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There's No Place Like Home—With a Good Network Co ...

Residential users need broadband services that are reliable, high performance, secure, and highly cost-effective.

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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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One Maryland: Statewide Broadband Network

Ciena CEO Gary Smith joins local leaders from the state of Maryland as they talk about the impact of the newly completed Maryland ...

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Network Optimization: Strategies for More Efficie ...

Watch this video to understand how agencies can optimize their networks to ensure they have the on-demand connectivity, availabil ...

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How the State of Maryland Uses an Adaptive Networ ...

Ciena and Government Technology discuss the State of Maryland’s path to innovation and how governments throughout the country can ...

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How An Adaptive Network Helps the Colorado Depart ...

Learn more about the technologies that make up the Adaptive Network, and how they help CDOT reduce complexity in a dynamic networ ...

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Three Tips from SLG Leaders on How Agencies Can W ...

State and local leaders from across the United States share how they’ve managed to shift to a flexible work model and digitize cr ...

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White Paper

Ready for Fast and Unpredictable Change: How the ...

This paper is based on a nationwide CDG 2020 survey of nearly 100 state and local government IT leaders across government agencie ...

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Ciena Helps States Implement Intelligent Transpor ...

Ciena can bring state DOT networks to a ‘carrier-grade’ level to provide the bandwidth required to support the growing number of ...

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Prevent Transportation System Downtime with Resil ...

IT professionals encounter seemingly endless challenges and demands that can impact the quality of the motorist experience. Any t ...

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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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Networking Solutions Address State Government Nee ...

State CIOs have witnessed aggressive change during the first half of 2020. The resulting uncertainties in government revenues hav ...

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Moving Forward with Modernization for State Gover ...

Ciena’s Adaptive Network enables state and local government IT teams to consolidate disparate platforms and networks across agenc ...

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How the Adaptive Network Can Help Save America's ...

Ciena’s Adaptive Network provides the technology foundation needed to simplify, scale, and automate today’s ITS and make our road ...

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No network modernization job is too big or too sm ...

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey details how to transform your business with our field-proven TDM-to-Packet solutions.

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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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Next-generation networks help DOT’s deliver quali ...

Converged packet-optical technology enhances Department of Transportation’s intelligent transportation systems while paving the w ...

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EdTech update: Networks for the future of educati ...

Ciena's Andrew Roberts talks about the latest trends in learning and EdTech. This is the first of a three-part blog series on the ...

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Intelligent automation can help state governments ...

As the need to deliver a higher quality of experience to network customers collides with budget constraints, Ciena’s automation s ...

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Scaling for the Next Giant

In the recent Light Reading webinar entitled, Ciena's Senior VP and CTO, Steve Alexander, examined three real-world case studies ...

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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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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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Smart Transit: Moving Beyond Points A and B

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda explains smart transit, the smart rail experience of the future is a fully integrated experience.

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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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