With more kinds of performance-sensitive traffic on their networks than ever before, service providers and private network operators all want convergence, and they're tired of waiting ... waiting for a convergence approach that doesn't require them to scrap what they've got, learn new processes, risk losing the reliable services they're delivering today, or all of the above.
You need a realistic migration strategy to a more efficient packet-based network that delivers new high-value services with the performance requirements your end-users expect, while also protecting existing services and infrastructure. That's where we can help.
How to create a fully reconfigurable, high-performance network
OTN, Ethernet, WDM and FlexiPort programmable interfaces integrated across platforms maximize network flexibility and support future services with the ease of a software download.
A standards-based, network-wide control plane automates processes and yields operational efficiencies and fewer errors, and enables real-time network adaptability.
New value-added performance metrics with service-level manageability gives packet-based services the same control and performance as circuit-based services.
Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture is a software-driven, success-based approach to transitioning to converged networks at a pace that directly aligns with each service provider's revenue opportunity and each enterprise's business objectives.
Our FlexSelect Architecture integrates strategic innovations across platforms, unites them with software automation, and delivers any mix of services with common control, granular performance metrics and service-level visibility across the network.
With the ability to transition your infrastructure—at your own pace—to a fully reconfigurable network that offers IP/Ethernet efficiency and the reliability of TDM, convergence finally makes sense.
