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Carrier-Grade Ethernet as a Foundation of Assured ...
Ciena a network strategy and technology company - Network Solutions for Optical Transport and Switching, Carrier Ethernet, Data a ...
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Packets for All
For decades, TDM was the backbone for global bandwidth, transporting voice, data, and video. In 2012, global bandwidth was transf ...
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Ciena's Adaptive IP
Ciena has introduced Adaptive IP, an innovative solution that offers the essential IP capabilities required to support new applic ...
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Evolution of Network Design
Networking designs have had to are shifting to add complexity and operational pressures.
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Network as a Sensor
Ciena works in partnership with agencies to define network requirements and tailor a network-as-a-sensor solution to each unique ...
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Gaming at the Cloud Edge
Today's gamers are tied to a single platform, physical hardware, and long software download times. But gamers are demanding more ...
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Satellite Communications Market Growth
Ciena's Blue Planet software helps teleport operators overcome the myriad technical and business challenges they currently and co ...
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Creating Intelligent Hybrid Operations
This paper will explore the ongoing changes in operational models, what the new operations model could look like, and the role of ...
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5G Network Strategies Operator Survey 2023
Over three-quarters of operators surveyed expect at least 25 percent of their macro cell sites to contain at least some fronthaul ...
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Get Ready for 5G. Deliver IP Differently.
IP has been a part of every mobile generation since 2G and is exponentially more important as network operators contend with a ne ...
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Delivering Profitable DCI Services
Enterprises are shifting more of their IT spending from private cloud to hybrid and public cloud services, triggering new Data Ce ...
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Technology Innovation for Web-scale Data Center I ...
Ciena’s solutions, rooted in the company’s industry leadership in DCI applications, enable data center and network operators to a ...
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Maximizing LTE Benefits Using Carrier Ethernet Ba ...
Backhaul providers are in a prime position to capitalize on the growing market for delivering Carrier Ethernet services to MNOs.
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IHS Markit: 2019 Optical Vendor Scorecard Ciena E ...
This IHS Markit Scorecard evaluates the top global optical network equipment vendors. This particular 2019 ‘excerpt’ report was p ...
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Inventory as a Cyber Security Foundation
This paper examines some ways organizations attempt to manage inventory. It reviews three primary methods, their strengths and we ...
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Get Ready for 5G. Deliver IP Differently.
The success of any next-generation network implementation depends on an extremely efficient IP network that delivers standards-ba ...
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5G Success Using the Adaptive Network Approach
Learn how Ciena 5G Network Solutions provide network operators with the choice they need in their 4G/5G xHaul network architectur ...
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Traditional PON Versus Mixed PON/Active Architect ...
This business case outlines a pluggable mixed PON/active architecture based on Ciena’s Universal Aggregation solution, which allo ...
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Beyond Network Modernization: Advanced Analytics ...
This paper reviews the challenges and the practical solution of using analytics tools to enhance understanding of the network and ...
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Heavy Reading: Achieving WAN Automation Today
This white paper provides an overview of SDN-based WAN automation and focuses on the drivers and benefits of WAN automation, the ...
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5G Converged Optical Fiber and Microwave Transport
Ciena and Aviat collaborate on a vision for a converged transport network that addresses these needs holistically.
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Omdia: 100G Everywhere for Carriers and Enterpris ...
The 400G capability will be extended into the aggregation segment of the network to handle the growth of 100G access links.
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GeoMesh Extreme. Land. Sea. Cloud. Networks Unite.
Today, submarine cables carry 99 percent of all intercontinental communication over more than 400 submarine telecom cables spanni ...