Comments on: Cisco to buy Lightwire to bring optics to the data center http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/ Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sallyfiber http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/#comment-839889 Wed, 09 May 2012 07:17:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489336#comment-839889 THIS IS grest information , optical transceiver
http://www.fiberstore.com/fiber-optic-transceiver-c2_9

]]> By: Stuart Miniman http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/#comment-816167 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:41:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489336#comment-816167 Definitely a harbinger of the move towards optical over copper – will be interested to see if 10GBase-T will be able to gain adoption with the new Intel servers. I wrote more here: http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Next_Generation_Server_Impact_on_10Gb_Ethernet_Adoption_and_Copper_versus_Optical_Cabling

]]> By: Mattie B http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/#comment-815027 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:41:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489336#comment-815027 I’m not sure why they made this $270M, but I’m pretty sure its NOT so that they could lower prices.

]]> By: quickgamer88 http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/#comment-813072 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:38:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489336#comment-813072 Reblogged this on quickgamer88.

]]> By: TimC http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/cisco-to-buy-lightwire-to-bring-optics-to-the-data-center/#comment-812922 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:32:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489336#comment-812922 Does this mean they’ll stop charging egregious markups on SFP’s finally?

IE:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Cisco-SFP-transceiver-module/1651560.aspx

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