Chalk Talk
Technology talk from Ciena's experts
In Chalk Talks, our experts explore some of today's hottest technology topics, like NFV, FlexE and the future of networking. It's a video series you don't want to miss.
Chalk Talk Videos
Video | 5:37
Chalk Talk - Maximize your fiber capacity
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In this Chalk Talk, Paul Chedore, Photonic Systems Architect, provides a detailed comparison between three
...
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Video | 6:31
Chalk Talk: Programmable photonics, get more capacity
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Ciena’s photonics expert David Boertjes explains how Ciena’s programmable photonics enable you to continue to
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Video | 5:57
Chalk Talk - Optimized Scalability, Sustainability, and
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Submarine network operators must cost-effectively, sustainably, and securely scale their undersea assets to maintain pace
...
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Video | 5:19
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 6 1.6T DSP
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Joel Boyer describes the DSP innovations implemented in Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6Tb/s coherent technology
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Video | 4:37
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s 6500 Reconfigurable Line
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In this Chalk Talk video, Francis Gagnon, Sr. Advisor Product Line Management, describes how Ciena’s
...
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Video | 5:05
Chalk Talk - WaveRouter, Ciena’s purpose-built coherent
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Meet Ciena’s purpose-built coherent metro router and hear how our simple, scalable, and sustainable WaveRouter
...
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Video | 4:31
Chalk Talk: Weatherized PON
With powerful new direct outdoor devices, Ciena’s weatherized PON approach fundamentally changes how operators can
...
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Video | 6:00
Chalk Talk - 5G Transport Solutions
5G deployments involve new RAN architectures with major impacts on mobile transport networks. In this
...
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Video | 4:40
Chalk Talk - Universal Aggregation
One network. Welcome to the edge. Ciena’s Universal Aggregation (UA) approach unifies PON, IP, TDM,
...
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Video | 4:32
Chalk Talk - OneConnect
Listen to Gary Swinkels review the technical architecture and advantages of OneConnect.
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Video | 5:58
Chalk Talk - 5171 Platform: Redefining the
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With powerful new software and hardware capabilities, Ciena’s 5171 puts more capacity closer to where
...
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Video | 5:51
Chalk Talk - Nonlinear Probabilistic Constellation Shaping
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Wonder about digital signal processing techniques that allow for transport of more data across the
...
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Video | 6:43
Chalk Talk - Migrating Teleprotection to Carrier
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Teleprotection requires deterministic network performance—something not typically associated with packet networks. However, modern Carrier Ethernet
...
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Video | 5:31
Chalk Talk - Utility Network Modernization With
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The pressure is on utility companies to modernize their decades-old grids to ensure the continued
...
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Video | 6:19
Chalk Talk - Distributed Network Functions Virtualization
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Distributed Network Functions Virtualization (D-NFV) is a complete, open, modular solution purpose-built for a distributed
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Video | 5:59
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s Manage, Control and
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MCP supercharges Ciena networks, by providing centralized software control of lifecycle network and service operations,
...
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Video | 9:21
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme –
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Watch this interactive video by Helen Xenos, Sr. Director Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, as she
...
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Video | 3:58
Chalk Talk - Throughput-optimized FEC in WaveLogic
...
Wonder about digital signal processing techniques that allow for transport of more data across the
...
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Video | 6:32
Chalk Talk - G.8032 - Ethernet Ring
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Are you ready to ride the Ethernet bandwidth curve? Marc Holness discusses how Ciena’s solution
...
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Video | 4:49
Chalk Talk - What is Flex Ethernet
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Sebastien Gareau, Hardware Systems Architect at Ciena, talks about the industry effort to introduce flexibility
...
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Video | 4:18
Chalk Talk - Optical Control Plane
This is used in optical networks to simplify connectivity across the network. Components include discovery
...
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Video | 6:13
Chalk Talk - Speed where you need
...
Getting bandwidth where it is needed is increasingly critical to today's cloud-centric business model. And
...
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Video | 5:22
Chalk Talk - Software-Defined Networks (SDN)
Say goodbye to vendor lock-in. Rob Tomkins discusses how Ciena’s Software Defined Networking (SDN) creates
...
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Video | 2:21
Chalk Talk - Flexible Coherent Architectures
Dave Boertjes provides an overview of Flexible Coherent Architectures.
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Video | 6:07
Chalk Talk - Blue Planet Analytics
The network is a massive interconnection of users, devices, technologies and applications where petabytes of
...
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Video | 3:43
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Nano
Designed to address the density challenge of introducing 100G coherent into the metro, WaveLogic 3
...
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Video | 2:18
Chalk Talk - Coherent Optical Technology
John Sitch provides and overview of Coherent Technology.
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Video | 4:32
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Extreme
Looking for extreme performance from all applications? The WaveLogic 3 Extreme delivers unprecedented capacity and
...
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Video | 8:08
Chalk Talk – Changing the Submarine Networking
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Back in 2013, Ciena introduced a sea change in network architectures that changed how end-to-end
...
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Video | 5:21
Chalk Talk - Liquid Spectrum
Ciena's Liquid Spectrum™ is redefining optical for an on-demand world. Our photonics expert David Boertjes
...
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Video | 4:44
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic Ai
Joe Shapiro, Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai coherent technology introduces a
...
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Video | 6:36
Chalk Talk - TDM-to-Packets
Thirty-year-old Time Division Multiplexing (TDM technology) is no longer state of the art. And running
...
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Video | 5:24
Chalk Talk - Waveserver Ai
Capacity with minimal footprint. Power efficiency. Ease of use. You told us your requirements for
...
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Video | 6:33
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s Waveserver 5 compact
...
Get more 100GE/400GE at any distance. In this video, Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director PLM, introduces
...
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Video | 6:00
Chalk Talk - Adaptive IP
Ciena’s Adaptive IP™. IP Delivered Differently.There’s a new way to modernize and expand your IP-based
...
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Video | 5:18
Chalk Talk - Fiber Deep
Cable operators are pushing fiber closer to customers to provide better services. In this Chalk
...
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Video | 6:45
Chalk Talk - The Future of Networks
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Ciena CTO Steve Alexander provides his insights into the future direction of critical communications networks
...
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Video | 5:39
Chalk Talk - Coherent Select
Bandwidth demands are exploding and networks must evolve. Ciena's WaveLogic Photonics Coherent Select is the
...
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Video | 4:51
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme
Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme provides tunable
...
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Video | 2:15
Chalk Talk - Coherent Optical Cycle Slips
...
Cycle slips can spell trouble for service providers. If a coherent system is not designed
...
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Video | 6:45
Chalk Talk - Small Cell
The number of new users being added to mobile networks is astounding—and they're more data-hungry
...
Watch
Video | 4:31
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G
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Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how the role of coherent technology is
...
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Video | 1:27
Chalk Talk - Soft Forward Error Correction
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Soft Forward Error Correction provides the best performance for your network because it gives higher
...
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Video | 5:02
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3
Are you still providing 1st-generation solutions to 3rd-generation problems? Joe Berthold discusses how Ciena’s new
...
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Video | 3:25
Chalk Talk - Terabit
Ready for the future of networking? Modern networks anticipate a 1 Tb/s channel capacity, which
...
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Video | 5:22
Chalk Talk - Optical Transport Network (OTN)
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Loudon Blair provides an overview of the Optical Transport Network (OTN).
Watch
Video | 5:03
Chalk Talk - MPLS-TP
Non-congruent paths can be devastating when data needs to be diverted to another path. Bashar
...
Watch
Video | 5:37
Chalk Talk - Maximize your fiber capacity ...
In this Chalk Talk, Paul Chedore, Photonic Systems Architect, provides a detailed comparison between three ...
Video | 6:31
Chalk Talk: Programmable photonics, get more capacity ...
Ciena’s photonics expert David Boertjes explains how Ciena’s programmable photonics enable you to continue to ...
Video | 5:57
Chalk Talk - Optimized Scalability, Sustainability, and ...
Submarine network operators must cost-effectively, sustainably, and securely scale their undersea assets to maintain pace ...
Video | 5:19
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 6 1.6T DSP ...
Joel Boyer describes the DSP innovations implemented in Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6Tb/s coherent technology ...
Video | 4:37
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s 6500 Reconfigurable Line ...
In this Chalk Talk video, Francis Gagnon, Sr. Advisor Product Line Management, describes how Ciena’s ...
Video | 5:05
Chalk Talk - WaveRouter, Ciena’s purpose-built coherent ...
Meet Ciena’s purpose-built coherent metro router and hear how our simple, scalable, and sustainable WaveRouter ...
Video | 4:31
Chalk Talk: Weatherized PON
With powerful new direct outdoor devices, Ciena’s weatherized PON approach fundamentally changes how operators can ...
Video | 6:00
Chalk Talk - 5G Transport Solutions
5G deployments involve new RAN architectures with major impacts on mobile transport networks. In this ...
Video | 4:40
Chalk Talk - Universal Aggregation
One network. Welcome to the edge. Ciena’s Universal Aggregation (UA) approach unifies PON, IP, TDM, ...
Video | 4:32
Chalk Talk - OneConnect
Listen to Gary Swinkels review the technical architecture and advantages of OneConnect.
Video | 5:58
Chalk Talk - 5171 Platform: Redefining the ...
With powerful new software and hardware capabilities, Ciena’s 5171 puts more capacity closer to where ...
Video | 5:51
Chalk Talk - Nonlinear Probabilistic Constellation Shaping ...
Wonder about digital signal processing techniques that allow for transport of more data across the ...
Video | 6:43
Chalk Talk - Migrating Teleprotection to Carrier ...
Teleprotection requires deterministic network performance—something not typically associated with packet networks. However, modern Carrier Ethernet ...
Video | 5:31
Chalk Talk - Utility Network Modernization With ...
The pressure is on utility companies to modernize their decades-old grids to ensure the continued ...
Video | 6:19
Chalk Talk - Distributed Network Functions Virtualization ...
Distributed Network Functions Virtualization (D-NFV) is a complete, open, modular solution purpose-built for a distributed ...
Video | 5:59
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s Manage, Control and ...
MCP supercharges Ciena networks, by providing centralized software control of lifecycle network and service operations, ...
Video | 9:21
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme – ...
Watch this interactive video by Helen Xenos, Sr. Director Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, as she ...
Video | 3:58
Chalk Talk - Throughput-optimized FEC in WaveLogic ...
Wonder about digital signal processing techniques that allow for transport of more data across the ...
Video | 6:32
Chalk Talk - G.8032 - Ethernet Ring ...
Are you ready to ride the Ethernet bandwidth curve? Marc Holness discusses how Ciena’s solution ...
Video | 4:49
Chalk Talk - What is Flex Ethernet ...
Sebastien Gareau, Hardware Systems Architect at Ciena, talks about the industry effort to introduce flexibility ...
Video | 4:18
Chalk Talk - Optical Control Plane
This is used in optical networks to simplify connectivity across the network. Components include discovery ...
Video | 6:13
Chalk Talk - Speed where you need ...
Getting bandwidth where it is needed is increasingly critical to today's cloud-centric business model. And ...
Video | 5:22
Chalk Talk - Software-Defined Networks (SDN)
Say goodbye to vendor lock-in. Rob Tomkins discusses how Ciena’s Software Defined Networking (SDN) creates ...
Video | 2:21
Chalk Talk - Flexible Coherent Architectures
Dave Boertjes provides an overview of Flexible Coherent Architectures.
Video | 6:07
Chalk Talk - Blue Planet Analytics
The network is a massive interconnection of users, devices, technologies and applications where petabytes of ...
Video | 3:43
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Nano
Designed to address the density challenge of introducing 100G coherent into the metro, WaveLogic 3 ...
Video | 2:18
Chalk Talk - Coherent Optical Technology
John Sitch provides and overview of Coherent Technology.
Video | 4:32
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Extreme
Looking for extreme performance from all applications? The WaveLogic 3 Extreme delivers unprecedented capacity and ...
Video | 8:08
Chalk Talk – Changing the Submarine Networking ...
Back in 2013, Ciena introduced a sea change in network architectures that changed how end-to-end ...
Video | 5:21
Chalk Talk - Liquid Spectrum
Ciena's Liquid Spectrum™ is redefining optical for an on-demand world. Our photonics expert David Boertjes ...
Video | 4:44
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic Ai
Joe Shapiro, Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai coherent technology introduces a ...
Video | 6:36
Chalk Talk - TDM-to-Packets
Thirty-year-old Time Division Multiplexing (TDM technology) is no longer state of the art. And running ...
Video | 5:24
Chalk Talk - Waveserver Ai
Capacity with minimal footprint. Power efficiency. Ease of use. You told us your requirements for ...
Video | 6:33
Chalk Talk - Ciena’s Waveserver 5 compact ...
Get more 100GE/400GE at any distance. In this video, Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director PLM, introduces ...
Video | 6:00
Chalk Talk - Adaptive IP
Ciena’s Adaptive IP™. IP Delivered Differently.There’s a new way to modernize and expand your IP-based ...
Video | 5:18
Chalk Talk - Fiber Deep
Cable operators are pushing fiber closer to customers to provide better services. In this Chalk ...
Video | 6:45
Chalk Talk - The Future of Networks ...
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander provides his insights into the future direction of critical communications networks ...
Video | 5:39
Chalk Talk - Coherent Select
Bandwidth demands are exploding and networks must evolve. Ciena's WaveLogic Photonics Coherent Select is the ...
Video | 4:51
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme
Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme provides tunable ...
Video | 2:15
Chalk Talk - Coherent Optical Cycle Slips ...
Cycle slips can spell trouble for service providers. If a coherent system is not designed ...
Video | 6:45
Chalk Talk - Small Cell
The number of new users being added to mobile networks is astounding—and they're more data-hungry ...
Video | 4:31
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G ...
Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how the role of coherent technology is ...
Video | 1:27
Chalk Talk - Soft Forward Error Correction ...
Soft Forward Error Correction provides the best performance for your network because it gives higher ...
Video | 5:02
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3
Are you still providing 1st-generation solutions to 3rd-generation problems? Joe Berthold discusses how Ciena’s new ...
Video | 3:25
Chalk Talk - Terabit
Ready for the future of networking? Modern networks anticipate a 1 Tb/s channel capacity, which ...
Video | 5:22
Chalk Talk - Optical Transport Network (OTN) ...
Loudon Blair provides an overview of the Optical Transport Network (OTN).
Video | 5:03
Chalk Talk - MPLS-TP
Non-congruent paths can be devastating when data needs to be diverted to another path. Bashar ...