NOG
Opinion
Fellowship
Peering Forum
Community
NOGnet
Next Generation
Commercialized events. Alcohol at ten in the morning. Being excluded from a conference without anyone asking my side. The NOG circuit gave me some of the best relationships of my career. It also gave me this.
Rene Fichtmueller
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2026-04-25
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~6 min read min read
Social Selling
Sales
Optical Networking
B2B
LinkedIn
FLEXOPTIX
NOG
Peering Forum
Content Marketing
Trust
Relationship Building
Infrastructure
A vendor sent me a LinkedIn message last week. "Hi Rene, I noticed you're in the optical networking space. We have a solution that could transform your
Rene Fichtmueller
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2026-04-22
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~3 min read min read