Optical Systems

July 9, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Buy Acacia Communications; Helping Drive Significant Industry Network Architectural Shifts

Over time, the networking industry has benefited from continuous innovation in how products, including routers, switches and optical systems, are interconnected. As advances in silicon continue to drive performance and capacity gains in routers and switches, it becomes imperative that optics keep pa…

Cisco Spring PONC Hits the Mark Following a Successful OFC

On the heels of a dynamic OFC show, Cisco kept the Optical and Optics momentum going with our 2018 Spring Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) in Richardson, Texas last week. A quick highlight from OFC:  Cisco introduced two new modular platforms to our NCS 1000 series to help providers maxim…

December 5, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Fall PONC a Resounding Success in Rome, Italy

I recently returned from Cisco’s Optical Packet Networking Conference (PONC) in Rome, Italy, where we had the opportunity to host and interact with more than 230 attendees from 57 companies across the globe. It was an invigorating experience as we covered topics from Service Provider trends and netw…

Cisco Spring PONC on the heels of a strong OFC insertion

By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions Cisco’s one-two punch for IP Optical Convergence in 2015 began with an impressive showing in March at OFC in Los Angeles, and crescendos with our annual Spring Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) being held May 12 -1…