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Posted in September 2012

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Photos: AT&T Shows Off Its Innovation


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September 28, 2012 : One year after making a big deal of its innovation centers, AT&T wanted to show it really has graduated from the old Bell Labs days

Juniper Laying Off 500


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September 28, 2012 : The job cuts, hinted at during Juniper's earnings, are reportedly emphasizing the QFabric team

Internet2 Readies Its SDN Launch


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September 25, 2012 : To go with its new 100G backbone, the Internet2 consortium is getting ready to see what OpenFlow can do

Verizon Stresses OpenFlow Workouts


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September 21, 2012 : Like athletes getting their reps in, equipment vendors should plug away at OpenFlow so the kinks can be worked out, an executive says
Comment: Stan Lumish - Craig Matsumoto September 21, 2012
Comment: Re: SDN = high cost? - Craig Matsumoto September 19, 2012
Comment: Re: Dates? - Craig Matsumoto September 19, 2012
Comment: Re: Latency Measurement - Craig Matsumoto September 19, 2012

Cisco Counters Arista's New Switch


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September 19, 2012 : In an amazing coincidence (not), Cisco's 'Arista-killer' switch arrives on the day of an Arista announcement

Arista's New Hardware Packs SDN


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September 19, 2012 : The switches shown off at VMworld come to life, with software-defined networking on board and some non-Broadcom chips inside

Software-Defined Networking: An Extreme View


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September 18, 2012 : Extreme Networks CMO Dave Ginsburg weighs in on the importance of software-defined networking and how it means much more than a chance to jab Cisco

Security for Software-Defined Networks


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September 18, 2012 : Michael Shieh, CEO of vArmour Networks, discusses the importance of providing a unified view of software-defined networks and the emergence of software-defined security

CENX Gets Ericsson on Its Side


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September 17, 2012 : Ericsson joins Verizon in backing the Ethernet services exchange, with managed services and mobile backhaul being motivational factors
Comment: FTTx on Wheels - Craig Matsumoto September 17, 2012

ClariPhy, Acacia Grow Optical Chips at ECOC


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September 16, 2012 : At ECOC, Acacia tallies its 100G work so far, while chipmaker ClariPhy clarifies why it's content with 40G at the moment

Cisco Ready to Quit Load Balancers


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September 14, 2012 :
Comment: iPhone fashion - Craig Matsumoto September 14, 2012

Photos: Startups & Telcos Mingle at TC3


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September 14, 2012 : The Telecom Council's annual conference reflected the buzz surrounding the Silicon Valley startups that are courting service providers

Photos: Brocade's Analyst Day


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September 13, 2012 : Brocade still likes to show off its relatively new headquarters, and darn it, so do we

Brocade Finds Another Use for Routers


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September 12, 2012 : 4:00 PM Analytics are another function that routers can absorb, depending on what you mean by 'analytics'
Comment: 100 Gig density - Craig Matsumoto September 12, 2012
Comment: Re: Been done before - Craig Matsumoto September 12, 2012

Brocade Boasts Bigger 10GE


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September 12, 2012 : Showing off to industry analysts this week, the company trots out some Ethernet advances for the data center and the service-provider core

Oclaro Lines Up Against Finisar, JDSU


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September 11, 2012 : More advanced line-card products could be a looming battleground for the optical components suppliers
Comment: Re: Kireeti & Juniper - Craig Matsumoto September 10, 2012
Comment: Cable leakage - Craig Matsumoto September 10, 2012
Comment: Re: Been done before - Craig Matsumoto September 10, 2012
Comment: Kireeti & Juniper - Craig Matsumoto September 10, 2012

Juniper Veteran Departs for SDN Startup


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September 10, 2012 : Word has it Kireeti Kompella is moving to a software-defined networking startup after 15 years at Juniper
Comment: Re: VXLANs - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2012
Comment: 102% - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2012
Comment: VXLANs - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2012

SDN Startup Does Optical Rings


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September 7, 2012 : Plexxi introduces the cool software-defined networking crowd to some old-school Light Reading vocabulary
Comment: Fake ad - Craig Matsumoto September 7, 2012
Comment: OMGFAST! - Craig Matsumoto September 6, 2012

XO Adds Ciena to 100G Roster


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September 5, 2012 : After picking NSN for the 100G core, XO extends its use of Ciena in metro and regional networks. Who's missing?

Juniper's QFabric Looks Ordinary Inside


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September 4, 2012 : 12:40 PM QFabric does have a proprietary center, but its inner workings are built from some familiar acronyms, a blogger concludes