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Brian Lavallée

Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing with global responsibility for Ciena’s 5G, Packet, and Submarine networking solutions.

Brian Lavallée

Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing with global responsibility for Ciena’s 5G, Packet, and Submarine networking solutions.

Brian Lavallée is the Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing with global responsibility for Ciena’s 5G, Packet, and Submarine networking solutions. Brian has over 20 years of telecommunications experience with past roles in Product Line Management, Systems Engineering, Research & Development, and Manufacturing. During his career, he has worked in various areas of optical networking including access, metro, regional, long-haul, and submarine networks. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Concordia University and an MBA in Marketing from McGill University, both located in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Insights from Brian Lavallée

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Dive into the Ciena Open Submarine Cables Handbook

What are open submarine cables? What are the benefits of this model and do you know what you need to consider when designing or...
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Ciena’s vision of submarine networking at SNW 2019

Will you be at Submarine Network World 2019 in Singapore next week? Find out what topics have us excited – and how you can learn...
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Dissecting a submarine network trial announcement

With network infrastructure as critical as submarine cables, we’re constantly seeing new cables being announced and new...
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The future of submarine networks. What’s NEXT?

How are key trends like machine learning, artificial intelligence, 5G, security, and the growth of data centers impacting...
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Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series

It’s that time of year again, our popular Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series has returned! Find out what topics we will...
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Green submarine cables – get SMART!

What are SMART cables and how are scientists looking to use them to understand more about our oceans? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée...
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The ICPC and San Diego have something in common -...

The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) is meeting this week in San Diego for their annual plenary session. Ciena’s...
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500G transpacific. Yep, we did that!

The news from SubOptic? Let’s start with our successful single-wavelength 500G field trial over a 9,000km transpacific cable....
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SubOptic 2019: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!

As the proud host of the triennial SubOptic 2019 submarine network industry event, Ciena welcomes you to New Orleans, Louisiana!...
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5G on stage in Barcelona

The dynamic mobile networking industry will converge in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress (MWC) from February 25-28 to...
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London calling… submarine network operators

Ciena’s Submarine Network Expert, Brian Lavallée just got back from PTC19, where 5G, Shannon’s Limit, and Spatial Division...
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Intercontinental submarine network services

Intercontinental network connections do not stop at the beach. Learn how companies like NJFX, Zayo, and Ciena work together to...
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The Cable Landing Station Is Critical...

We sit down with Amy Marks, CEO of XSite Modular, a leading cable landing station builder, to get her valuable insights on the...
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On the Submarine Network Horizon in 2019

Submarine networking operators continue to need new innovations in order to meet the evolving needs of this critical...
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Listen to Your Submarine Network!

You want to know if your submarine network is operating correctly right? Well, why not ask the network itself? Ciena’s submarine...
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Rise of the machines, and the options for...

The Internet of Things is coming, and there is a litany of ways they can be connected to the network. Ciena's Brian Lavallée...
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To fiber or not to fiber, that is the question

Fiber is the workhorse of today's global network infrastructure. But what do you do when fiber is just not an option? Ciena's...
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All dressed up, and nowhere to go

With the world's data centers increasingly connected across continents, there's now a critical symbiotic relationship between...
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Telecommunications in the Harshest Environment on...

Ciena’s submarine expert Brian Lavallée explains how submarine cables, so critical to our everyday communications, are protected...
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5 key wireline network improvements needed for 5G

Contrary to popular belief, 5G isn’t just about the Radio Access Network (RAN) and fancy new smartphones. The next...
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From Land to Sea to Cloud

It’s projected that Internet Content Providers will soon account for the majority of submarine traffic in all regions of the...
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Debunking 5 common myths about 5G

When the industry talks about 5G, there is a level of excitement and optimism about what it will enable. With this hype,...
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Very Hot! Muito Quente! Muy Caliente!

With tens of thousands of new kilometers and over a billion dollars of capital investment planned in new submarine cables – the...
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ENCQOR! ENCQOR!

An exciting initiative was launched today that will lay the groundwork for the first 5G next generation network collaboration...
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5G. More than just a wireless upgrade.

5G is the hottest topic in the wireless industry these days, but as Ciena’s Brian Lavallee explains, it means a massive upgrade...
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Welcome to Ciena 5G Boot Camp

The path to 5G can be a long, costly, and complex journey fraught with risk, challenges, and of course, significant opportunities...
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Virtualize Your Submarine Cable

Ongoing growth in subsea bandwidth demand has the industry looking for new technologies that can further expand submarine cable...
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Q&A with EXFO: Understanding Submarine OSNR

In advance of PTC’18, Ciena’s Brian Lavallée sat down with Jean-Sébastien Tassé of EXFO to discuss the importance and intricacies...
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Retail Digitization… Friend or Foe?

The online world is acting as a disruptor to the retail industry. But the same tools that allow consumers to become increasingly...
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Back to the Future(com)

The tech and telecom industry descends on São Paulo, Brazil, this week for Futurecom 2017. Ciena's Brian Lavallée details the...
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Shannon’s Limit, or Opportunity?

There’s a looming limit to how many bits can be crammed into an optical fiber, known as the Shannon Limit. Ciena's Brian Lavallée...
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Episode 3: Submarine Networks

Contrary to popular belief, satellites account for a miniscule part of keeping the world connected....
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The 5G Smart City: Cities are Lining up for a...

Smart Cities are coming, and 5G network slicing technology will enable them, with its ability to enable the critical services...
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Autonomous Networks… Are You Ready?

Who better to tell you about your network health than your network itself? Ciena's Brian Lavallée explains where we are (and...
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Multi-Terabit Submarine Cables… Too Big to Fail?

Back in 2010, the Reliability of Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure (ROGUCCI) report found that nearly 100...
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The Story Behind the First Reliable...

While today's subsea cable networks are experiencing a technological revolution, they’re not a new phenomenon by any...
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GeoMesh Extreme: Release the Kraken!

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée delves into the depths of submarine networks and their importance to global communications, and how...
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Northern Europe Goes Dark, and It’s a Good Thing

Eastern Light is a Swedish-based company that aims to change how bandwidth is carried around Northern Europe, a hotbed of data...
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Q&A with Sven Freudenfeld of Lanner: Ciena’s...

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée talks with Sven Freudenfeld of Lanner, Ciena’s newest Blue Orbit partner, about the company and the...
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Celebrating 60 Years of Protecting Submarine...

The International Cable Protection Committee plays a critical role in protecting the world's subsea cable networks, and it's...
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Packet Cable Landing Stations… Why Not?

Packet Cable Landing Stations… Why Not?
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8 Incredible Facts You Didn’t Know About...

Ciena's subsea expert Brian Lavallée tests your knowledge of the world of submarine cable networks with this list of facts and...
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Submarine Cable Networks, Open for Business

Open Cables, APIs, and big data analytics have and will continue to change everything going forward, says Ciena's Brian Lavallee,...
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Protecting $10 Trillion Worth of Transactions,...

Back in 2010, under the auspices of the IEEE, the Reliability of Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure (ROGUCCI)...
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What is Distributed NFV and why do you need it?

Ciena's Brian Lavallée introduces the concept of Distributed NFV, or D-NFV, and why service providers are increasingly looking at...
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Why 5G Will Change Everything About The Network

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée takes a deep dive into the coming world of 5G and shows why the exact details of what a 5G...
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5G wireless needs fiber, and lots of it

When the topic of 5G wireless comes up, your first thought likely isn't about fiber networks running under the ground. But as...
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Primer: What is mobile fronthaul?

You know mobile backhaul...but what is mobile fronthaul? In this primer, our expert Brian Lavallée explains both mobile...
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North Sea Pathways: Digital Oilfields to...

Tampnet, a Norwegian based global operator, uses Ciena gear to support the operation of the largest offshore multi-terabit, low...
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MEF CE2.0 Certified 100G Ethernet Services Hit...

Ciena’s 8700 Packetwave Platform now has a new Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification for...
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A (Miserable) Day in the Life of a Submarine...

Meet Erik. Erik is a submarine network field technician. Erik has a tough job. Let's look at all the challenges he faces in...
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Why “network slicing” is the key to 5G network...

The 5G bandwidth promise is a whopping 10Gbps to each end user. But what would someone actually do with this amount of bandwidth?...
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Episode 1: The Road to 5G is Paved with Good Fiber

Nothing demonstrates our dependence on mobile connectivity quite like the long summer vacation from...
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Episode 21: 5G is More Reality than Hype

In this episode, Pierre Boucher from ENCQOR and Ciena’s Brian Lavallée discuss how 5G is becoming a...

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