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Delivering true 5G: are we ready?
We discussed with Ciena’s Joe Marsella how mobile and wholesale network operators are gearing up to capitalize on the benefits an ...
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Ciena’s 2018 Holiday Bundle is Here!
Spend your downtime this holiday season applying the collective knowledge of some of the world’s best and brightest minds in tele ...
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What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) offloads network functions into software that runs on industry-standard hardware and can be ...
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7 Steps to Big Data Analytics and AI
Operators are turning to big data tools and analytics to analyze the vast amounts of information they’re accumulating in data lak ...
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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 infrastructu ...
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Ciena Emulation Cloud: A 12-Month Report Card
From cloud-based network lab validation to API training to multi-vendor introp testing, Ciena’s new Emulation Cloud environment h ...
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A Guide to Avoiding Automation Islands
Autonomous networking is all the rage. Networking vendors are touting their automation visions, and service providers are creatin ...
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MEF16: We have a winner!
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet division details the multi-vendor Proof of Concept demo the team conducted with CenturyLink and ...
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Gearing-up Cable MSOs for the move up-market
U.S. MSOs were experiencing double-digit business services growth; however, did you know that growth has slowed in recent years? ...
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3 Key Research Trends Poised to Change Our Lives
Ciena's Renee Reinke highlights three key trends in research enabled by supercomputing and the networks that connect them that wi ...
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SD-WAN: Threat or Opportunity?
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet team says SD-WAN in its purest form can be considered a threat to a service provider's traditio ...
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How governments can solve layer 3 network complex ...
What if government agencies could monitor and analyze their IP networks to ensure peak efficiency and service continuity—all whil ...
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The frosting on the multi-layered cake – an aweso ...
Communications networks are like those multi-layered cakes, and over-the-top applications are the frosting. Without intelligent n ...
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4 Things We Learned at #OFC17
From 400G to DCI to software-enabled optical networks, OFC'17 was full of news and innovation. We surveyed our experts for their ...
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Virtualizing the World of Cable
It’s not surprising that cable operators are virtualizing their networks. Not only is it the logical step to reduce power and sav ...
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Network planning in times of acceleration and unc ...
Ciena’s Francisco Sant’Anna highlights 5 consistent best practices operators should consider when designing and planning their ne ...
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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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Cable’s move to network automation
Want to hear directly from cable executives about what is driving their network automation strategies? Broadband Success Partners ...
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Adaptive IP Apps to the rescue
Marie Fiala describes how Ciena’s Adaptive IP Apps come to the rescue by dramatically speeding up troubleshooting and resolution ...
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Defining the 3 Factions of SDN
This post defines the three factions of Software Defined Networking.
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Survey: Network operators still see silos with SD ...
Perceived vendor silos are still an issue for network operators looking to move to SDN/NFV for service virtualization. That’s jus ...
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Visualizing the Future of Networking
Ciena has unveiled Blue Planet Manage, Control and Plan (MCP), providing real-time software control and advanced visualization ac ...
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A packet networking blueprint, designed for 2020 ...
Supporting new and emerging high-growth applications requires rethinking how to modernize existing networks, according to Ciena’s ...
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4 Reasons Enterprises Love SD-WAN
Lee Doyle of Doyle Research explains why SD-WAN services are so attractive to enterprises, and what service providers can do to r ...