What is really happening in the greening of the data center? We are not seeing orders of magnitude reduction of power consumption. We are not seeing…
Category: Power
ROADMs Instead of Metro 100G Systems?
At the OFC 2015 conference, one of the most highly respected network engineers in the business from Xtera Communications will be legitimately asking the question…
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…
Google’s Surrender to Extreme Environmentalist Pressure – Hit to Optics
When it comes to defending its overwhelmingly dominant position on the Internet or in extracting the very last penny in its network cost, Google will…
Xtera IPO an Act of Desperation?
Apparently, Xtera Communications’ desire to exit the optical business can no longer be characterized at all as graceful, but as somewhat frantic. There had been…
Acacia Communications IPO: A Compelling Story?
The optical industry was standing by for Acacia Communications’ S-1 for a lengthy amount of time, and there had been some recent conjecturing that it…
Microsoft’s Flatter Data Center Difficulty
Despite the greater efficiency of the newer networks of the hyperscalers, as their infrastructure continues to grow in size, they will gradually start grappling with…
400G: Impulse to View Rate in a Vacuum
At ECOC this week, the aspect that will almost assuredly not come across is that large optical component firms have to be asking themselves whether…
Inphi’s COLORZ: New Buyer Constrictions
Although Microsoft’s major push to try to create a market for Inphi’s COLORZ solution was memorable, it was unsuccessful, as the former has remained the…
The Case for 4×50-Gig Indeterminately
While fibeReality is willing to double down on our wakeup call to the hyperscale data center operators on the need for them to help reconstruct…
