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Subject: Telecom Ramblings: "Industry Spotlight: FiberLight's Paul Pierron" plus 2 more
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Telecom Ramblings: "Industry Spotlight: FiberLight's Paul Pierron" plus 2 more

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• Industry Spotlight: FiberLight's Paul Pierron
• MicroSoft, Facebook to Dabble In Submarine Cables?
• Vendor Bytes: Cyan, Ciena, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco

Industry Spotlight: FiberLight's Paul Pierron Posted: 28 May 2014 09:51 PM PDT Once the construction arm of Xspedius, FiberLight builds and operates deep regional and metro fiber networks in Texas, the DC metro area, Georgia, and Florida.  They are currently in the midst of a giant buildout project in Texas that when complete will have added some 8,000 route miles to their network. With us today to talk about the company's expansion plans is Paul Pierron, who was promoted to CEO three months ago after joining the company as COO early in 2013.  He is no stranger to this sector or to FiberLight's main markets, having previously held leadership roles at AT&T, SBC, Sprint, Nuvox, LightCore and Xspedius. … [visit site to read more]

MicroSoft, Facebook to Dabble In Submarine Cables? Posted: 28 May 2014 05:24 AM PDT Long after Google got involved in such mundane things as submarine cables, it seems two other tech giants have gotten the itch. Apparently both MicroSoft and Facebook are making plans to follow in Google's transpacific footsteps and invest in a new undersea fiber build.  Actually Facebook is already part of APG I believe, but might be looking to up its presence further. … [visit site to read more]

Vendor Bytes: Cyan, Ciena, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Posted: 28 May 2014 03:45 AM PDT Some interesting news this week from vendors: In the world of software defined networking, network functions virtualization has been getting a lot of press lately. In today's news, Cyan is collaborating with Red Hat and Telefonica to build a deterministic NFV architecture. Cyan is handling the orchestrator, Red Hat is working on the OpenStack enhancements, and … [visit site to read more]

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