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Winds of Change in Smart Cities?

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on the evolution in what he’s hearing from CIOs and others in the smart city movement.

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U.S. broadband funding: Off to the races

The distribution of billions of dollars in U.S. federal funds towards broadband infrastructure has begun. Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe hi ...

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Infobriefs

Optimizing Network Operations to Meet Modern Dema ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that moder ...

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White Papers

Secure Supply Chain for Governments: 2020 securit ...

Ciena takes a comprehensive approach toward maintaining the security and continuity of its supply chain.

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How to Ensure Your K12 Broadband Network Makes th ...

Daniele Loffreda, Ciena's education networks expert, details what your K12 Broadband network needs to be ready.

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Videos

Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...

Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...

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Infobriefs

Local Government Encryption

With government remaining a high-priority target for hacking, many IT and security teams are looking to strengthen their holistic ...

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EdTech: 6 Reasons Why Your E-Rate Funding Request ...

Wondering why your E-Rate funding request was denied or delayed? Ciena's SLED & Healthcare Industry Advisor, Daniele Loffreda, ex ...

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Infobriefs

Bringing Network Connectivity Up to Speed for Mod ...

The shift to remote work and the increasing reliance on digital constituent services have highlighted the importance of high-spee ...

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5 ways to future-proof your network today to supp ...

It’s impossible to predict what networks will be required to handle in the coming years, especially when it comes to the internet ...

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Defending the smart city: 3 aspects to a holistic ...

With all the hype around Smart Cities today, you’d think they are ubiquitous. But even though there are a few high-profile exampl ...

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EdTech update: 4 requirements for networks suppor ...

Ciena's Andrew Roberts details the bandwidth requirements for the latest EdTech applications.

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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...

A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...

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White Papers

Defending the Smart City

With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...

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Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch

Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch to ensure replacements of failed equipment are performed quickly and accurately by our ex ...

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Infographics and posters

Powering 21

Download this infographic to learn how the evolution of education technology will have a significant impact on your broadband net ...

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Application Notes

Rethinking Campus Networks

Campus networks are undergoing a rapid evolution of user- and application-driven network capacity and utilization demands, drivin ...

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Infobriefs

Transportation Network Modernization

To overcome these growing challenges and fully capture the benefits of ITS technologies, departments of transportation need a mod ...

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Articles

Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...

As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...

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Infobriefs

The Road to Resiliency: Paving the Way for Intell ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity, availability, and perform ...

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Application Notes

Protecting In-Flight Data: Network Encryption for ...

Modern government depends increasingly on the secure collection and distribution of information among agencies and citizens. At t ...

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Application Notes

WaveLogic Encryption Solution

Read this application note to find out more about WaveLogic Encryption, Ciena’s cost-effective, high-capacity, protocol-agnostic, ...

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Infobriefs

Ed Tech, BYOD, and Digital. Oh My!

New technologies are enabling an evolution in digital curriculum, learning analytics, and personalization of education.

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Case Studies

CDOT: Ready for the High-Tech Road

Some of the most exciting technologies for governments are being developed and deployed to improve one of the most vexing public ...

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