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Our portfolio addresses evolving requirements for AI-ready networks at scale with proven capabilities—empowering customers to move faster and stay ahead of demand.

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Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. Our networking systems, interconnects, automation, and services support evolving requirements for AI-ready networks at scale.

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AI WAN

Optimize performance across cloud and AI workloads with high-capacity, low-latency connectivity.

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Metro and edge

Simplify, scale, and optimize your metro and edge networks to meet new AI-driven connectivity demands.

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Long haul

Maximize capacity and operational efficiencies with our innovative, flexible long-haul solutions.

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Security

Mitigate security risks and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

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  • Quantum-safe communications

Data center out-of-band management

Simplify and scale out-of-band management with a fiber-based architecture designed for AI-era data centers.

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Network lifecycle

Ensure your network keeps pace with ever-evolving business requirements and industry advancements. Our experts provide a tailored approach to drive success.

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AI inference demands more dynamic connectivity: Here’s the opportunity for service providers

As AI adoption drives rapid growth in inference alongside continued training demand, enterprise traffic is becoming more distributed, dynamic, and unpredictable. Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explores how service providers can respond with more agile, on-demand connectivity to turn the evolving needs of AI into a new growth opportunity.

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Understanding scale-up and scale-out networks

AI model training depends on dedicated networking architectures designed for different performance requirements. In this video, Spencer Giacalone, Senior Director of Cloud and AI Architecture, explains the roles of scale-up and scale-out networks, why both are essential for AI infrastructure, and how technologies such as NVLink, RoCEv2, and emerging standards enable efficient, high-performance AI networks. He also discusses how Ciena’s Nitro and Vesta products support next-generation XPU connectivity.

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The next phase of AI connectivity: How CSPs can capitalize on emerging demand with NTT, Omdia, and Ciena

In this webinar, explore how AI demand is driving new connectivity requirements across edge, metro, and long-haul networks—from high-capacity wavelength services and dedicated AI connectivity to flexible, on-demand service offerings.

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AI-Ready IP Transport Network Modernization

This eBook examines how service providers can modernize IP transport networks to meet the demands of AI-driven workloads.

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Telxius and Ciena Achieve First Live 1.3 Tb/s Data Transmission Across the Atlantic

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Zayo Europe uses Ciena tech to launch new German network covering key metro hubs

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network Insights | April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022
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In this edition of the insights: Emerging technologies like 5G and edge computing are helping CSPs identify new transformation opportunities and partnerships. Ciena’s Waveserver 5 provides a path to 400ZR coherent pluggable technology, even in applications where the routers and devices are not 400G capable. CSPs are evolving their network and RAN architectures as part of their 5G evolution, shifting to open, virtualized, automated, and adaptable systems.
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    The Digital Telco: Leveraging transformation to identify new partnership opportunities

    In the third and final blog of our series focusing on the network modernisation and transformation journey communications service providers (CSPs) are facing today, Ciena’s Matt Vesperman details how emerging technologies like 5G and edge computing are helping CSPs identify new transformation opportunities and partnerships.

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    Why services are key to enabling open, scalable and automated networks

    CSPs are evolving their network and RAN architectures as part of their 5G evolution, shifting to open, virtualized, automated, and adaptable systems. But for vendors helping CSPs address these needs, having products alone is not enough, says TBR analyst Chris Antlitz.

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RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT

What is service orchestration?

Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) is a set framework or architecture describing the lifecycle of an end-to-end connectivity service.

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