40G/100G Submarine Applications
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Given the tremendous expenditure required to reengineer or replace submarine cable plants, maximizing the potential of existing networks is essential. Ciena’s 40G/100G WaveLogic technology offers unparalleled spectral efficiency within the C-band, enabling the upgrade of existing cable plants well beyond maximum designed capacities.
Given the tremendous expenditure required to reengineer or replace submarine cable plants, maximizing the potential of existing networks is essential. Ciena’s 40G/100G WaveLogic technology offers unparalleled spectral efficiency within the C-band, enabling the upgrade of existing cable plants well beyond maximum designed capacities.
Optical Submarine Solutions
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All global networks must cross seas and oceans, and have the ability to provide customers with seamless and reliable connections from any place at any time. Ciena has been at the forefront in the development and deployment of these global networks, working both alone and with partners in providing service providers and cable operators with some of the most robust and proven submarine applications in the market.
All global networks must cross seas and oceans, and have the ability to provide customers with seamless and reliable connections from any place at any time. Ciena has been at the forefront in the development and deployment of these global networks, working both alone and with partners in providing service providers and cable operators with some of the most robust and proven submarine applications in the market.
Intelligent Submarine Solutions for an Increasingly Competitive Market
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The international services market continues to show strong growth. According to the industry research firm, Telegeography, international Internet bandwidth has more than quadrupled in just three years—a 50 percent annual growth rate. Yet in spite of very strong demand, the industry has seen significant price erosion. In addition, customers are migrating to higher-bandwidth services, with an expectation for higher service availability and lower cost per bit, as their need for business continuity and higher total connection capacity grows. Ciena is uniquely positioned to help international operators improve the scalability, resiliency, and manageability of their undersea networks while offering the widest service portfolio.
The international services market continues to show strong growth. According to the industry research firm, Telegeography, international Internet bandwidth has more than quadrupled in just three years—a 50 percent annual growth rate. Yet in spite of very strong demand, the industry has seen significant price erosion. In addition, customers are migrating to higher-bandwidth services, with an expectation for higher service availability and lower cost per bit, as their need for business continuity and higher total connection capacity grows. Ciena is uniquely positioned to help international operators improve the scalability, resiliency, and manageability of their undersea networks while offering the widest service portfolio.
Modernizing the Bank Branch Office Network
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Historically, bank branch offices housed and maintained their respective IT infrastructures. This was costly and highly inefficient, and created significant compliance challenges. The requirement now is for a centralized, consolidated IT architecture that connects business processes across branches to support new ways of working and greater customer focus.
Historically, bank branch offices housed and maintained their respective IT infrastructures. This was costly and highly inefficient, and created significant compliance challenges. The requirement now is for a centralized, consolidated IT architecture that connects business processes across branches to support new ways of working and greater customer focus.
Putting Assured Networking to Work for Government
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The complexity of current IT networks, a shortage of skilled technical talent, and legislative challenges have slowed the pace of renovation of cumbersome, costly network infrastructures. However, top government officials recognize the need for greater visibility into network operations, along with precise real-time information to accelerate and improve decision-making.
The complexity of current IT networks, a shortage of skilled technical talent, and legislative challenges have slowed the pace of renovation of cumbersome, costly network infrastructures. However, top government officials recognize the need for greater visibility into network operations, along with precise real-time information to accelerate and improve decision-making.
A Robust High-Capacity Network for Healthcare EMR and PACS Applications
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Leading healthcare providers are deploying electronic records and imaging systems to improve patient care, reduce turnaround times, and gain significant operational and cost efficiencies. Healthcare providers are under constant pressure to improve care while making operations more efficient and cost-effective. Ciena's ActivSpan 4200 enables hospitals and healthcare organizations to replace legacy leased-line infrastructures with high-capacity fiber networks that meet stringent EMR and PACS requirements.
Leading healthcare providers are deploying electronic records and imaging systems to improve patient care, reduce turnaround times, and gain significant operational and cost efficiencies. Healthcare providers are under constant pressure to improve care while making operations more efficient and cost-effective. Ciena's ActivSpan 4200 enables hospitals and healthcare organizations to replace legacy leased-line infrastructures with high-capacity fiber networks that meet stringent EMR and PACS requirements.
Coherent Optical Processing for High-Capacity Networks
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The paradox for today’s network providers is looming ever larger and faster: Increase available capacity for users, but do so at less cost. Equipment vendors have jumped into this issue wholeheartedly and are examining and offering a variety of techniques to solve this high-capacity bandwidth challenge. One solution in particular, pioneered by Ciena as the optimum approach and known as “coherent optical processing”, promises to help service providers solve their dilemma by allowing tremendous increases in capacity while keeping CAPEX and OPEX low.
The paradox for today’s network providers is looming ever larger and faster: Increase available capacity for users, but do so at less cost. Equipment vendors have jumped into this issue wholeheartedly and are examining and offering a variety of techniques to solve this high-capacity bandwidth challenge. One solution in particular, pioneered by Ciena as the optimum approach and known as “coherent optical processing”, promises to help service providers solve their dilemma by allowing tremendous increases in capacity while keeping CAPEX and OPEX low.
Managed Service Provider Solutions for the Healthcare Industry
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The federal government’s $20 billion-plus HITECH program is providing the monetary incentives for hospitals and doctors to transition to e-health record systems to improve efficiencies, cut costs, and boost quality of care and patient safety.
The federal government’s $20 billion-plus HITECH program is providing the monetary incentives for hospitals and doctors to transition to e-health record systems to improve efficiencies, cut costs, and boost quality of care and patient safety.
Managed Service Provider Solutions for the Financial Services Industry
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In today’s fiercely competitive business climate, increasing numbers of financial services companies—from large organizations with hundreds of employees to smaller, specialized firms—are looking to streamline their organizations to reduce operational costs and increase network productivity. The days of hefty network support staffs and unlimited infrastructure budgets are over.
In today’s fiercely competitive business climate, increasing numbers of financial services companies—from large organizations with hundreds of employees to smaller, specialized firms—are looking to streamline their organizations to reduce operational costs and increase network productivity. The days of hefty network support staffs and unlimited infrastructure budgets are over.
Native Digital Video Transport for the Content Production and Broadcasting Industries
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Broadcasters and film and television producers face the common challenge of transporting HD video content reliably and cost-effectively. Whether they need to transfer video between production studios (pre- and post-), or from an external venue to the production studios, the key considerations include signal integrity, cost and operational simplicity.
Broadcasters and film and television producers face the common challenge of transporting HD video content reliably and cost-effectively. Whether they need to transfer video between production studios (pre- and post-), or from an external venue to the production studios, the key considerations include signal integrity, cost and operational simplicity.
Achieving Net-Centricity
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Defense network applications must be able to transmit everything from voice and video, along with sensor data, imagery, storage data, and command and control information. All traffic also requires a high degree of integrity, reliability, and security to assure the network can perform as a completely trusted asset for the war fighter. Ciena offers defense organizations a means to evolve networks to improve operating efficiency and best serve the needs of U.S. war fighters around the globe.
Defense network applications must be able to transmit everything from voice and video, along with sensor data, imagery, storage data, and command and control information. All traffic also requires a high degree of integrity, reliability, and security to assure the network can perform as a completely trusted asset for the war fighter. Ciena offers defense organizations a means to evolve networks to improve operating efficiency and best serve the needs of U.S. war fighters around the globe.
Wire-Speed Encryption Solution
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Whether supporting time-critical financial transactions, sensitive healthcare record storage, secure military communications, or simply wireless voice connections, today’s IT infrastructure is asked to do more than ever in an environment of increasing threats. Given the distributed nature of today’s leading-edge applications (such as sensor-based data gathering), the need for secure and reliable transmission facilities is ever-increasing.
Whether supporting time-critical financial transactions, sensitive healthcare record storage, secure military communications, or simply wireless voice connections, today’s IT infrastructure is asked to do more than ever in an environment of increasing threats. Given the distributed nature of today’s leading-edge applications (such as sensor-based data gathering), the need for secure and reliable transmission facilities is ever-increasing.
Wireless Backhaul Network Solutions Enabled by Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions Portfolio
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Mobile operators must reduce the cost-per-bit of data transport in the backhaul network while continuing to provide greater bandwidth for new high-speed data services, ensure voice quality, maintain carrier-grade OAM and provide circuit-like resilience. Carrier Ethernet technology provides a solution to these backhaul problems. With its CES portfolio, Ciena has found a way to maximize the value of Carrier Ethernet for successful backhaul services.
Mobile operators must reduce the cost-per-bit of data transport in the backhaul network while continuing to provide greater bandwidth for new high-speed data services, ensure voice quality, maintain carrier-grade OAM and provide circuit-like resilience. Carrier Ethernet technology provides a solution to these backhaul problems. With its CES portfolio, Ciena has found a way to maximize the value of Carrier Ethernet for successful backhaul services.
Delivering True Carrier Ethernet Business Services
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A number of business trends—including the maturation of virtualization and cloud-based applications—are impacting service provider networks and service consumption. Service providers must adapt quickly in an environment where demand for services is evolving continuously, network traffic distribution is changing constantly, and bandwidth is growing continually. Pure cost reduction, although very important, is no longer sufficient; the emphasis must shift to growing top-line revenue through the creation and deployment of new Ethernet business services with greater velocity, automation, and customization.
A number of business trends—including the maturation of virtualization and cloud-based applications—are impacting service provider networks and service consumption. Service providers must adapt quickly in an environment where demand for services is evolving continuously, network traffic distribution is changing constantly, and bandwidth is growing continually. Pure cost reduction, although very important, is no longer sufficient; the emphasis must shift to growing top-line revenue through the creation and deployment of new Ethernet business services with greater velocity, automation, and customization.
Enabling Next-Generation Healthcare Networks
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Driven in part by federal government legislation and incentives, healthcare providers are undertaking major initiatives to improve the overall quality of patient care and reduce medical errors. These providers have no choice but to adopt new life-saving, and also bandwidth-intensive, applications like telemedicine and PACS if they are to remain competitive and relevant. To overcome this challenge in a cost-effective manner, providers increasingly are adopting optical networking and Ethernet infrastructure to ensure that their critical patient data is delivered quickly and reliably throughout their networks.
Driven in part by federal government legislation and incentives, healthcare providers are undertaking major initiatives to improve the overall quality of patient care and reduce medical errors. These providers have no choice but to adopt new life-saving, and also bandwidth-intensive, applications like telemedicine and PACS if they are to remain competitive and relevant. To overcome this challenge in a cost-effective manner, providers increasingly are adopting optical networking and Ethernet infrastructure to ensure that their critical patient data is delivered quickly and reliably throughout their networks.
From Legacy to Smart Grid
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As utilities are seeing the demands on their networks grow tremendously, they are looking for ways to maximize network value—in terms of what it costs to operate the network, but also in the kind of value that the network contributes to the business. Ciena provides the powerful combination of the scalability and reliability of optical networking with the flexibility and low-cost economics of Ethernet to enable utilities to transition to reliable, next-generation application-driven networks.
As utilities are seeing the demands on their networks grow tremendously, they are looking for ways to maximize network value—in terms of what it costs to operate the network, but also in the kind of value that the network contributes to the business. Ciena provides the powerful combination of the scalability and reliability of optical networking with the flexibility and low-cost economics of Ethernet to enable utilities to transition to reliable, next-generation application-driven networks.
Evolving to a Smart Grid Energy Network
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Electric power systems constitute the fundamental infrastructure of modern society. Electric power grids and distribution networks reach virtually every home, office, factory, and institution in the industrialized world. While the basic electric grid design—based on concepts established over 75 years ago—has proven useful, its evolution has not kept up with advances in technology. Numerous pressures on the electric power delivery system are converging, forcing the system to evolve in different ways.
Electric power systems constitute the fundamental infrastructure of modern society. Electric power grids and distribution networks reach virtually every home, office, factory, and institution in the industrialized world. While the basic electric grid design—based on concepts established over 75 years ago—has proven useful, its evolution has not kept up with advances in technology. Numerous pressures on the electric power delivery system are converging, forcing the system to evolve in different ways.
Economic Benefits of End-to-End OTN Service Switching
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The unrelenting growth of bandwidth demand is causing a number of dilemmas for network operators—including how best to accommodate the need to provision higher-rate circuits, both for enterprise private-line customers and for operators’ own infrastructure for higher-layer services. End-to-end OTN service switching is the most economical way to compete for and handle the growth in high-bandwidth optical services. No other solution allows operators to turn up new services faster and more efficiently while removing the cost of uncertainty in future traffic mix.
The unrelenting growth of bandwidth demand is causing a number of dilemmas for network operators—including how best to accommodate the need to provision higher-rate circuits, both for enterprise private-line customers and for operators’ own infrastructure for higher-layer services. End-to-end OTN service switching is the most economical way to compete for and handle the growth in high-bandwidth optical services. No other solution allows operators to turn up new services faster and more efficiently while removing the cost of uncertainty in future traffic mix.
The Energy Landscape: Generation, Transmission, and Consumption
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Utilities are implementing highly intelligent energy grids to improve operating efficiency and meet government mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These smart grids are powered by a two-way communications network that must be highly reliable and constantly available, yet affordable to install and operate. Ciena’s solutions include optical transport and Ethernet service delivery platforms, supported by network management and specialist services offerings that form a comprehensive energy communications network.
Utilities are implementing highly intelligent energy grids to improve operating efficiency and meet government mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These smart grids are powered by a two-way communications network that must be highly reliable and constantly available, yet affordable to install and operate. Ciena’s solutions include optical transport and Ethernet service delivery platforms, supported by network management and specialist services offerings that form a comprehensive energy communications network.
Low-Latency, High-Performance Optical Networking Solutions
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Financial services firms specializing in high-volume, high-frequency trading are looking to reduce network latency anywhere within the algorithmic-based trading work flow. In the past, efforts to reduce latency have been implemented with superfast computers, faster software and faster storage connections. Today, saving fractions of seconds by reducing data transport latency in network systems and fiber-based transport networks is receiving more attention. Ciena’s new low-latency, high-capacity fiber optic networking solutions address all of these demanding requirements.
Financial services firms specializing in high-volume, high-frequency trading are looking to reduce network latency anywhere within the algorithmic-based trading work flow. In the past, efforts to reduce latency have been implemented with superfast computers, faster software and faster storage connections. Today, saving fractions of seconds by reducing data transport latency in network systems and fiber-based transport networks is receiving more attention. Ciena’s new low-latency, high-capacity fiber optic networking solutions address all of these demanding requirements.
The Common Photonic Layer
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Common Photonic Layer (CPL) represents a significant development in the ongoing evolution to an Adaptive Optical Engine. CPL leverages years of proven expertise in developing and deploying optical network solutions and separates the optical line side from the service side. This service/photonic separation enables Ciena to deliver a highly flexible, optimized and intelligent common photonic layer to metro, regional and long-haul networks. This common approach eliminates the boundaries between each, thereby creating one converged, easy-to-operate, all-optical network.
Common Photonic Layer (CPL) represents a significant development in the ongoing evolution to an Adaptive Optical Engine. CPL leverages years of proven expertise in developing and deploying optical network solutions and separates the optical line side from the service side. This service/photonic separation enables Ciena to deliver a highly flexible, optimized and intelligent common photonic layer to metro, regional and long-haul networks. This common approach eliminates the boundaries between each, thereby creating one converged, easy-to-operate, all-optical network.
Taking Control of WAN Cost
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Positioning a company for growth on the heels of a recession requires a fresh look at the ways the enterprise networking infrastructure meets new business requirements. To meet the challenges of increasingly stringent competition, enterprises need a network that supports the new business plan, which defines requirements for network capacity, availability, and other characteristics while minimizing total cost.
Positioning a company for growth on the heels of a recession requires a fresh look at the ways the enterprise networking infrastructure meets new business requirements. To meet the challenges of increasingly stringent competition, enterprises need a network that supports the new business plan, which defines requirements for network capacity, availability, and other characteristics while minimizing total cost.
Universal Broadband Access
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 funds programs to build universal, sustainable access to broadband Internet services that foster education, public safety, government efficiency, and commercial activity. This vision for universal, high-performance broadband requires network operators to address the unique needs of a wide range of network users by constructing a full-service metro network leveraging existing technologies—such as Ethernet and OTN—to provide rapidly scalable and reliable service.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 funds programs to build universal, sustainable access to broadband Internet services that foster education, public safety, government efficiency, and commercial activity. This vision for universal, high-performance broadband requires network operators to address the unique needs of a wide range of network users by constructing a full-service metro network leveraging existing technologies—such as Ethernet and OTN—to provide rapidly scalable and reliable service.
Automated End-to-End Managed Service Delivery and Capacity Allocation
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End-to-end managed services are becoming key elements for profitability, enabling network operators to differentiate service offerings with more than just transport capacity. The synergy of CoreDirector, CN 4200, and ON-Center provides operators the ability to transform networks into operationally scalable, programmable service-delivery engines for cost-effective on-demand, end-to-end, managed services with six-9s availability and rapid infrastructure capacity allocation.
End-to-end managed services are becoming key elements for profitability, enabling network operators to differentiate service offerings with more than just transport capacity. The synergy of CoreDirector, CN 4200, and ON-Center provides operators the ability to transform networks into operationally scalable, programmable service-delivery engines for cost-effective on-demand, end-to-end, managed services with six-9s availability and rapid infrastructure capacity allocation.
Leveraging Ethernet in Enterprise Campus Networks
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The proliferation of rich media content and the growing adoption of IP telephony, interactive video, and other time-sensitive, bandwidth-intensive business and educational applications are pushing enterprise campus networks to the limit. A Carrier Ethernet solution allows organizations to support these applications more effectively.
The proliferation of rich media content and the growing adoption of IP telephony, interactive video, and other time-sensitive, bandwidth-intensive business and educational applications are pushing enterprise campus networks to the limit. A Carrier Ethernet solution allows organizations to support these applications more effectively.
Modernization of Government and Public Networks
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Inherently inefficient, application-specific networks require expensive capital outlay each time a new application is adopted. As demand for the application grows or declines, there is no single means to scale network capacity nor a unified vision to accommodate emerging applications that directly yield public benefit. As the network specialist, Ciena offers governments a means to evolve their networks to improve operating efficiency and public benefit.
Inherently inefficient, application-specific networks require expensive capital outlay each time a new application is adopted. As demand for the application grows or declines, there is no single means to scale network capacity nor a unified vision to accommodate emerging applications that directly yield public benefit. As the network specialist, Ciena offers governments a means to evolve their networks to improve operating efficiency and public benefit.
The Strategic Imperative of an Ethernet Metro Aggregation Network
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IP and Ethernet traffic is growing approximately 40 percent per year. Unfortunately, by 2010, broadband and wireless service revenues are projected to grow only 10 and three percent respectively. Service providers must better monetize this traffic growth while optimizing the service delivery architecture, and controlling both CAPEX and OPEX for rapidly growing and evolving IP and Ethernet services.
IP and Ethernet traffic is growing approximately 40 percent per year. Unfortunately, by 2010, broadband and wireless service revenues are projected to grow only 10 and three percent respectively. Service providers must better monetize this traffic growth while optimizing the service delivery architecture, and controlling both CAPEX and OPEX for rapidly growing and evolving IP and Ethernet services.
Interconnecting Healthcare Providers
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Many hospital groups are placing patient records online—integrating medical information, billing records, pharmacy operations, and scheduling and registration data in comprehensive systems. Electronic health records are just one example of medical Information Technology (IT) used to improve patient safety, quality of care and clinical outcomes.
Many hospital groups are placing patient records online—integrating medical information, billing records, pharmacy operations, and scheduling and registration data in comprehensive systems. Electronic health records are just one example of medical Information Technology (IT) used to improve patient safety, quality of care and clinical outcomes.
Flexible and Reliable Healthcare Networks
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Changes in the healthcare industry and the adoption of new applications and bandwidth-intensive technologies are pushing legacy medical networks to the limit. Networks originally designed to support basic data communications services cannot meet the ever-growing demands imposed by contemporary healthcare applications. Ciena helps healthcare network planners overcome their business and technical challenges by delivering a dependable and flexible network infrastructure for effective healthcare automation.
Changes in the healthcare industry and the adoption of new applications and bandwidth-intensive technologies are pushing legacy medical networks to the limit. Networks originally designed to support basic data communications services cannot meet the ever-growing demands imposed by contemporary healthcare applications. Ciena helps healthcare network planners overcome their business and technical challenges by delivering a dependable and flexible network infrastructure for effective healthcare automation.
Storage Distance Extension
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The digital age continues to transform the manner and rate at which organizations of all types create and store information. Data now represents the lifeblood of many enterprises, government agencies, and educational organizations, and must be safeguarded against a wide range of natural and human threats.The Ciena solution offers minimal packet loss, guaranteed delivery, and a level of performance essential to guaranteeing its acceptability in such high-stakes applications as BC and DR.
The digital age continues to transform the manner and rate at which organizations of all types create and store information. Data now represents the lifeblood of many enterprises, government agencies, and educational organizations, and must be safeguarded against a wide range of natural and human threats.The Ciena solution offers minimal packet loss, guaranteed delivery, and a level of performance essential to guaranteeing its acceptability in such high-stakes applications as BC and DR.