Initial Release: Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (Mux/Demux), ROADM, Terminal Amplifier, and Line Amplifier Milpitas, CA – Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”) unveiled a new optical whitebox platform supporting an ecosystem enabling SDN within data center & metro/edge DWDM...
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3/18/2016 10:27:55 AM (UTC - 05:00)
Repackaging, something of an art form, is also a viable approach to business because it can save cost or create new ventures. These themes were touched upon during a special symposium at OFC 2015 on Wednesday, which focused on how packaging and integration may be used to dra...
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3/25/2015 6:18:53 PM (UTC - 05:00)
I’m starting to think that enthusiasm for a conference seems to follow the Gartner Group hype cycle - a huge buildup leading up to the event, followed by the culture shock of returning to your day job, and later the realization that you learned a bunch of useful things afte...
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4/7/2015 8:29:28 AM (UTC - 05:00)
As the OFC conference continues, today provided a unique opportunity to hear from some of the industry’s leaders in a slightly less formal setting where business and technology issues come together to create market value. Of course I’m referring to the Service Provider...
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3/27/2015 9:12:27 AM (UTC - 05:00)
The OFC plenary is always an exciting and thought-provoking presentation, and this year will be no exception. The photonics industry is being disrupted by emerging technologies such as network function virtualization (NFV), software defined networking (SDN), and radical ne...
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3/21/2016 12:54:42 PM (UTC - 05:00)
Carriers have long desired greater control over transport so that they could reduce cost, increase availability, reduce time to deliver services and explore new services, such as on demand. That was part of the focus of OFC on Wednesday, when Panel I of the Service Provide...
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3/25/2015 9:08:13 PM (UTC - 05:00)
Attendees have started arriving in sunny California for the first day of OFC. Those coming from colder climates were thrilled to no longer need a coat outside and things inside the Moscone Center were also heating up as well. Short Courses for Expanded Learning The day...
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3/10/2014 6:16:07 PM (UTC - 05:00)
It didn’t take long before the network management and control challenges became obvious at this year’s show. With the volume of data and the exploding number of connections present in the network, the provisioning and monitoring chores are even more important now than in the p...
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4/3/2017 2:34:12 PM (UTC - 05:00)
Monday morning's Executive Forum panel was billed as focusing on understanding perspectives from global tier 1 carriers on several key topics in communications infrastructure, and it did not disappoint. What the audience was treated to was deep insight from three subject mat...
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3/23/2015 7:39:26 PM (UTC - 05:00)
OFC traditionally focuses on innovations associated with novel photonic devices and subsystems, as well as associated system/network demonstrations. However over the past few years the participants have clearly observed a significant shift in the topics covered by the confe...
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2/24/2014 1:29:07 PM (UTC - 05:00)