5. About Frank Wiener

    Frank Wiener

    As the vice president of marketing and market development, Frank is responsible for marketing, international sales and market expansion at Cyan Optics.

    Frank has a diverse professional background ranging from engineering to product management, marketing, sales, business development, general management and executive management for companies including Nortel, AT&T / Paradyne and Calix.

    Most recently, Frank ran product development for Calix – leading product strategy, engineering and product management. Prior to this role, Frank founded Calix's field marketing team, wrote the Calix publication The Book on Video and was the lead author of The Book on Network Transformation. His initial role with Calix was leading business development where he founded the CalixCompatible partnership program.

    Prior to joining Calix, Frank lead marketing, product strategy, product management, engineering and sales teams for Paradyne Corp. and AT&T Paradyne. He started his career as a network engineer supporting fiber transmission systems for Nortel Networks. Frank holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida.

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    2. No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 24 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet

      No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time ...p to tens of gigabits per second. No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time By Frank Wiener, vice president of marketing, Cyan, Network World January 25, 2012 10:50 AM ET * * Print This vend... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cyan   SLA   Frank Wiener

    3. Cyan mobile backhaul platform targets wholesale market needs

      Explore Connected Planet Online (Jun 6 2011) Mobile Backhaul

      ...expanding needs of wholesale customers. “We see DWDM expanding further to the [network] edge,” said Frank Wiener, vice president of marketing and international sales for Cyan, in an interview. The need for DWDM i... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cyan   SLA   Frank Wiener

    4. Cyan Aiming High With Management Play

      Explore Light Reading (May 9 2011) Middle Mile , Cloud , Heavy Reading

      ...tworks Inc. , but Cyan plans to expand the type of support provided and the number of vendors, says Frank Wiener, vice president of marketing and international sales. A third component, CyPlan, helps CyPortal cus... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cyan   Frank Wiener   IBM

    5. Cisco, Cyan Think Beyond the Box for Carrier Ethernet

      Explore Light Reading (Nov 23 2010)

      Cisco, Cyan Think Beyond the Box for Carrier Ethernet ...y products right now. We'll have announcements early next year about third-party integration," says Frank Wiener, the company's vice president of marketing and business development. Cyan's management software, Cy... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frank Wiener

    6. OPEX – The elephant in the room

      Explore CEN Feature (Jul 15 2010)

      OPEX – The elephant in the room Service providers globally are under pressure to invest in infrastructure upgrades to meet surging packet traffic growth often on flat to declining revenues. The resulting pressure to reduce expense to maintain profitability leads to even greater pressure to find lower capital cost solutions for scaling networks. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frank Wiener   Roadm

    7. Do Changing Traffic Patterns Equate to Changing Network Architectures?

      Explore CEN Feature (Jun 15 2010)

      Do Changing Traffic Patterns Equate to Changing Network Architectures? There’s little debate that the Internet has changed the way we communicate, access information, even source entertainment. The question is what impact do these changes have on network traffic patterns and what opportunities exist to optimize network architectures to better address these changes? (Read Full Article)

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