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Finisar Australia Expands to Support Growing WSS ROADM Market
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on September 1, 2010
Last month, Finisar Australia unveiled a new office at its South Sydney headquarters, located in Waterloo, NSW. This newly expanded space will support the R&D efforts necessary to meet the growing market demand for our WSS ROADM products.
The Finisar AU staff was especially excited to have Premier of NSW Kristina Keneally [...]
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Finisar Achieves Industry Milestone: 100 Million VCSELs Shipped and Counting
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on August 10, 2010
I am very excited to announce an industry milestone for Finisar: the shipment of our 100 millionth Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser, or VCSEL. Finisar’s VCSELs are semiconductor lasers used by some of the world’s largest companies to power high-speed fiber optic data communications. I can proudly state that we have been an industry leader in [...]
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Finisar is a Top Bay Area Workplace!
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on June 30, 2010
On June 20th, Finisar was named a Top Bay Area Workplace by the Bay Area News Group. More than 1,200 companies were surveyed and 60 were selected based on an employee ranking of several attributes including company leadership, training, workplace flexibility, and diversity. I am honored to work for a company that treats its employees [...]
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Finisar Innovation Heroes!
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on June 22, 2010
Simon Poole and Steve Frisken, the founders of Finisar Australia have been recognised for their contributions to Australian Innovation by being named as two of the Warren Centre’s “Innovation Heroes” for 2010 at a ceremony at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on Tuesday evening, 8th June.
The Innovation Heroes awards are presented to individuals recognised for [...]
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Applicable Laws
2 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on May 24, 2010
The following are some of my favorite laws, when it comes to tracking technology and bandwidth growth:
Everyone has heard of Moore’s Law, invented by the legendary Geofrey Moore, founder of Intel. Moore’s Law predicts:
The number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every 24 months
Probably the next most cited law in technology circles is [...]
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Video: Finisar 10G Tunable XFP Demonstration at OFC 2010
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on May 17, 2010
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Video: Finisar EWP Wavelength Selective Switch Demo at OFC 2010
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on April 28, 2010
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Video: Finisar 100G Ethernet CFP Module Demonstration at OFC 2010
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on April 20, 2010
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Lightspeed Trivia Contest Final Results
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 31, 2010
Welcome back to Lightspeed and the announcement of the grand prize winner of the Lightspeed Optics Trivia Contest! The winner who will receive a Pico Projector featuring LCoS technology is…Ken from Cotsworks. Ken, you will receive your prize shortly.
Thanks again for playing and keep reading Lightspeed.
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Video: Rafik’s Take On OFC 2010
1 CommentPosted by Rafik Ward on March 30, 2010
