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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.

  • Data center interconnect and scale-across networks
  • Managed optical fiber networks
  • AI-ready IP networking

Metro and edge

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

  • Metro optical architectures
  • Coherent routing
  • On-demand wavelength services

Long haul

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

  • Submarine networking

Security

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

  • Data security and encryption
  • 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.

  • Data center out-of-band management

Network lifecycle

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

  • Network acceleration
  • Network transformation
  • Managed operations
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Accelerate growth and monetize AI applications with industry-leading scale, simplified operations, and proven experience

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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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Application Note

Enabling data center connectivity with coherent routing

Explore five practical use cases for enabling data center and AI-driven deployments with coherent routing. Covering colocation providers, service providers, enterprises, and neoscalers, this application note connects market shifts such as AI growth, cloud expansion, and expanding data center footprints to specific network architectures and deployment approaches.

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network Insights | July 29, 2022

July 29, 2022
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In this edition of the insights: Real-time analytics unlock new benefits to help you build and manage an ultra-resilient submarine network. Learn about Australia’s cloud and data center environment from NEXTDC’s Chief Customer and Commercial Officer. 5G deployments involve new RAN architectures with major impacts on mobile transport networks, learn some of the key challenges network operators face.
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    Episode 54: Exploring a cloud-enabled Australia with NEXTDC

    NEXTDC’s Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, David Dzienciol talks about Australia’s cloud and data center environment.

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    Videos
    Chalk Talk: 5G Transport Solutions

    In this Chalk Talk video, Ciena’s 5G Transport expert Rafael Francis discusses some of the key challenges network operators face to connect 4G/5G converged networks.

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RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT

What is submarine networking?

Submarine networking is the process by which data is carried on subsea cables to connect continents. It carries 95% of the world’s intercontinental electronic communications traffic.

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