablets

AlcaLu Claims 400G Is Hot


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
May 24, 2012 : Even Alcatel-Lucent is surprised at the eagerness around 400G, with some carriers wanting bragging rights for the optical technology

AlcaLu CEO Likes His Product Lineup


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
May 23, 2012 : The right pieces are in place, even if the results don't show up in quarterly earnings yet, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen says

Photos: AlcaLu Technology Symposium


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 23, 2012 : Between the XRS launch and an 'art gallery' of demos, AlcaLu's annual showcase gave analysts lots to look at

Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper Get Core-Router Upgrades


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (42)
May 22, 2012 : The war of big numbers is hardly over, as AlcaLu expands its routers into 16Tbit/s range and Juniper hooks up multiple T4000s

Packet-Optical Transport Evolution: In Pictures


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 18, 2012 : You can't really see software-defined networking, but you can see a bunch of optical networking people talking about it
Comment: Re: QFabric??? - Craig Matsumoto May 18, 2012

Juniper's QFabric Lands in Hong Kong


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 18, 2012 : A deal to put QFabric into a trading network comes as the company pushes to regain Wall Street's confidence

XO Preps the Next Optical Wave


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 18, 2012 : The vendors have delivered packet-optical systems, and it's up to XO to do something good with them, CTO Randy Nicklas says. Meanwhile, he's also eyeing the potential of OpenFlow

LTE Will Suck as Long as Backhaul Does


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
May 18, 2012 : Optical wholesaling seems to be doing well as a business, but that hasn't convinced operators to fiber up more of their cell towers

XO Takes a Shine to OpenFlow


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
May 18, 2012 : What it does isn't special or new, but OpenFlow has a money-saving potential that past technologies didn't, CTO Randy Nicklas says

Verizon: Putting SDN in Its Place


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 18, 2012 : Given the disruptive potential of software-defined networking, what's going to happen to routers as we know them? Stuart Elby of Verizon gives us his theory

100-Gig? 40-Gig? Yes, Says Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 17, 2012 : What if ports could change speeds in, say, 25Gbit/s increments? Cisco brought up the idea at the Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference

What Verizon Sees in Software-Defined Networking


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Verizon has already put software-defined networking to use. Stuart Elby, who's in charge of network architecture, explains how and why
Comment: Octo-core - Craig Matsumoto May 17, 2012

Packet Optical Goes Soft


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane

Packet-Optical Moves Beyond 100G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
May 16, 2012 : We mean that not just in terms of faster speeds, but also in terms of new topics like software-defined networking
Comment: OpenFlow/SDN - Craig Matsumoto May 14, 2012
Comment: Re: Ciena - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2012
Comment: Re: Dave - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2012
Comment: 100G - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2012
Comment: Coffee - Craig Matsumoto May 11, 2012
Comment: Verizon uniforms - Craig Matsumoto May 10, 2012

ADVA Mixes OpenFlow With Optical


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
May 10, 2012 : The software-defined networking protocol is mostly discussed as a Layer 2 or 3 item, but it might be able to do something for wavelengths, too

Good Times Slow Down at Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 10, 2012 : Cisco says everything's great, but orders are decelerating and the company's Q4 forecast came up short

Broadcom Chips Drive Huawei's Huge Switch


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
May 9, 2012 : Huawei comes to Interop striving for relevance in the US enterprise and data center markets
Comment: Verizon SDN - Craig Matsumoto May 8, 2012
Comment: Cisco & SDN - Craig Matsumoto May 8, 2012

Cisco Broadens Its Software-Defined Networking


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
May 8, 2012 : More hints emerge about Cisco's software-defined networking strategy, with the company saying it wants to lead in widening SDN's scope
Comment: Huawei USA - Craig Matsumoto May 8, 2012

The Lowly Optical Connector Gets a Makeover


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
May 4, 2012 : Following the examples of ketchup bottles and toothpaste tubes, Arrayed Fiberoptics thinks it's found a better way to do a decades-old design
Comment: Creepy - Craig Matsumoto May 3, 2012

Adding Up the SDN Effect


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
May 3, 2012 : 4:50 PM Big Web companies like Google will soon have the spending power of telcos, and that could change vendors' lives drastically
Comment: Tropicality - Craig Matsumoto May 1, 2012