Archive for the ‘Industry Outlook’ Category
Old Poole’s Almanack: Predictions for 2010 and Beyond
2 CommentsPosted by simonpoole on February 17, 2010
As this is the start of another decade, I thought I’d begin by penning some thoughts on what might occur in the optical communications space in the coming year, a sort of Old Moore’s Almanack, complete with the usual predictions of a rain of frogs and the appearance of little green men in some remote [...]
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The Silent War and the Yellow Wall
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on January 18, 2010
There is a silent war that has been brewing for years in our industry. Not everybody knows it, but we refer to it as the war between optics and copper. I will have several postings on this subject in the coming weeks. There are many fundamental limitations of copper, and as a fiber [...]
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5 Minutes with Jag Bolaria, Linley Group
1 CommentPosted by Jan Meise on December 7, 2009
Last month the Linley Group hosted the Data Center Networking seminar in San Jose, California. We took a few moments with Linley analyst, Jag Bolaria, to talk about the future of the optics industry and specifically his view on the war between Optics and Copper technologies.
JM: In the early 2000’s, the general view was [...]
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Next Stop: The Land of Down Under
No CommentsPosted by finisar on November 20, 2009
In one week, you can catch Finisar’s Simon Poole as a plenary speaker at the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) – set to occur November 30 – December 3 in Adelaide, South Australia. The session will take place at The University of Adelaide on Tuesday, December 1st at 9:35a.m. ACDT. Simon [...]
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5 Minutes with Roy Rubenstein, Publisher of gazettabyte
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on October 26, 2009
Q: Congratulations on today’s launch of gazettabyte. Tell us about your decision to launch this new optical communications website.
Roy Rubenstein (RR): It’s a combination of an ongoing interest in a fascinating industry and my experience of changes taking place in the media.
I have been covering the optical industry as an analyst and journalist [...]
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Vertical Integration and the Early Days in the Optics Industry
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on August 4, 2009
This week we have an exciting guest blog post from Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng, Finisar’s VP of Transceiver Engineering. Julie has been in the Optical Communications business for over 20 years, almost from the time of the first fiber optics deployments. From my conversations with Julie, she has certainly seen lots of change [...]
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Network Tools departs Finisar
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on July 21, 2009
In our industry, M&A announcements seem to be the most interesting news of the day. Finisar is certainly no stranger in this arena. We have had 17 acquisitions over the past decade. In some ways, it was the technology acquired through these transactions that has helped us to become the world’s largest supplier [...]
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Active Optical Cables and the truce between Optics and Copper
6 CommentsPosted by Jan Meise on May 13, 2009
This week’s guest blogger is Jan Meise. Jan is responsible for Strategic Marketing at Finisar and his work in strategic marketing allows him to bring a very interesting perspective to some of the new trends in active optical cables. I’m hoping Jan will be a regular guest blogger on the site.
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OFC ‘09, ROADM technology and the future network
No CommentsPosted by Ian Clarke on April 16, 2009
This week’s entry comes from Ian Clarke. Ian is one of our key technical guys in our Sydney facility, where Finisar develops and manufactures our WSS (Wavelength Selective Switch) modules.
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OFC 2009 felt like a giant planning meeting for 100 Gb/s systems. Everywhere could be heard debate and proposals for components, protocols and modulation methods. The [...]
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Welcome
1 CommentPosted by Rafik Ward on March 20, 2009
Welcome to Lightspeed, Finisar’s new blog for the optical communications industry.
My name is Rafik Ward and I’m honored and humbled to serve as the host of this blog. Over time, I will attempt to bring you the inside scoop of what is happening at Finisar. There are always many exciting things going on, many of [...]
