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Posted in September 2006

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Juniper Rebounding


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 28, 2006 : 5:10 PM -- Juniper might finally be getting back to normal
Comment: 120 Gig E - Craig Matsumoto September 28, 2006
Comment: TranSwitch too - Craig Matsumoto September 28, 2006

Zhone Gets Zhinged


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
September 28, 2006 : Revenues for Q3 will fall well short of Zhone's goals, sending the stock tumbling 22% this morning
Comment: Mini golf - Craig Matsumoto September 27, 2006
Comment: Demarc - Craig Matsumoto September 27, 2006
Comment: Re: VML exploit? - Craig Matsumoto September 27, 2006

Cisco Unplugged


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
September 27, 2006 : Computer problems took out Cisco's ordering systems last week, reportedly for 20 hours – and customers got treated to a repeat performance Tuesday

Mini Ruckus


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 27, 2006 : 8:00 AM -- Puttering around the Ruckus office

Lucent Stretches 100-GigE


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 26, 2006 : Bell Labs continues to dabble in 100-Gbit/s Ethernet experiments, the latest being an ECOC paper claiming 2,000km transmission with the help of Raman amps

Cisco, ADVA Push Ethernet Access


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 26, 2006 : Cisco adds Ethernet demarcation to its portfolio, while ADVA beefs up its demarc boxes, all in the name of making Ethernet carriers happier with the technology's manageability

PMC Lowers Forecast


News Wire Feed - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
September 25, 2006 : Q3 revenues now look to be in the range of $114 million to $116 million, down from Q2

Competition Kills Metconnex


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 21, 2006 : The promising ROADM market still doesn't have enough room for all its startups, as Metconnex reportedly has shut down
Comment: Re: Optical Expo - Craig Matsumoto September 21, 2006

Bonus Day


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
September 21, 2006 : 12:30 PM -- Cisco hands out the cash
Comment: Re: Tira? - Craig Matsumoto September 20, 2006
Comment: Re: Tira? - Craig Matsumoto September 20, 2006

Ignis Warms Up to WDM-PONs


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
September 19, 2006 : The complicated life of Danish/Norwegian/Korean firm Ignis has led it to a supposedly dominant role in South Korea's PON outlay, highlighted by a WDM-PON demo at ECOC

Cisco Buys Air


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September 19, 2006 : 2:30 PM -- Cisco hits the airwaves
Comment: Re: Intel's New Laser - Craig Matsumoto September 18, 2006

Intel Fires Up Silicon Laser


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (17)
September 18, 2006 : After years of working on silicon photonics, Intel and UCSB researchers say they've come up with a (mostly) CMOS-based laser that could be mass producible. Don't expect to buy one any time soon, though
Comment: Backhaul - Craig Matsumoto September 14, 2006
Comment: Intel optical - Craig Matsumoto September 14, 2006

Tellabs Sneaks in a Cingular Win


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 14, 2006 : Combinations of the Tellabs 5500 and Tellabs 8800 make a nice template for wireless backhaul, the company claims, pointing to a Cingular deployment as evidence

Cortina's Comfortable With Intel Inside


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 13, 2006 : The acquisition of Intel units puts the startup on the fast track with renewed credibility and possibly even profitability

Intel's Luck


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 12, 2006 : 3:30 PM -- How the IXP came to be

Poll: Cisco's Overdoing It


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
September 12, 2006 : A slim margin of readers say Cisco's optics markups are a bit much – but at least they don't think it should be illegal, based on the latest Light Reading poll
Comment: Intel ROI - Craig Matsumoto September 12, 2006

Intel Hands Off to Cortina


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
September 11, 2006 : For a scant $115 million, startup is picking up fragments of Intel's communications business, a long-awaited retreat by Intel from its once promising optical networking plans

Redback's Spiral


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 11, 2006 : 3:35 PM -- Another day, another downgrade
Comment: Juniper Ethernet - Craig Matsumoto September 8, 2006

Juniper Gives Static to IPTV Critics


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
September 8, 2006 : An E320 upgrade helps Juniper answer IPTV concerns and might have had a role in Redback's bad week on the stock market
Comment: Re: Hmm... - Craig Matsumoto September 8, 2006
Comment: Re: Accurate count? - Craig Matsumoto September 8, 2006

Redback Gets a Break


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September 7, 2006 : After valuation takes a 24 percent slap, Redback stock finally calms down, leaving analysts to mull the company's future with Verizon, AT&T, and big-name Asian carriers
Comment: Re: Tranceivers issues - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2006
Comment: Re: China and Thailand - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2006
Comment: Re: HPQ and CSCO - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2006
Comment: Finisar down - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006
Comment: Startup starts - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006
Comment: Re: Secret commands - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006
Comment: Cisco optics - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006
Comment: Juniper core - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006

Cisco's Secret Franchise


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (68)
September 6, 2006 : We all know Cisco makes a boatload of cash on optical modules, but how much? One analyst says it was 25% of last year's operating income – enough to make Cisco stock overvalued

Redback Falls on Verizon Hopes


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (13)
September 6, 2006 : Redback will be trying to recover today after losing 14 percent yesterday, fallout from a report that a Verizon deal might not be imminent
Comment: Re: Cisco CRS-1 linecard - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2006

What's Up With Cisco at KT?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
September 6, 2006 : Cisco claims its KT win for the CRS-1 is proof it's penetrating one of Juniper's big accounts. But Juniper says it isn't – and besides, the real fight may lie outside the network core

How Cswitch Got Programmed


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
September 5, 2006 : For his next act, former Transmeta exec Doug Laird wanted to tap the idea of reconfigurable chips. That thinking – plus VC connections and nine months of OEM meetings – eventually gave birth to Cswitch
Comment: Re: 3G is dead - Craig Matsumoto September 1, 2006
Comment: PMC layoffs - Craig Matsumoto September 1, 2006
Comment: Serdes at 100gig - Craig Matsumoto September 1, 2006
Comment: Bookham $23.5M - Craig Matsumoto September 1, 2006

100-GigE Takes Shape


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
September 1, 2006 : With 100-Gig Ethernet likely to become a standard, or at least a piece of a standard, industry researchers gathered to share the early ideas of how 100-Gig might actually happen