Author Archive
OFC Preview: Visit Finisar booth #1613
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 19, 2010
Now in its 18th year, the OFC/NFOEC exhibition and conference is happening next week, March 21-25, in sunny San Diego, CA. Finisar is a long time veteran of the show, having attended since its inception in 1995. We pride ourselves on being an innovator and market leader in the optical communications industry, and we look [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #5 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 19, 2010
Answer: Intel has 100,000 servers housed in 96 datacenters around the globe.
And the winner of the Finisar t-shirt for our final trivia question is: Gert Sarlet. Good job Gert! We will send you a Finisar t-shirt.
I wish to thank everyone for celebrating our first year of Lightspeed by playing our fiber optic blog [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #5
6 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 17, 2010
Our final trivia question: Which U.S. company has the largest reported number of web servers?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person/previous winners excluded). There will be a slight delay before your response is posted. Check back in a few days for the winning name.
Thanks for playing! [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #4 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 17, 2010
Answer: The Top500 Project
The winner of our fourth trivia question is Yuko Kimma. Yuko, great job! You will receive a Finisar t-shirt.
Stay tuned for our final trivia question later today and your chance to win a Finisar t-shirt. Don’t forget that all submissions are entered into a final grand prize drawing for a Pico [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #4
9 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 11, 2010
Question: What is the name of the project that ranks and details the 500 (non-distributed) most powerful known supercomputer systems in the world?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person/previous winners excluded). There will be a slight delay before your response is posted. Check back in a few days [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #3 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 11, 2010
Answer: 1983: New York and Washington, D.C.
The winner of our third trivia question is Alex G. Alex, congrats…we will send you a Finisar t-shirt!
Keep on playing. There are only a few questions remaining and most of you are on a roll. Stay tuned for trivia question #4 and your chance to win a [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Successful 100G Field Trial Demonstration
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
This week Verizon, Juniper Networks, NEC, and Finisar announced the successful completion on February 25th of the first real traffic 100G optical fiber transmission field trial applying standards-based optics end-to-end. This is the first multi-vendor demonstration of real traffic transmission on a single optical fiber. I invite you to read the full press release.
The [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #3
6 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
Question: When did AT&T install the first fiber-optic cable in its long distance network and between what two cities?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person). The fifth person to answer correctly wins a Finisar t-shirt (previous winners excluded). There will be a slight delay before your [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #2 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
Answer: Verizon, for its FIOS
The winner of our second trivia question is….Pauline Rigby. Pauline, we will send you a Finisar t-shirt!
It is very exciting to see so many optics trivia-savvy folks in our industry. Thanks to everyone for participating and stay tuned for trivia question #3 and your chance to win a Finisar [...]
Add Your Thoughts
Trivia Question #2
11 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 4, 2010
Question: In the United States, which company takes credit for deploying the largest fiber to the premises (FTTP) to date?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person). There will be a slight delay before your response is posted. Check back in a few days for the winning name [...]
