Pradap Rajagopal
Senior Architect, APAC Strategic Growth, Ciena
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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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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.
WatchRebecca 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.
ListenExplore 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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Senior Architect, APAC Strategic Growth, Ciena
Senior Architect, APAC Strategic Growth, Ciena