Big theme in today’s CISCO launch - make technology available to consumers however they want to consume it. From platforms to chipsets to software.

Meat of the Cisco launch today - new Cisco ONE silicon, new Cisco 8000 router platforms based on this silicon, optics, IOR XR7 software - foundation for 400G networking and beyond.

The ages old debate of differentiating routing vs switching comes up again with Cisco’s Silicon ONE chipset - the lines blur further when you have common silicon and SW addressing both applications.

Big news from #Nokia today with our new #DataCenterFabric solution launch! Create and operate data center networks @ scale with confidence. Check it out: nokia.ly/2Zexa4X #TheSwitchIsOn #NetOps

Nokia for Service Providers Wow , this is big

If you take away the huge growth in China, is the optical market still growing? Join me today to find out! ow.ly/4ivW304eWZQ IHS Markit Technology

DCI solutions are evolving and there are options for different types of applications. Learn more on our #OpticalDCI #webinar. x.com/ihs4techevents…

Optical components humor: just read a financial transcript where 'Indium Phosphide' translated into 'Indian Flashlight.' Made me giggle!

Gordon Le and Haley Adams just won a national award for creating an online service to tackle food insecurity - called Farms to Forks.

Want to make sense of 400G alphabet soup? Join our webinar to sort out QSFP-DD, CFP8, OSFP, COBO and more. on.ihs.com/2k8qgLy

What's the timeline for 400G in optical transport? For data center networks? Join our 400G webinar to learn more!  on.ihs.com/2k8qgLy

What are the 4 key ingredients for 400G deployments in optical transport networks? Join our webinar to find out! on.ihs.com/2k8qgLy

Clients: Check out new MWC 2017 report looking at impact of 5G on transport networks. PS - CPRI fronthaul is dead! tinyurl.com/jqnkzkh

Top transport buzzwords at MWC'17: ML/AI, mobile edge computing, fog networking,NG fronthaul interface - learn more: tinyurl.com/jqnkzkh

Confused by the acronym soup out there for 400G? Can't tell your OSFP from your COBO or QSFP-DD? Help is here! on.ihs.com/2k8qgLy

Basil ALWAN of #Nokia announces FP4. Muliterabit processor for cloud cloud scale routing.

#Optical #network hardware market cools off in Q3 2017. Read #IHSMarkit analysis. Heidi Adams ihsmark.it/ZV0R30gCsQQ

Service provider spending pause drives 15% decline in optical network market fiercetelecom.com/telecom/servic…

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From the #OFC18 Blog - "Breaking the Optical Glass Ceiling – What comes after 400G/600G." by Heidi Adams from IHS Markit now S&P Global ow.ly/npAj30iSx1V