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News & Views Most Popular Big 5G Event Keynote: Fireside Chat – Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink By Light Reading, 5/16/2019 CenturyLink CTO Andrew Dugan shares his views on 5G transport technology at the Big 5G Event in Denver on May 8, 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Volta Bigs Up Its Cloud Router, Claims 90% Savings vs Legacy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Volta claims that moving routing intelligence to the cloud and running white boxes can slash costs compared with legacy equipment. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arista Ships Smarter 400G Routers By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 Arista's second-generation 400G routers support built-in security, automation and telemetry for reduced capex and opex. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 5G Potential Is All in the Timing By Stephen Lawson, 5/10/2019 The move to 5G will also disrupt carriers' timing systems as 5G's timing and clock synchronization requirements are much more strict. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019: The Winners By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 Find out which companies have taken home the 2019 Leading Lights Awards trophies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Suffers 5G Blues in Q1, Stock Slumps By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/25/2019 When the CEO and CFO say the quarter was 'weak,' you know it was bad: investors agreed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DriveNets Boasts Cloud-Native Router Breakthrough By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/17/2019 Israeli startup claims to be first to market with a disaggregated router that supports 400G-per-port throughput as it courts major telcos and takes on the router establishment. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/10/2019 Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights Awards program, which is now in its 15th year. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: CRW_Cary Way to go, Wave2Wave team! Colt's AI Trials Provide Good News for Humans By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/10/2019 Colt reports mixed fortunes with four trials of AI technology and predicts that humans will be needed for a long time yet. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telenor Buys DNA for Finnish Foray By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telekom Srbija and Ericsson virtualize the core; Cisco scores in Italy and France; Vodafone Egypt goes with Red Hat for cloud-based customer service upgrade; Three UK calls on Callsign for fraud prevention. Post a Comment \| Read (0) In Search of Optical Networking's 'Holy Grail' By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 3/25/2019 The optical networking industry is at another inflection point, writes James Kisner, and the chalice some companies drink from next could point the way to everlasting revenue growth. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 3/13/2019 Like Lucy always does to Charlie Brown, 5G is likely another new technology that teased optical networking vendors with massive, sustained spending, then quickly yanked back expectations. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! My fleece vest was buried in a an un-Kondoed closet across the continent. I... Juniper's Rami Rahim: Speed Is Everything By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 3/11/2019 The CEO of Juniper Networks said that getting companies to market quickly means sharpening the vendor's edge in open source software, cloud computing orchestration, and professional services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Transport, 400ZR Star at OFC19 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/8/2019 Heavy Reading's optical expert Sterling Perrin discusses some of the major trends in transport network technology at this year's OFC event in San Diego. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes On Cisco et al. By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/15/2019 Vendor already has Tier 1 traction, a founder with track record of disruption, the backing of Bessemer and has Cisco, Juniper, Huawei and Nokia in its sights. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: dwx I believe their initial use case is in Internet peering, where they are acting... Juniper: Our Finances Aren't All Bad, Really! By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/30/2019 Revenue slumped due to weakness in cloud and service provider market, but the company said enterprise and security are doing well, and it's looking forward to a late-2019 turnaround. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Christmas Hangover By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 1/2/2019 A 'bonkers' network management card had too much eggnog and caused a wave of service outages, including 9-1-1 service, in several states for several days during the last week of 2018. Post a Comment \| Read (19 comments) Latest Comment: f_goldstein Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know... Light Reading's 41 Most Popular Stories in 2018 By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 12/31/2018 Everything from enterprise strategies to 5G devices caught our audiences' attention during 2018. At a time when so many changes are bearing down on the telecom world, it's clear that a lot of us still have our heads in the cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Sees Optics Innovation, Manufacturing Automation in Luxtera By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 12/18/2018 Why spend more than $600M on a company that makes optical transceivers? It wasn't just one product, but an entire automated manufacturing process that may help Cisco stay ahead of future bandwidth bottlenecks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Duh!, 3/13/2019 6:13:07 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes My fleece vest was buried in a an un-Kondoed closet across the continent. I got invited to one cool party. Doesn't suggest a correlation one way or the other, does it? Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 5:38:17 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes Thanks Duh! I've always found Verizon very pragmatic - at least they know how to present their case. On the sleevless fleece - don't ask me. I'm still not clear on whether that's cool or uncool! Sterling Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 5:36:15 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes Bullschuck, Yes, good point, I knew someone would raise that once i hit send. Ultra low latency and ultra high reliability for sure, I should have listed all or just written "5G" without the qualifier. But I also think... Duh!, 3/13/2019 5:28:05 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes I've argued for a while that Verizon has the best approach for that kind of densification. Tree architectures scale better than point-to-point. That remark from the Waymo presentation confirmed what a lot of us strongly... bullschuck, 3/13/2019 5:18:46 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes "all the autonomous vehicle processing would be have to be local - with no role for the big bandwidth of 5G." I thought the big value of 5G in A2X was the low latency. Like lots of IoT (outside cameras), the bandwidth req's... Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 4:21:57 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Yikes I didn't expect that the panel would leave people downtrodden, though I must admit I don't get invited to the cool parties and I don't even own a sleeveless fleece to leave a the door. I suppose the point was that the optics... dwx, 2/18/2019 3:27:01 PM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Re: Smart I believe their initial use case is in Internet peering, where they are acting as an off-box control-plane speaking to the peers, and controlling hardware forwarding elements connecting peer to core as if they were a single... TucIm6tx, 2/18/2019 7:05:41 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Re: Smart Can you please explain what is the sweet spot the company had found? DNOS (AT&T) and CORD already exist. TucIm6tx, 2/18/2019 7:03:40 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: There are many discrepancies and question marks over DN’s Story: 1. If they have a design based on BCM ASICs, this is not going to be a cheap design. Claiming 90% cost reduction over Cisco, whereas Cisco has its own ASIC, is more the questionable 2. ... Sterling Perrin, 2/15/2019 9:36:09 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Smart This company has found the right spot where white box is appealing for telecom and VCs have recognized this. There's a long history of dumb VC money (see "Optical Networking" circa 1999) but this is a good bet - not a sure... juliahaiden43, 1/20/2019 11:43:39 PM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Appreciated Really good article really appreciate your knowledge and found you as expert in it. f_goldstein, 1/4/2019 9:28:43 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know it's there until it's too late. Especially when it's triggered by a hardware failure. There's a hardware failure mode in some routers wherein... Sterling Perrin, 1/4/2019 8:49:30 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old f_goldstein, Your explanation seems the most reasonable of the ones I've seen so far - i.e., the explanation does fit the cryptic CTL commentary. IF this is the explanation, one thing that puzzles me is that GMPLS is well-entrenched... Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 6:48:34 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old CTL said it "can't confirm its authenticity and don't have any additional information to share." Which is not the same as, that's a fake, we didn't write it. More Message Boards		Security Now DevSecOps Enables Security to Finally Move at the Speed of the Business Tim Woods, Vice President, Technology Alliances, FireMon, 5/20/2019 In the DevSecOps model, security teams are fully integrated into the DevOps process. 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