Calix
Calix Inc develops, markets and sells its appliance-based platform, cloud and managed services that enable service providers of all types and sizes to innovate and transform their businesses. The company's customers utilize the real-time data and insights from Calix platforms to simplify their business and deliver experiences that excite their subscribers. The resulting growth in subscriber acquisition, loyalty and revenue creates more value for their businesses and communities. The Company's revenue is principally derived in the United States and it also has its presence in Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific and other markets.www.calix.com
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Sep 14, 2026
Steve KrotheHOST
Well,
Hawes BurkhardtHOST
basically what happens is To make a long story short, you end up meeting this being called Calix, C-A-L-X, who back in the day was the person who developed the technology to use those regulators, right, to store souls, to keep people alive.
Hawes BurkhardtHOST
Um, and he is working with, um, uh, what the fuck is that lady's name? It's another dumb name, Steve.
Hawes BurkhardtHOST
Maybe it's not that dumb.
Gary BoltonHOST
After Boston, we'll be in Savannah in October, Vancouver, British Columbia in November, and we'll finish the year out with our premier member meeting in Isla Mirada, Florida in December.
Gary BoltonHOST
So last week on Fiber Breakfast, our guest was Michael Weaning, the CEO of Calix discussed predictability initiative, how AI is helping fiber providers compete in uncertain market.
Gary BoltonHOST
This was just a fantastic conversation with Michael on how AI is changing everything.
Gary BoltonHOST
So if you missed it, you can go to our website and watch the replay.
Jessica DensonHOST
From closing the digital divide to improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our neighborhoods.
Jessica DensonHOST
On this episode of Connected Nation, I talk with leadership from Calix.
Jessica DensonHOST
We discuss their big announcement regarding 50G PON.
Jessica DensonHOST
Find out what that's all about.
Teresa McGaugheyGUEST
Yes.
Jessica DensonHOST
I love that last name.
Jessica DensonHOST
Uh, v- vice president of field and partner marketing for Calix.
Jessica DensonHOST
Um, welcome, Theresa.
Gary BoltonHOST
So if you missed last week's session, you can go to our website and watch the replay.
Gary BoltonHOST
Today on FIRE for Breakfast, our guest is Michael Weaning, the CEO of Calix, discuss the predictability imperative, how AI is helping FIRE providers compete in an uncertain market.
Gary BoltonHOST
So Michael is the chief executive officer of Calix.
Gary BoltonHOST
He serves on the company's board of directors, and he brings more than 20 years of experience driving growth strategy and transformation.
Gary BoltonHOST
I'll kind of put a heavy emphasis on transformation.
Gary BoltonHOST
He was promoted to his current role in September 2022 after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Gary BoltonHOST
Before joining Calix, Michael held senior leadership roles at Salesforce, including Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success, Senior Vice President of Customer Success Service and Alliances for Japan and Asia Pac.
Gary BoltonHOST
And earlier in his career, he was Vice President of Business and Consumer Sales at Bell Mobility in Canada.
James AzarHOST
So if you're in critical infrastructure, any sort of energy, water, or defense, you should assume you're a named target.
James AzarHOST
not a hypothetical one for this one by the way the things going on with iran pay close attention to them um this one right here will end up being kinetic something tells me gut feeling i said it here on the show it'll end up being kinetic all right CVE-2026-75501 in the Calix GS7 XGS routers used by Cox, BrightSpeed, Allo, CityFiber, and even Conexon exposes the mini-UPNPD control endpoint on the WAN interface with no access controls, letting unauthenticated attackers remotely rewrite port forwarding rules and even expose internal cameras, NAS devices, and even admin panels.
James AzarHOST
There's no patch as of yet.
James AzarHOST
So if you manage remote or branch sites on this hardware, you should disable UPnP under advanced security UPnP.