Reliance Globalcom Network
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Reliance Globalcom owns one of the world’s largest private undersea cable systems, spanning 73,000 kilometers. Two key routes in its submarine network, each spanning approximately 5,000 kilometers, required immediate capacity increases to better serve Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Reliance Globalcom wanted a cost-effective solution to augment the capacity of their undersea network assets while lowering overall network operating costs. Reliance Globalcom was also seeking a solution for lower latency and added wavelength routing flexibility between certain undersea cable landing sites.
Reliance Globalcom owns one of the world’s largest private undersea cable systems, spanning 73,000 kilometers. Two key routes in its submarine network, each spanning approximately 5,000 kilometers, required immediate capacity increases to better serve Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Reliance Globalcom wanted a cost-effective solution to augment the capacity of their undersea network assets while lowering overall network operating costs. Reliance Globalcom was also seeking a solution for lower latency and added wavelength routing flexibility between certain undersea cable landing sites.
Ciena Helps Major Smartphone Manufacturer Enhance Network
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A leading smartphone manufacturer has deployed new, geographically distributed data centers to ensure business continuity and accommodate massive IT growth. To connect the new facilities with its headquarters, it engaged support from trusted network advisor and Ciena BizConnect Managed Service Provider (MSP) partner, MTS Allstream.
A leading smartphone manufacturer has deployed new, geographically distributed data centers to ensure business continuity and accommodate massive IT growth. To connect the new facilities with its headquarters, it engaged support from trusted network advisor and Ciena BizConnect Managed Service Provider (MSP) partner, MTS Allstream.
Southern Cross Cable Networks
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As bandwidth demands continue to increase year after year, the Southern Cross network was quickly approaching its maximum lit capacity. Southern Cross wanted a cost-effective network solution to augment the overall capacity of their undersea network assets while simultaneously increasing survivability, lowering network operating costs, and providing a platform for new future product offerings such as OTN, 40GbE, and 100GbE services.
As bandwidth demands continue to increase year after year, the Southern Cross network was quickly approaching its maximum lit capacity. Southern Cross wanted a cost-effective network solution to augment the overall capacity of their undersea network assets while simultaneously increasing survivability, lowering network operating costs, and providing a platform for new future product offerings such as OTN, 40GbE, and 100GbE services.
Lehigh Valley Health Network Achieves 100 Percent Uptime
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Leading U.S. healthcare provider Lehigh Valley Health Network uses sophisticated medical applications such as advanced diagnostic imaging, EHMRs, and video conferencing to deliver the best patient care. To ensure constant uptime for its critical systems and ramp-up disaster recovery provisioning, the organization decided to replace four separate networks on two discrete backbones for voice, video, SAN, and data with a single, converged fiber optic network from Ciena.
Leading U.S. healthcare provider Lehigh Valley Health Network uses sophisticated medical applications such as advanced diagnostic imaging, EHMRs, and video conferencing to deliver the best patient care. To ensure constant uptime for its critical systems and ramp-up disaster recovery provisioning, the organization decided to replace four separate networks on two discrete backbones for voice, video, SAN, and data with a single, converged fiber optic network from Ciena.
Internet2: Building America's First National 100G Network
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Internet2 worked in partnership with Ciena to deploy America’s first nationwide 100G network, which delivers 100G connectivity for individual customers, and total capacity of 8.8 terabits—more than twice the capacity available from competing solutions.
Internet2 worked in partnership with Ciena to deploy America’s first nationwide 100G network, which delivers 100G connectivity for individual customers, and total capacity of 8.8 terabits—more than twice the capacity available from competing solutions.
SURFnet and Ciena Deliver a Next-Generation Network
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SURFnet operates a state-of-the-art, nationwide optical and packet switching architecture that serves 180 universities and research institutes across the Netherlands. As part of the government-funded GigaPort3 project, SURFnet is now partnering with Ciena to build a new, next-generation Ethernet layer in the network to enhance flexibility and scalability services for customers, and support the next wave of scientific and technology innovation.
SURFnet operates a state-of-the-art, nationwide optical and packet switching architecture that serves 180 universities and research institutes across the Netherlands. As part of the government-funded GigaPort3 project, SURFnet is now partnering with Ciena to build a new, next-generation Ethernet layer in the network to enhance flexibility and scalability services for customers, and support the next wave of scientific and technology innovation.
Ciena Helps Major Colombian Oil Company Guarantee Business Continuity
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To comply with the Colombian government’s business continuity regulations, this major Colombian oil company needs to back up critical systems and data to a remote data center in real time. However, its network infrastructure was increasingly slow and unreliable, and incapable of providing the massive bandwidth required.
To comply with the Colombian government’s business continuity regulations, this major Colombian oil company needs to back up critical systems and data to a remote data center in real time. However, its network infrastructure was increasingly slow and unreliable, and incapable of providing the massive bandwidth required.
QSC Delivers Secure, Reliable Voice and Video to Virtually Any Location
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When German telecommunications provider QSC AG needed to upgrade the capacity and capability of its ATM microwave network, a Layer 3-based solution was their first consideration. However, Ciena’s next-generation CESD portfolio, with its quality of service and value, emerged as the comprehensive winner.
When German telecommunications provider QSC AG needed to upgrade the capacity and capability of its ATM microwave network, a Layer 3-based solution was their first consideration. However, Ciena’s next-generation CESD portfolio, with its quality of service and value, emerged as the comprehensive winner.
UC Davis Medical Center
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Due to rapid data growth and internal disaster recovery initiatives, the University of California Davis (UC Davis) Medical Center’s storage requirements and business needs had begun to exceed the capacity of its existing infrastructure, contained within a single data center.
Due to rapid data growth and internal disaster recovery initiatives, the University of California Davis (UC Davis) Medical Center’s storage requirements and business needs had begun to exceed the capacity of its existing infrastructure, contained within a single data center.
Chilean Mining Company Saves Valuable Fresh Water
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To conserve critical fresh water supplies, an important new mining organization in Chile wanted to pump seawater to its production area. Because the ocean was 124 miles away, the company needed a powerful, low-latency network capable of controlling and monitoring its distributed pumping equipment—and downtime was not an option.
To conserve critical fresh water supplies, an important new mining organization in Chile wanted to pump seawater to its production area. Because the ocean was 124 miles away, the company needed a powerful, low-latency network capable of controlling and monitoring its distributed pumping equipment—and downtime was not an option.
Providing World-Class Data Communications in Central and Eastern Europe
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In Central and Eastern Europe, where economic models are evolving very quickly, enterprises must constantly adapt their business operations to the changing market conditions. This in turn places intense pressure on service providers to deliver continually improving data communications facilities to match—an activity that can prove time-consuming and costly.
In Central and Eastern Europe, where economic models are evolving very quickly, enterprises must constantly adapt their business operations to the changing market conditions. This in turn places intense pressure on service providers to deliver continually improving data communications facilities to match—an activity that can prove time-consuming and costly.
Managed Capacity Service for Carrier Networks
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Today’s major European telecommunications operators are highly competitive and continually seek methods to attain a high level of success. Attainment of these goals requires a combination of efficient strategic planning and a constant focus on user satisfaction. The Ciena Specialist Services team worked closely with one such customer whose aim is to remain a leading telecommunications provider through continuous network investment, cost reduction, and increased QoS.
Today’s major European telecommunications operators are highly competitive and continually seek methods to attain a high level of success. Attainment of these goals requires a combination of efficient strategic planning and a constant focus on user satisfaction. The Ciena Specialist Services team worked closely with one such customer whose aim is to remain a leading telecommunications provider through continuous network investment, cost reduction, and increased QoS.
SEA-ME-WE 4 Submarine Cable
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South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) is an approximately 18,800-kilometer optical fiber submarine cable system carrying telecommunications between 16 service providers in 14 countries. SEA-ME-WE 4 provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and Europe.
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) is an approximately 18,800-kilometer optical fiber submarine cable system carrying telecommunications between 16 service providers in 14 countries. SEA-ME-WE 4 provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and Europe.
Bank Achieves Smooth Post-Merger Network Integration
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Creating value through a merger or acquisition can be challenging even without worrying about the back-office network infrastructure. While merging with another bank that operated in a larger market thousands of miles away, one leading European commercial and retail bank used a Ciena and AboveNet solution to leverage its network to realize even greater competitive advantage.
Creating value through a merger or acquisition can be challenging even without worrying about the back-office network infrastructure. While merging with another bank that operated in a larger market thousands of miles away, one leading European commercial and retail bank used a Ciena and AboveNet solution to leverage its network to realize even greater competitive advantage.
International Sports TV Broadcaster
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A leading sports TV broadcaster uses a Ciena and AboveNet solution to improve the quality and sustain the growth of its video distribution network while reducing the cost structure of the delivery network by up to 70 percent.
A leading sports TV broadcaster uses a Ciena and AboveNet solution to improve the quality and sustain the growth of its video distribution network while reducing the cost structure of the delivery network by up to 70 percent.
Leading U.S. Healthcare Research Organization
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Growth—in the volume of research information and the demand to make that information available to medical institutions around the U.S. and beyond—drove the organization to transform the way it manages its data. With a new, high-performance network developed and managed by AboveNet and Ciena, the organization has improved access to and sharing of medical research and made its network infrastructure much more cost-effective.
Growth—in the volume of research information and the demand to make that information available to medical institutions around the U.S. and beyond—drove the organization to transform the way it manages its data. With a new, high-performance network developed and managed by AboveNet and Ciena, the organization has improved access to and sharing of medical research and made its network infrastructure much more cost-effective.
NYSE Euronext
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In the financial sector, executing trades milliseconds, and even microseconds, ahead of the competition can mean the difference between making or losing huge sums of money. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext, the world’s most diverse exchange market group, is using the first-ever 100G network—based on Ciena technology—to build an advanced, high-performance data center network capable of delivering a clear competitive advantage to NYSE Euronext’s customers.
In the financial sector, executing trades milliseconds, and even microseconds, ahead of the competition can mean the difference between making or losing huge sums of money. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext, the world’s most diverse exchange market group, is using the first-ever 100G network—based on Ciena technology—to build an advanced, high-performance data center network capable of delivering a clear competitive advantage to NYSE Euronext’s customers.
Ciena Helps Polish Operator Improve Service Quality
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Conducting business in vibrant emerging markets places huge financial and competitive pressures on service providers to deliver a high-quality customer experience in the face of demand for more services, more bandwidth, and better network performance. One such provider undertook a major overhaul of its national network, using Ciena technology to engineer a root-and-branch upgrade that has provided a significant competitive advantage by maintaining quality of service, cutting costs.
Conducting business in vibrant emerging markets places huge financial and competitive pressures on service providers to deliver a high-quality customer experience in the face of demand for more services, more bandwidth, and better network performance. One such provider undertook a major overhaul of its national network, using Ciena technology to engineer a root-and-branch upgrade that has provided a significant competitive advantage by maintaining quality of service, cutting costs.
University of Alaska
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The University of Alaska is playing a critical role in gathering data that is essential to global climate change research. To share this data effectively and securely with organizations like NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the institution requires a high-performance network that is resilient, reliable, and can operate at peak performance in even the most challenging environmental conditions.
The University of Alaska is playing a critical role in gathering data that is essential to global climate change research. To share this data effectively and securely with organizations like NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the institution requires a high-performance network that is resilient, reliable, and can operate at peak performance in even the most challenging environmental conditions.
Clarksville Department of Electricity
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Electricity is the one utility most people really need, but it's not always easy to deliver. The Clarksville (Tennessee) Department of Electricity took a novel approach to managing the local electricity supply—introducing new services, transforming the customer experience, and cutting operational costs. Deploying a fiber optic network across its whole area of operation, the utility enabled an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), as well as a range of high-performance triple play communications services. The new, innovative network is based on Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (CES) Portfolio.
Electricity is the one utility most people really need, but it's not always easy to deliver. The Clarksville (Tennessee) Department of Electricity took a novel approach to managing the local electricity supply—introducing new services, transforming the customer experience, and cutting operational costs. Deploying a fiber optic network across its whole area of operation, the utility enabled an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), as well as a range of high-performance triple play communications services. The new, innovative network is based on Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (CES) Portfolio.
Saint Francis Care
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Saint Francis Care prides itself on delivering first-class healthcare services using leading-edge technology. To ensure its healthcare systems operate at peak performance and support more sophisticated systems in the future, Saint Francis leveraged a Ciena solution to help build a network capable of greater bandwidth, resilience, and flexibility without a large cost increase.
Saint Francis Care prides itself on delivering first-class healthcare services using leading-edge technology. To ensure its healthcare systems operate at peak performance and support more sophisticated systems in the future, Saint Francis leveraged a Ciena solution to help build a network capable of greater bandwidth, resilience, and flexibility without a large cost increase.
Ultra-Low-Latency Network Service for Trading Firms
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Financial services firms specializing in high-frequency trading are looking to reduce network latency within the algorithmic-based trading work flow. Past efforts to reduce latency have been implemented with superfast computers and faster software and storage connections, creating the need for an ultra-low-latency WAN between trading facilities. Fractions of milliseconds impact revenue—a one millisecond advantage can equate to over $100M per year. Executing trades on an ultra-low-latency network can result in the ultimate competitive advantage.
Financial services firms specializing in high-frequency trading are looking to reduce network latency within the algorithmic-based trading work flow. Past efforts to reduce latency have been implemented with superfast computers and faster software and storage connections, creating the need for an ultra-low-latency WAN between trading facilities. Fractions of milliseconds impact revenue—a one millisecond advantage can equate to over $100M per year. Executing trades on an ultra-low-latency network can result in the ultimate competitive advantage.
4200 Helps Leading Smartphone Manufacturer Slash Costs
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A leading smartphone and mobile communications solutions provider wanted to reduce SAN connectivity and data transmission expenses. The 4200 5-slot Advanced Services Platform powers a managed optical wavelength service offering from a trusted Ciena partner to deliver improved efficiency and lower costs.
A leading smartphone and mobile communications solutions provider wanted to reduce SAN connectivity and data transmission expenses. The 4200 5-slot Advanced Services Platform powers a managed optical wavelength service offering from a trusted Ciena partner to deliver improved efficiency and lower costs.
Leading U.S. Supermarket Chain Minimizes Hurricane Threat with a Ciena Network
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How does a leading supermarket chain—with stores spread across an area only 100 feet above sea level, where hurricanes regularly cause flooding and structural damage—handle network contingency planning? One company decided to increase network protection to safeguard against natural disaster threats. It reduced risk and improved its ability to return to business faster with a high-performance Ciena-based storage network solution.
How does a leading supermarket chain—with stores spread across an area only 100 feet above sea level, where hurricanes regularly cause flooding and structural damage—handle network contingency planning? One company decided to increase network protection to safeguard against natural disaster threats. It reduced risk and improved its ability to return to business faster with a high-performance Ciena-based storage network solution.
Ciena and AboveNet Deliver Competitive Advantages to Global Financial Services Firm
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This global leader in financial information services leverages a Ciena and AboveNet solution to deliver a twentyfold increase in network speed and improved network response time, bringing its customers the competitive advantage of fast access to critical business information.
This global leader in financial information services leverages a Ciena and AboveNet solution to deliver a twentyfold increase in network speed and improved network response time, bringing its customers the competitive advantage of fast access to critical business information.
Ciena Network Delivers Fast, Fault-Free Transactions
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Most end-users do not often consider the mechanisms behind the convenience of using debit and credit cards. However, speed and efficiency at the Point of Sale and within the associated network are critical for maintaining both customer satisfaction and a sustained revenue stream for the retailer. With a data center connectivity solution from Ciena that virtually eliminates downtime, Germany’s leading Point of Sale network operator has helped its retail customers provide fast and efficient card-processing services.
Most end-users do not often consider the mechanisms behind the convenience of using debit and credit cards. However, speed and efficiency at the Point of Sale and within the associated network are critical for maintaining both customer satisfaction and a sustained revenue stream for the retailer. With a data center connectivity solution from Ciena that virtually eliminates downtime, Germany’s leading Point of Sale network operator has helped its retail customers provide fast and efficient card-processing services.
Mzima Networks
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Mzima's vision is to grow its enterprise market share with innovative network services. While its global network is extensive, local footprint originally relied on an expensive and complex patchwork of different solutions. With Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions Portfolio, Mzima has transformed its service delivery, cutting cost and time to market dramatically as well as giving the business a significant competitive edge in the enterprise space.
Mzima's vision is to grow its enterprise market share with innovative network services. While its global network is extensive, local footprint originally relied on an expensive and complex patchwork of different solutions. With Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions Portfolio, Mzima has transformed its service delivery, cutting cost and time to market dramatically as well as giving the business a significant competitive edge in the enterprise space.
Sun Prairie Utilities
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Sun Prairie Utilities is a locally owned and operated municipal utility offering electric, water and telecom services to more than 13,500 customers throughout Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Last year Sun Prairie’s telecom division upgraded its municipal fiber optic network with Ciena's CESD platforms for greater bandwidth capacity, reliability, and traffic management.
Sun Prairie Utilities is a locally owned and operated municipal utility offering electric, water and telecom services to more than 13,500 customers throughout Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Last year Sun Prairie’s telecom division upgraded its municipal fiber optic network with Ciena's CESD platforms for greater bandwidth capacity, reliability, and traffic management.
GlobalConnect
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Increasing demand for bandwidth and new services makes network operators’ jobs more challenging than ever. For GlobalConnect, the solution to this challenge has been to work closely with Ciena, building out its optical fiber network with the future-proofing flexibility of the ActivSpan 4200 Advanced Services Platform.
Increasing demand for bandwidth and new services makes network operators’ jobs more challenging than ever. For GlobalConnect, the solution to this challenge has been to work closely with Ciena, building out its optical fiber network with the future-proofing flexibility of the ActivSpan 4200 Advanced Services Platform.
4200 Boosts Competitive Advantage for Fortune 500 Firm
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When a financial services company needed to decrease latency and address growing bandwidth needs, Ciena provided the solution: a near-zero latency optical network that increased efficiency and improved capacity, reliability, and compliance.
When a financial services company needed to decrease latency and address growing bandwidth needs, Ciena provided the solution: a near-zero latency optical network that increased efficiency and improved capacity, reliability, and compliance.
Fortune 2000 Enterprise
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A mid-sized enterprise needed a cost-effective solution to increase the efficiency of its current network while supporting its business continuance applications over distance. Specifically, the company needed to lower its monthly connectivity costs and consolidate its SAN and LAN traffic onto a single OC-3 leased line while physically isolating the traffic to maintain application performance. By deploying Ciena's solution, the Fortune 2000 enterprise was able to achieve that while reducing capital and operational costs, increasing network efficiency, and improving the visibility and control of its business continuance applications.
A mid-sized enterprise needed a cost-effective solution to increase the efficiency of its current network while supporting its business continuance applications over distance. Specifically, the company needed to lower its monthly connectivity costs and consolidate its SAN and LAN traffic onto a single OC-3 leased line while physically isolating the traffic to maintain application performance. By deploying Ciena's solution, the Fortune 2000 enterprise was able to achieve that while reducing capital and operational costs, increasing network efficiency, and improving the visibility and control of its business continuance applications.
Fortune 500 Bank Utilizes Ciena to Connect Critical Data Infrastructures
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When a reliable, high-bandwidth network between data centers was required, one of the largest banks in the U.S. chose a Ciena private bandwidth solution. The result: exceptional performance, assured service, responsive support for new applications, and complete control—at a cost one third less per month than a SONET-based network services solution.
When a reliable, high-bandwidth network between data centers was required, one of the largest banks in the U.S. chose a Ciena private bandwidth solution. The result: exceptional performance, assured service, responsive support for new applications, and complete control—at a cost one third less per month than a SONET-based network services solution.
ComputerWorld: Children's Hospital in Denver
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Children's Hospital split its storage clusters, with half at the disaster recovery site and the rest at the main data center downtown. The key to making this work is a very fast, responsive network connection using Ciena's Adaptive WAN products running over a private 2 Gb/s fiber physical layer. The network uses EMC's Symmetrix Remote Data Facility and MirrorView to support synchronous backup of all data to the disaster recovery site, resulting in less than five minutes to fail-over, validate and move on.
Children's Hospital split its storage clusters, with half at the disaster recovery site and the rest at the main data center downtown. The key to making this work is a very fast, responsive network connection using Ciena's Adaptive WAN products running over a private 2 Gb/s fiber physical layer. The network uses EMC's Symmetrix Remote Data Facility and MirrorView to support synchronous backup of all data to the disaster recovery site, resulting in less than five minutes to fail-over, validate and move on.
Florida Power & Light
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Florida Power & Light's Energy Marketing & Trading and Energy Power Marketing Groups operate energy trading and asset optimization 24/7. These operations demand the highest availability systems possible, including a high performance storage extension solution. The large electric utility chose Ciena's CN 2000 Storage Extension Platform to reduce the cost, complexity, and latency of its entire network solution, which also includes EMC Symmetrix Network Storage Systems directly connected to the CN 2000s. With the CN 2000, FPL's SONET OC-3 service delivers perfect quality of service (QoS) with the lowest possible latency, and without requiring intermediate IP routers or ATM switches.
Florida Power & Light's Energy Marketing & Trading and Energy Power Marketing Groups operate energy trading and asset optimization 24/7. These operations demand the highest availability systems possible, including a high performance storage extension solution. The large electric utility chose Ciena's CN 2000 Storage Extension Platform to reduce the cost, complexity, and latency of its entire network solution, which also includes EMC Symmetrix Network Storage Systems directly connected to the CN 2000s. With the CN 2000, FPL's SONET OC-3 service delivers perfect quality of service (QoS) with the lowest possible latency, and without requiring intermediate IP routers or ATM switches.
Progress Telecom
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) required an efficient, highly-reliable and secure data network to deliver and manage high-quality services to its customers. Powered by Ciena’s CN 2600 Multiservice Edge Aggregator and ONLINE Metro™ Multiservice DWDM Transport Platform, Progress Telecom’s Optical Wavelength Service provides BCBSNC full-rate Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over a single fiber. As a result, the health care provider can quickly and easily add new services and additional channels and locations to its network without disruption.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) required an efficient, highly-reliable and secure data network to deliver and manage high-quality services to its customers. Powered by Ciena’s CN 2600 Multiservice Edge Aggregator and ONLINE Metro™ Multiservice DWDM Transport Platform, Progress Telecom’s Optical Wavelength Service provides BCBSNC full-rate Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over a single fiber. As a result, the health care provider can quickly and easily add new services and additional channels and locations to its network without disruption.
