Over the past few weeks I have spent most of my time in  Ottawa meeting with customers during our annual Vectors event. These  discussions always excite me because we get to pull back the curtain, show our  technology and look to the future of optical networking.

As I am sure you could guess, a hot topic during my  discussions was 400G and our WaveLogic  Ai solution. Some of the direct customer comments included, “I loved seeing how  laser symbols change in real time” and “this session alone was worth the trip”.  There was lots of discussion on the link  monitoring parameters that WaveLogic Ai is making available to network  providers for the first time, with most interest in having access to these  parameters coming from content providers, DCI operators and government  customers.

This new technology, that  is quickly being adopted, is helping network operators address  bandwidth demands that only continue to grow. Recently, Mary  Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report was released and it showed  that people are still increasing the amount of time they spend online, U.S.  adults spent 5.9 hours per day on digital media in 2017, up from 5.6 hours the  year before.

So, the demand for 400G-capable solutions is clear, but to really  understand how this new technology can benefit you and your customers – don’t  miss these three videos that help you to learn what the next-generation of  optical networking is all about:

  1. Chalk  Talk: Introducing Ciena WaveLogic Ai for 400G Capacity – in this  video Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management at Ciena, explains  how Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai coherent technology introduces a discontinuity in both  capital and operational expenses for networks today while also enabling the  foundation for the Adaptive Network of tomorrow.

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  2. In  the Lab: Ciena's WaveLogic Ai 400G Tunable Capacity Demo - Step  inside Ciena's Ottawa R&D Lab with senior hardware design engineer Will  Leckie for a live demo of the WaveLogic Ai coherent chipset and see the various  transmission rates and coherent modulation formats that WaveLogic Ai supports.

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  3. The  Story and the People Behind Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai – Hear from a few  of the people at Ciena who worked together to bring the industry's first  single-carrier 400Gb/s solution to market and learn how it was developed.

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