Going back to 9/11, there began the realization that an attack on data center infrastructure would make a large corporation the most vulnerable – even…
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Monetizing Older Networks: An Overreach?
Although one of the most thought-provoking panels at OFC 2015 will be on the monetization of optical networks, which will include seasoned experts who are…
Convoluted 20/80 Rule in Data Center Optics
Actually, it is probably a lot closer to a 90/10 relationship in which there is unbelievable amount of attention given to high-end optical development spurred…
Juniper’s Impulsive BTI Acquisition
Regardless of a news report of a very low purchase price for BTI Systems, and despite Juniper Networks’ contention about the acquisition “not [being] a…
Calix’s CEO Still at Top of His Game
Over the last 15 years or so, a lot of great executive talent has left the telecom/datacom optical space either because they made a killing…
SDN Crack-Up?
About a half of a decade after the announcement of the establishment of the Open Networking Foundation, a recent survey of over 3,000 customers internationally…
Acacia Will Likely Push 400G DSP
The message that the Street may be going way overboard with Acacia Communications’ valuation, let alone its new secondary offering, may be beginning to resonate.…
CenturyLink Could be a Sleeper
When a typical industry observer thought of CenturyLink over the past several years, the following aspects probably came to mind: only a handful of major…
Top 10 Enigmas at Infinera’s Analyst Day
Our initial thoughts on Insight Infinera 2016, as outlined on our LinkedIn fibeReality page over a week ago, was partially that “time will unlikely be…
Another Savior of Data Center MM Fiber?
In addition to the development of longer-distance and higher-speed VCSELs, there is a possibility that in the long term, polymer waveguide material embedded in electronics…
