Archives for March, 2016
The Inphi/Microsoft announcement is big, but not as big as reported
At OFC this week, Microsoft and Inphi announced a partnership for 80km 100Gbps optics. Some news outlets made hyperbolic headlines of the announcement, making it look like an earth-shattering paradigm…
Can money be made with SDN?
Several recent online articles have pointed to a lack of enthusiasm on the part of network operators for deployment of SDN (see here and here, for example), leading to discussions…
Integrity is the only thing you take with you
An RFP had come in from a very large potential client. The RFP had some difficult technical requirements, and the company's products did not meet the specifications. The development team…