Blogs & Articles

Read these short, and regularly updated, opinion pieces covering contemporary industry and technology topics.

Forget Rip-and-Replace
Forget Rip-and-Replace
By Scott McIsaac | Oct 9, 2019
In an article featured in ISE magazine, Scott McIsaac (Tellabs Technical Account Manager) writes that with ‘rip and replace’ not being the realistic option, providers today are looking for a more graceful solution to network transformation.
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The economics of using the Tellabs 1000 new IP-POTS card for TDM switch collapse
The economics of using the Tellabs 1000 new IP-POTS card for TDM switch collapse
By John Hoover | Sep 19, 2019
Over the past several months, we’ve enjoyed speaking with service providers about using the Tellabs 1000 MSAP’s ...
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How Optical LAN software defined networking solves US Air Force CIO’s top cyber security concerns
How Optical LAN software defined networking solves US Air Force CIO’s top cyber security concerns
By Tom Parisi | Sep 13, 2019
I was at the AFCEA NOVA monthly luncheon and enjoyed hearing Mr. Bill Marion (Deputy Chief, Information Dominance ...
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The known-knowns of network security
The known-knowns of network security
By John Hoover | Jul 30, 2019
In an article featured in Lightwave digital magazine, John Hoover (Tellabs Senior Product Manager and APOLAN Board ...
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The industry is evolving to Optical LAN and why OLAN can’t be stopped!
The industry is evolving to Optical LAN and why OLAN can’t be stopped!
By John Hoover | Jun 25, 2019
The industry is evolving to Optical LAN. It is like a tsunami that has been traveling unseen underwater for many ...
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Stronger Security, Increase Operational Efficiencies and New ONTs are all part of Generally Available Tellabs Optical LAN SR30.1
Stronger Security, Increase Operational Efficiencies and New ONTs are all part of Generally Available Tellabs Optical LAN SR30.1
By Russ Kulpins | May 6, 2019
I am pleased to announce that Tellabs Optical LAN SR30.1 has successfully achieved the status of Generally ...
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Reasons for the Recent Rapid Growth of Passive Optical LAN
Reasons for the Recent Rapid Growth of Passive Optical LAN
By John Hoover | Mar 4, 2019
Taking into consideration these key data indicate an accelerating use of fiber-based infrastructure in enterprise ...
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Count down the 2018 top-10 most popular Broadband posts!
Count down the 2018 top-10 most popular Broadband posts!
By John Hoover | Jan 3, 2019
  By viewing online analytics it’s easy to measure the most popular Tellabs Broadband webinars, videos, ...
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Your LAN requires Network Access Control via industry leading policy managers
Your LAN requires Network Access Control via industry leading policy managers
By John Hoover | Dec 20, 2018
Cybersecurity is top-of-mind of all IT professionals today and unfortunately humans are the leading cause of ...
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Why DISA does not worry about administering software patches on thousands of switches with Optical LAN
Why DISA does not worry about administering software patches on thousands of switches with Optical LAN
By Tom Parisi | Dec 10, 2018
At the US Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Forecast to Industry 2018 event, Dave Bennett (Director of ...
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Minneapolis commercial contractor reaps benefits of Passive Optical LAN
Minneapolis commercial contractor reaps benefits of Passive Optical LAN
By John Hoover | Dec 5, 2018
The latest edition of Cabling Installation & Maintenance online magazine features an article about how ...
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The Time is Now for Passive Optical LAN
The Time is Now for Passive Optical LAN
By John Hoover | Nov 20, 2018
In BICSI’s newly released ICT Today magazine article titled "The Time is now for Passive Optical LAN", John ...
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