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The Heat is On: What Network Operators Need to Know About Liquid Cooling
Not every data center needs liquid cooling – yet. But as rack densities climb into the territory that AI and high-performance computing demand, the conversation is changing fast. Josh Seawell,…
Small Towns, Big Builds
When Lauren Deloatch hits the road, she isn't just visiting customers – she’s walking into communities where massive data center projects are reshaping daily life. As a program manager of outreach…
Rethinking the Connectors of Tomorrow
We are back with Greg Pierce in the studio! As senior product manager specializing in hyperscale data center and enterprise network hardware products, Greg is up close every day with fiber optic…
How to Turn Struggle into Success
Fiber optic cable is not one thing. It is a precision-engineered and manufactured whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. The high-quality optical fibers, coating, jacketing, strength members…
Customer-Centric Design
Fiber Focus pulled James Deane away from his desk for this episode to discuss his work as senior product design engineer for Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s fiber optic cables. Driven to make a…
Time to Say Goodbye
This episode of Fiber Focus features Josh Seawell, our director of product management, who is enthusiastic about the ways AI is poised to change people’s lives at home and work. For network…
Looking on the Bright Side
At a time when hyperscale network infrastructure projects are consuming most of the available bandwidth – both literally and figuratively – product manager Yuko Agano is here to let everyone else in…
Giving Back to the Industry
Sean Kelly, RCDD, general manager and technical director at Light Brigade, visited Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina for this episode of Fiber Focus. Early in his…
Trusted Suppliers Help Customers Navigate Extreme Demand
When the clock is ticking and lead times grow longer, solid manufacturer/customer relationships are invaluable.In his more than 35 years of telecom experience, senior product manager Greg Pierce has…
Challenging Times Demand Creative Cable Solutions
Previously on Fiber Focus, we discussed how artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly consuming the industry’s supply of high-performance, high-density network products. Loren Rapp…
Creative Supply Chain in a Booming Market
A July 2025 Synergy Research Group report projected that hyperscale capacity will increase threefold through the next six years. Josh Seawell, our director of product management, read about the…
Let’s Talk About Money Cutting Costs Not Quality
Yuko Agano returns to Fiber Focus for this episode discussing how air-blown fiber (ABF) technologies can help address rising project costs. With labor making up 60-80 percent of the price tag for a…
Why Fiber Optics is the Best Career You’ve Never Heard Of
“This will be the field I retire. I love it. I’d never heard of it before.”After serving in the U.S. Navy, Andrew Degidio embarked on a new career journey in telecom. He got his start as a field…
A Future in Fiber
Meet Lauren Deloatch. She was the marketing director for a golf club when she was recruited by Sumitomo Electric Lightwave nearly 10 years ago. Since then, Lauren’s contributions to the telecom…
Next-Generation Data Center Network Design Automation
Fiber Focus welcomes Dwayne Holst to this episode for a preview of the next breakthrough in data center network design. A data center optical communications researcher with Sumitomo Electric…
The Best-Case Scenarios for Air-Blown Fiber®
In the 30+ years that air-blown fiber (ABF) has been deployed in North America, industry results show that it is the ideal installation technology in specific scenarios. Yuko Agano, Sumitomo Electric…
Have it Your Way! Customer-Driven Product and Solutions
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave offers a broad portfolio of leading-edge connectivity products and solutions, but how does the company respond when customers need a unique solution for their network…
Customer-Driven Innovation of Highly Efficient Panels
Many of the products in Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s portfolio were brought to life through customer collaboration. Greg Pierce, senior product manager for Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s connectivity…
Breaking Into Telecom: Careers in Network Infrastructure for the Next Generation
In this episode of Fiber Focus, Teylor Bremekamp, PMP, RCDD, discusses his path from aerospace engineering to becoming a fiber network design engineer with Sumitomo Electric Lightwave. Teylor’s 10…
Understanding Air-Blown Fiber® vs Microduct Cable: A Deep Dive into FutureFLEX® Solutions
Air-blown fiber® and microduct cable have a few things in common, but they are not the same. In this episode of Fiber Focus, Yuko Agano, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s product manager supporting…
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Fiber Focus has published 24 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Business, Technology.
Fiber Focus is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 11m.
