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The Ciena Insights Podcast - Episode 47: A year in review…and what’s to come in 2022

Whether it be 5G, the network edge, or the metaverse, 2021 brought a lot of technological advancements. In this episode, Steve Alexander, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer, Jürgen Hatheier, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer EMEA & APJ, and Craig Williams, Ciena’s Chief Information Officer, discuss what surprised them the most in 2021, and what they expect to see in 2022.

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Looking back at the 2021 network seascape

What happened in the submarine networking industry in 2021 and what does this mean for 2022? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée explains.

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Ciena experts giving presentation The Sharper Edge: Four Key Ingredients to a Multi-Service Cloud Virtualization and Edge Compute Infrastructure

The future of 5G presents an exciting opportunity for telecom operators in Asia, but transport network considerations and automation are key components of success. ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis details the design and implementation challenges that lie ahead for mobile operators.

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What is TDM over Packet?

Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) is a framework and architecture for automating the lifecycle of a connectivity service from end to end across multiple technology domains and provider networks.

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