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Craig Matsumoto
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Posted in August 2006

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Comment: On the plus side - Craig Matsumoto August 31, 2006

JDSU Shoots Low


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 31, 2006 : Revenues grew in Q4 but might be flat in Q1, a speed bump in JDSU's progress that sent its shares reeling 15% in after-hours trading
Comment: Extreme CEO - Craig Matsumoto August 30, 2006

Sun's Canepa Goes Extreme


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 30, 2006 : After taking a beating at the helm of Sun Microsystems' storage division, Mark Canepa is moving in as Extreme Networks' new CEO
Comment: Avanex cash - Craig Matsumoto August 29, 2006
Comment: Scale - Craig Matsumoto August 29, 2006

Avanex Soars on Q4 Forecast


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 29, 2006 : The struggling optical components company's Q4 report has been delayed, but the news is good, as revenues should beat analyst estimates

Riverbed Scales Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 28, 2006 : WAN acceleration firm launches a product with 4-Gbit/s throughput to support larger installations; new software adds QOS and other capabilities

Force10 Orders One More Round


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (20)
August 25, 2006 : Sources say Force10 is raising another $50 million, most of it already committed, to tide it over until the long-awaited IPO can come around
Comment: Hellecommuting - Craig Matsumoto August 25, 2006

Force10 IPO Still Hanging


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (14)
August 24, 2006 : Force10 isn't giving reasons for the apparent delay in its initial public offering. But a glance at the current IPO environment offers some possible answers
Comment: Re: really? - Craig Matsumoto August 23, 2006

StarGen Dims ASI Hopes


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 23, 2006 : Having hitched its star to Advanced Switching Interconnect, chip startup StarGen is reversing course, shutting down that product line and reportedly laying off most staff
Comment: Re: Softswitches - Craig Matsumoto August 22, 2006

Luxtera Launches Silicon Optics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
August 22, 2006 : 10-Gbit/s XFP modules and InfiniBand clusters are among the target markets for startup Luxtera's CMOS-based optical chips, but the company also sees possibilities in the consumer realm

Could CDMA Hurt Alcatel Lucent?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 22, 2006 : An analysis of products, especially in CDMA, leads another analyst to take potshots at the proposed merger

Could CDMA Hurt Alcatel Lucent?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
August 22, 2006 : Another analyst has come out against the Alcatel/Lucent merger, saying the price is too high given Lucent's CDMA situation and the amount of product overlap between the companies
Comment: Verizon pricing - Craig Matsumoto August 22, 2006
Comment: ATCA consolidation - Craig Matsumoto August 21, 2006

ATCA Progress Marches On


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 21, 2006 : The latest report from Heavy Reading updates the burgeoning ATCA (and AMC and MicroTCA) world, finding an increasing number of vendors pledging support for the standards
Comment: Re: Um...guys? - Craig Matsumoto August 18, 2006

Analyst: Alcatel Should Rethink Things


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (17)
August 18, 2006 : We've all heard about problems with Lucent's pension overhang and the complications of selling Bell Labs to a French company. But one analyst thinks these issues make the Alcatel-Lucent deal worth re-evaluating
Comment: Marvel cellular - Craig Matsumoto August 18, 2006

Marvell Hits a Roadblock


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 18, 2006 : Shares fall 8% after hours as Marvell turns in a lowball Q2 and a weak Q3 forecast. Some of the blame rests on 802.11n, which is off to a slow start
Comment: FPGA net processors - Craig Matsumoto August 17, 2006

Bandwidth Hunger Drives Chip Designs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
August 17, 2006 : An urgent push for bandwidth is helping drive a new generation of chips and, hopefully, the next wave of telecom services, according to speakers at Light Reading's 'Next-Gen Networking Chips' event
Comment: Black Hat flaw - Craig Matsumoto August 17, 2006

Wireless Pause Pesters Ericsson, Lucent


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
August 17, 2006 : Some 'digestion of capacity' and a slowing of spending at Cingluar could affect Ericsson's wireless revenues near-term, one analyst thinks. But the company could finish the year strong nonetheless

Black Hat Flaw Eludes Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 16, 2006 : The vulnerability in Cisco's PIX firewall, disclosed at this month's Black Hat conference, remains a mystery, as Cisco says it can't replicate the problem

Redback Gets a Boost


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 16, 2006 : Redback gets a boost after an internal investigation into stock options turns up only minimal changes to the company's earnings statements

Huawei Leaps Into US 3G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 15, 2006 : Leap Wireless chooses Huawei for a 3G rollout to three cities in the US. It's not the biggest of deals, but for Huawei, it's an important start

Net Processors Gain Ground, Slowly


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 15, 2006 : As FPGAs continue to muscle into traditional ASIC territory, there's some hope for network processors as well, according to the latest Components Insider survey
Comment: Spin-ins - Craig Matsumoto August 14, 2006

Open Source Eyes Telecom


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
August 14, 2006 : It's not ready to take over the world yet, but open-source networking from the likes of Digium and Vyatta could mark some changes for Cisco and other incumbents

Andiamo Crew Reunites With Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (30)
August 11, 2006 : Mysterious startup Nuova Systems is now 80% owned by Cisco, marking a homecoming for Mario Mazzola and the other execs who ran Cisco's Andiamo spin-in

Juniper Readies Restatements


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
August 10, 2006 : Juniper, as officials warned last month, will have to restate earnings due to the stock options scandal. Changes will date back to January 2003
Comment: What's next? - Craig Matsumoto August 9, 2006

Intel Dumps Dialogic


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
August 9, 2006 : The company sells the former Dialogic to Eicon Networks and hints that network processors and optical networking are safe under the ongoing restructuring
Comment: Cisco call - Craig Matsumoto August 8, 2006

Cisco Q4 Hits the Mark


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
August 8, 2006 : Q4 revenues complete a good fiscal year for Cisco, with officials saying orders going into 2007 are looking solid, too
Comment: ULALA - Craig Matsumoto August 7, 2006

Copper Ethernet Snares an RBOC


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
August 7, 2006 : Recently announced Ethernet-over-copper capabilities at BellSouth are a feather in gear vendor Hatteras's cap, but the other two RBOCs say fiber suits them fine for now
Comment: Re: NOT PROFITABLE - Craig Matsumoto August 4, 2006
Comment: PIX flaw - Craig Matsumoto August 4, 2006
Comment: Re: NOT PROFITABLE - Craig Matsumoto August 4, 2006

Cisco & Black Hat Meet Again


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 4, 2006 : As the Black Hat conference winds down in Las Vegas, a German researcher notes a security hole in Cisco's PIX firewall. Cisco is investigating

AMCC Takes Quake


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
August 4, 2006 : AMCC announces plans to absorb 10-Gbit/s chip vendor Quake for $69 million cash and, separately, produces a ray of good earnings news

Bookham Slips Again


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (24)
August 3, 2006 : The turnaround at Bookham continues to be a slow process, as the company misses Q4 estimates and sees its shares fall another 12%
Comment: Extreme & shortages - Craig Matsumoto August 3, 2006
Comment: VOIP chips - Craig Matsumoto August 3, 2006

Extreme Scores Hat Trick


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
August 3, 2006 : For the third quarter running, Extreme reports declining revenues, sending the stock down another 8%
Comment: Re: It's Done - Craig Matsumoto August 2, 2006

Centillium Continues Chip Carnage


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 2, 2006 : Some promising new products are in the works, but for now, Centillium's DSL, VOIP, and PON businesses add up to declining revenues in Q2 and Q3, news that sent the stock tumbling 25%

Vonage Misses the Mark


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 2, 2006 : Vonage is giddy about nearly doubling its subscribers during the past year, but continued marketing costs and high churn add up to an earnings miss

Ikanos, Mindspeed Feel the Pain


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 1, 2006 : It's going to be a flat quarter for Ikanos and a down quarter for Mindspeed, giving investors reason to knock the stocks down 20% and 14%, respectively