Certain technologies get "hot" and take over the world. Others emerge as over-hyped but then fade back into obscurity. It's clear that WebRTC -- the evolving group of technology

As Rayno Report has been reporting, the optical stocks have been on a nice little rollar coaster recently, selling off viciously after what was a pretty spectacular run boosted

This is going to be fun. Arista, the current wunderkind of networking technology in Silicon Valley, on Monday launched a series of high-powered data-center switches. It also drafted a

Another week in the market, another day for hysterical counter-reactions to previous irrational exuberance. Yes, I'm talking about optical stocks.

F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) had some good news for investors this morning, as it announced results that beat analyst expectations. The company also raised guidance going forward. In pre-market

In a merger of intriguing startup names, Los Angeles, Calif.-based Airpush is buying Hubbl. Let me first offer some intriguing merger name possibilities such as Hubblpush, AirHubbl, Airbbl, e.t.c.

Optical networking technology, once the land of bubbles and crashes, is looking more and more like a steady growth market these days (knock on wood now).

AOL is looking for a faster exit out of the headache known as Patch, its localized news service, say sources familiar with the company's thinking. AOL is looking at

Reuters has started this Cisco-or-Google-buying-Blackberry rumor in a sad attempt to make the Blackberry price go up.

Holy mother of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Are people really such big suckers? Are they that naive? Yesterday, AT&T and Cisco jumped on the marketing bandwagon to pile on

Do people at sports stadiums actually watch the game anymore? Connectivity and social networking is becoming a more integral part of the live sports experience, and stadium owners and

The Software Defined Networking (SDN) market just got more complicated. Nothing demonstrates that more than the rumors floating around the alleged declining value of private startup Big Switch. Our

Interview: OpenDaylight's David Meyer — After 'Breaking Dawn'

A big theme of the Rayno Report is innovation in the connected world. That is, how do our network connections create value. We have seen this over time with

Here's a company to watch: Goodman Networks. Yesterday the wireless network builder announced it is buying Design Build Technologies, a wireless construction company that builds and maintains communications towers

Long-time communications tech entrepreneur Cheng Wu wants to help the telecom industry with a makeover. His company, Azuki Systems, is looking to turn the telecomms into media moguls using

Christos Kolias (Orange) describes motivations behind network functions virtualization (NFV) & how ETSI will be bringing the concept to life.

Cisco just pulled off the biggest deal since its blockbuster acquisition of NDS for $5B in 2012, buying publicly traded SourceFire (FIRE) for $2.7B. The move is an interesting

Good know all the money being pumped into mobile devices is going somewhere. Verizon Communications (VZ) reported a solid second quarter with a profit of 73 cents per share

AT&T on Friday announced it's buying independent carrier Leap Wireless Inc. (LEAP) for about $1.2 billion in a bid to scale up in its battle against goliath rival Verizon.Leap's

I'm back in publisher mode, in the early stages of an overhaul of this website, The Rayno Report. This has led me to look at advertising and sponsorship strategies,

If you want to look at a hot networking space, take a look at the developments in WiFi at large mobile operators. Recently in my role as Event Director

Here are highlights from the panel at Churchill Club where SDxCentral's Craig Matsumoto posed a series of questions to the panel around SDN,

State of Software-Defined Networking 2013 From Telecom Service Provider Forum