Basil Alwan, who runs IP and optical networking for Alcatel-Lucent, will continue in this role after Nokia acquires Alcatel-Lucent, and that could be a good sign for subsidiary Nuage Networks.
Specifically (and very speculatively), it means Alwan might get to run interference so that Nuage can continue to run independently. Nuage’s fate has been the source of some chatter in software defined networking (SDN) circles, particularly in the wake of a couple of Nuage executive departures.
