Salim Said
Sales Engineering Director, Subsea, MEA
Our portfolio addresses evolving requirements for AI-ready networks at scale with proven capabilities—empowering customers to move faster and stay ahead of demand.
Hardware and embedded software that work together to help adapt and scale networks for AI-driven demand
Modules and components that serve as essential building blocks for high-performance networks, delivering greater power efficiency, density, and scale
AI-driven software that provides a single point of control across multi-layer network domains to simplify and accelerate operations
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.
Optimize performance across cloud and AI workloads with high-capacity, low-latency connectivity.
Simplify, scale, and optimize your metro and edge networks to meet new AI-driven connectivity demands.
Maximize capacity and operational efficiencies with our innovative, flexible long-haul solutions.
Mitigate security risks and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
Simplify and scale out-of-band management with a fiber-based architecture designed for AI-era data centers.
Ensure your network keeps pace with ever-evolving business requirements and industry advancements. Our experts provide a tailored approach to drive success.
Network innovation insights from the experts
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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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.
WatchIn 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.
WatchThis eBook examines how service providers can modernize IP transport networks to meet the demands of AI-driven workloads.
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Sales Engineering Director, Subsea, MEA
Sales Engineering Director, Subsea, MEA