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Ciena unveils Liquid Spectrum: The future of soft ...
For all the “agile” innovation over the last decade, today's optical networks are still predominantly static. This changes with C ...

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The Road to Autonomous Networks: Learning to Thri ...
In the third and final installment of his 3-part series on the Road to Autonomous Networks, Ciena’s Joe Marsella details the bene ...

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How Ciena is supporting Challenge Based Learning ...
Ciena grants technology and professional development support to three schools in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Brazil as part of the Ci ...

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Outpacing Bandwidth Demands with an Open, Intelli ...
Ciena just walked away with 3 awards from the Telecom Asia Readers' Choice & Innovation Awards. Willie Low details how the three ...

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How utility network managers can gain critical vi ...
Network continuity is vital for utility managers – but traffic congestion can occur at any time impacting the ability to carry th ...

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Being a Catalyst of Industry Change
Ciena's Sam Torrente details how Ciena Blue Planet and DGIT Systems worked together to create an award-winning solution using ope ...

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Career insights: Supporting our people in explori ...
At Ciena, we encourage and support our people in pursuing their passions. Carla Martinez, Leader of Diversity, Equity, and Inclus ...

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Ciena Completes Acquisition of DonRiver
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of DonRiver. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these ne ...

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Announcing the Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustaina ...
Thank you to all students and educators who participated in this year’s Ciena Solutions Challenge.

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Upskilling staff through disruptive times
As enterprises change how they architect networks, they must train staff. Everyone involved—vendors, partners, enterprises—must p ...

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Doing good for our people, planet, and communitie ...
At Ciena, we recognize our responsibility to make a positive impact on those around us. Discover how we lived our commitment to u ...

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SC17: Super Networks for Super Computers
The SC17 conference provides a perfect opportunity to experience the intersection of high-performance computing with high-perform ...
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5186
The 5186 is a compact, secure 100/200/400GbE aggregation router with up to 1.6 Tb/s FlexE aggregation, line-rate MACsec support, ...

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Closing digital gaps and empowering students in t ...
Ivan Polizzi, Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific, shares how we are teaming up with companies acro ...

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Ciena Completes Acquisition of Packet Design
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of Packet Design. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of the ...

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Making a difference by volunteering with the Cien ...
Read how volunteering with the Ciena Solutions Challenge made a lasting impact on both a Ciena employee and an Atlanta-based high ...

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What is Distributed NFV and why do you need it?
Ciena's Brian Lavallée introduces the concept of Distributed NFV, or D-NFV, and why service providers are increasingly looking at ...

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Keeping the Lights on With Advanced Analytics
Utility companies are facing increasingly daunting challenges, with Ciena’s Advanced Analytics capabilities, the power to keep th ...

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Lessons from #TMFLive: How the Pace of Operations ...
At last week’s TM Forum Live! event, executives did not shy away from the topic of rethinking their business models in order to a ...
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8140 DS | Ciena
Ciena’s 8140 Coherent Metro Router is purpose-built for 10/25/100GbE services and 10/25/100GbE to 400GbE aggregation.

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How Financial Enterprises Light Up the Darkness
For some financial institutions, a private dark fiber network provides the control and security they require for data center conn ...
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5184
The 5184 is a compact, secure aggregation router with integrated line-rate media access control security (MACsec) support and is ...

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Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché
AI use by telcos and providers can potentially improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively ide ...
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3984 DS | Ciena
Ciena’s 3984 Platform is an advanced edge router able to deliver Carrier Ethernet, Cell Site Router, Passive Optical Network, and ...