Steve Alexander, SVP & CTO to deliver keynote speech on SDN

Ciena® (NYSE: CIEN) will showcase its converged packet optical and Agility software portfolios at Submarine Networks World 2014, one of the world's leading subsea cable conferences, which is set to take place October 14-15  at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore. Ciena experts will be on hand to demonstrate how it can deliver automated on-demand services in submarine networks to help operators maximize revenue from their subsea assets. Additionally, Ciena’s Steve Alexander, senior vice president and chief technology officer, will present a a keynote speech focused on the future of submarine networking and the role SDN technologies will play in shaping the next generation of submarine networks. 

Speaking Sessions: 

October 14 

  • 11:20 a.m. SGT–Steve Alexander, SVP and CTO, will deliver a keynote speech titled “Software-Defined Networking for Submarine Networks: Enabling Smart and Agile On-Demand Service Delivery in an Application-Centric Ecosystem.” Mr. Alexander will discuss the challenges and opportunities that are currently shaping the subsea cable industry, such as the growth of application-centric capacity consumption and the need for open ecosystems and collaboration to enable on-demand cloud-based services that are made possible by programmable packet-optical networks.

October 15

  • 9:20 a.m. SGT–Steve Alexander will present as part of the "How to Squeeze Every Drop of Bandwidth from Your System” panel discussion. 

Demonstration: 

 

  • SDN V-WAN Bandwidth-on-Demand over Submarine Networks (Booth B17) –The demonstration will utilise Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform with e-MOTR packet switching functionality, together with Ciena's V-WAN network resource broker and scheduler controller software, part of the Agility software portfolio, to demonstrate how dynamic and automated on-demand services can be deployed over submarine networks by agile software control of Ciena's programmable packet-optical SLTE equipment.

About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment  with its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified, virtualized environment. For updates on Ciena news, follow us on Twitter @Ciena or on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/ciena. Investors are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website at www.ciena.com/investors, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. From time to time we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use.

Note to Ciena Investors
Forward-looking statements. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2014. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment  with its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified, virtualized environment. For updates on Ciena news, follow us on Twitter @Ciena or on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/ciena. Investors are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website at www.ciena.com/investors, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. From time to time we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use.

Note to Ciena InvestorsForward-looking statements. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2014. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.