At the service providers across the globe, the most widespread and native selection is MPLS and not MPLS-TP. The former has broader acceptance, superior interoperability,…
Category: NFV/SDN
Optical Hardware Innovation Permanently
At the OFC 2015 show next month, the Rump Session is entitled, “Is it ‘Game Over’ for Hardware?” The discussion will be about “[s]ome industry trends…
Surviving in a 10G World
Given that the lion’s share of the discussion in telecom forums is about vaporware, it is not surprising that a lot people in the industry…
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…
Ciena Probably Overpaying for Cyan
A prima facie case can be made that the $400 million price tag on Cyan is out of line. In effect, Ciena should have problems…
Inphi a Threat to InnoLight or Kaiam?
Once again, we have a natural affinity for the proposition of taking advantage of electronics, such as higher order modulation, to better enable optics by…
AT&T’s “Transformation” Begs Disbelief
In general, AT&T is a competent service provider with the most established brand in the industry, and thus, no manager needs to fear ever getting…
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…
Lumentum: Be Careful What You Wish For
Who could blame Lumentum Holdings for finding it desirable to move upstream in offering something close to full optical systems in order to generate higher…
