Vice President and General Manager, Optical Networks, Nokia (business unit that absorbed Infinera), Nokia Optical Networks Formerly Infinera
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“The biggest single impact is scale in a bunch of dimensions. You know obviously the business is larger which has its own qualities. The set of people we have, the set of great people we have on a whole bunch of different topics, you know whether product, whether project execution, whether you know technical pre-sales i...”
“The first is the data center fabric itself which is something we've been talking about for the last few quarters where we've significantly bulked up our investment in that space and you know delivering a wide range of solutions on that data center fabric both the switches themselves but also the automation to make that...”
“You need to build networks that are scalable, simple, and secure, and we need to do that in a way that gives tailored solutions to different customer segments.”
“If you look at our technology pool, if you look at our capabilities, uh this inside the data center opportunity and the need to take power out of out of that part of the the space is something we believe we can make uh a significant dent in it.”
“if you look at Optical networks these days you can't get away from them in fact I would argue there's nothing you can do if we took all the optical networks away... all that traffic comes back to Optical networks and so they're the foundation if you will of everything and that's what we spend our time on we spend our t...”
“as my CEO likes to say there is no green without digital I tend to say that is there is no green without Optical right it's the place where we can find the lowest power per bit and that's the contribution we can make not just taking that power per bit down but expanding things into the layer by the way I say that in Te...”
Release date: 4/4/2025 Nokia’s Vice President and General Manager for the Optical Networks Division, James Watt, discusses key challenges for hyperscalers and data center operators, and how the combined optical networking expertise and capabilities of Nokia and Infinera will create differentiated value in the era of AI. #sponsored For more, please visit: https://www.lightreading.com/optical-...
Nokia’s Vice President and General Manager for the Optical Networks Division, James Watt, talks about scalable, simple, and secure optical networks. Watt discusses key challenges for network and data center operators, and how the combined optical networking expertise and capabilities of Nokia and Infinera will create differentiated value.
It is time to introduce James Watt, the President of Nokia Optical Networks. The Optical business division forms a key part of Nokia, a global leader in telecommunications with over 75,000 employees. Nokia Optical Networks is at the forefront of innovations in photonics, significantly impacting high-speed data transmission technologies worldwide. Their contributions are vital in next-generation global communications infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and data access. James Watt has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and vision. He has contributed significantly to the strategi…
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