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Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. Our networking systems, components, automation software, and services revolutionize data transmission and network management.

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Cloud and AI networking

Seamlessly integrate cloud and AI workloads with high-capacity, low-latency connectivity

  • Cloud and AI networking
  • AI-ready IP networking
  • Data center interconnect
  • Data center OOB management
  • Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN)

Access and aggregation

Deliver the next generation of enterprise and mobile transport services with unparalleled scale and flexibility

  • Enterprise
  • Mobile transport
  • TDM
  • Broadband

Metro and edge

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

  • Coherent routing
  • Metro optical architectures
  • On-demand Wavelength Services

Long haul

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

  • High-capacity switching and transport

Submarine

Learn how GeoMesh Extreme unifies submarine, terrestrial, and cloud networks. Unprecedented capacity, latency, and sustainability are within reach.

  • Submarine networking

Open line systems

Gain more visibility and optimize your photonic network assets with our intelligent open line systems

  • Programmable photonics

Secure networking

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

  • Data security and encryption
  • Quantum-safe communications

AI-driven operations

Power your autonomous networking journey with AI-optimized multi-layer network control and cloud-native OSS solutions

  • Multi-layer network control
  • Blue Planet Inventory
  • Blue Planet Assurance
  • Blue Planet Orchestration

Services

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

  • Network acceleration
  • Network transformation
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Fast-track connectivity, capacity, and success

Accelerate growth and monetize AI applications with industry-leading scale, simplified operations, and proven experience

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Blog

How open ecosystems will advance CPO adoption

As AI infrastructure scales, the limitations of pluggable optics in the data center are becoming increasingly apparent. Ciena’s Matt Bolig explains how this shift is setting the stage for co-packaged optics to redefine how bandwidth is delivered inside the data center.

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Video

1.6Tbps Quantum-Safe Communications

The shift toward quantum-safe communications is not optional—it is inevitable. Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6T quantum-safe encryption solution on the Waveserver platform was designed with this in mind, supporting QKD system interworking and NIST-certified PQC algorithms. It delivers an always-on, wire-speed encryption solution, without impacting performance or adding operational complexity, to ensure confidentiality as data moves between locations, devices, and applications.

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Podcast

Episode 95: OFC 2026 Takeaways and Preparing Networks for AI

Rebecca Smith, Brodie Gage, and Dino DiPerna reflect on OFC 2026 and discuss how optical innovations are taking center stage in the AI Era. They share Ciena’s R&D approach that helps operators and hyperscalers build, scale, and prepare networks for AI – inside the data center and beyond.

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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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As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, we empower our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era.

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Our commitments to inclusion, social impact, well-being, and sustainability, empower our people to improve their lives and lift those around them.

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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 | March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023
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ARTICLES
    Articles
    Don’t let your terrestrial backhaul be the weakest link

    Submarine cable operators consider many factors when they choose their terrestrial backhaul operators, like the high availability of their network. Ciena’s Brian Lavallée explains what factors you need to look at to protect your terrestrial backhaul routes best.

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    Podcasts
    Episode 61: The next generation of ESnet – ESnet6

    Professionals from the U.S. Department of Energy and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory discuss ESnet6.

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    Articles
    Career insights: Evolving your career to align with your passions

    At Ciena, we encourage our people to actively guide and facilitate their career paths while we support them with the learning experiences and resources that they need to reach their goals. Amal Karboubi, Network Solutions Architect, shares how she shifted her career focus from research and development to helping our customers enhance their networks.

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RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT

What is Intelligent Automation?

Intelligent automation, built on software-defined control and orchestration with integrated analytics. Find out more about the 3 stages to adaptive automation.

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