I was talking with a friend the other day. He's an engineer with lots of experience developing communications products. He's very good in the QA role. He felt stagnant in his current company so he quit. He put his resume out there on Monday and by...

In this industry you can be derailed in your plans if you listen to all the hype. Experienced professionals can separate what's real from ginned up market demand. In all of this, there is an everlasting pattern of companies attempting to "lead" th...

The news this week is that Cisco is about to layoff over 10,000 employees. It's just the latest in a long line of announcements. Wireline carriers are laying off as many as 8,000 per quarter. The large companies have deployed their FTTH networks, ...

Back in the 70's I read an article in the Harvard Business Review called "Up and Down the Communications Ladder" . The premise of the article was that communications in most companies is top down. There are different dynamics that occur when infor...

It's no secret that trying to keep up in this industry is hard. We are constantly bombarded by trade magazine articles, white papers, and trade show booths in an endless supply of ideas. From time to time certain aspects arise and companies coales...