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OFC Preview: Visit Finisar booth #1613

Rafik Ward — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:53:01 +0000

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 forward to showcasing our latest technology advancements at the show every year. Stay tuned for an update early next week on what we’re highlighting this year.

We will also have several Finisar representatives speaking at the event:

• In a panel led by moderator Stephen Hardy, Finisar’s Executive Chairman of the Board, Jerry Rawls, will join a panel of experts for the session “Components and Subsystems for 40 and 100 Gbps” at the OSA/Lightwave Executive Forum.
• Daniel Mahgerefteh, Director of Advanced Technology at Finisar, will speak on panel, “Does Optical Dispersion Compensation Have a Future?”
• Simon Poole, Director of New Business Ventures for Finisar Australia, will speak on panel, “How Can We Groom and Multiplex Data for Ultra-High-Speed Transmission?”
• Chris Cole, Director of Engineering at Finisar, will speak on panel, “1 TbE Transport – Why, When and How?”
• Katharine Schmidtke, Strategic Marketing Manager at Finisar, will present her paper, “Trends and Future Directions for Optical Interconnects in Datacenter and Computer Applications.”

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Trivia Question #5 Winner

Rafik Ward — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:13 +0000

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 trivia contest. Please continue to join the discussion on the Lightspeed blog.

Trivia Question #5

Rafik Ward — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:43:36 +0000

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!

Trivia Question #4 Winner

Rafik Ward — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:35:10 +0000

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 Projector featuring LCoS technology. The winning name will be announced on the Lightspeed blog during the last week of March.

Trivia Question #4

Rafik Ward — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:31:39 +0000

Question: What is the name of the project that ranks and details the 500 (non-distributed) most powerful known supercomputer systems in the world?

Thanks for playing!

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Trivia Question #3 Winner

Rafik Ward — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:04 +0000

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 Finisar t-shirt.

Successful 100G Field Trial Demonstration

Rafik Ward — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:47:31 +0000

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 photo below shows Finisar 100G CFP modules for the Verizon end-to-end field trial with Verizon, NEC, Juniper and Finisar.

Trivia Question #3

Rafik Ward — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:41:05 +0000

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 response is posted. Check back later this week for the winning name.

Thanks for playing!

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Trivia Question #2 Winner

Rafik Ward — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:40 +0000

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 t-shirt.

Trivia Question #2

Rafik Ward — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:50:01 +0000

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 of a Finisar t-shirt.

Thanks for playing!

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