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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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What is Bandwidth on Demand?
Today, connectivity services are a mostly static experience, meaning that once the endpoints and service attributes are defined, ...
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What is an Optical Control Plane?
To help clarify the question of “what is an optical control plane?”, we put together the below infographic that walks through the ...
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What is a Converged Interconnect Network (CIN)?
The term, Converged Interconnect Network (CIN), has been around for a few years now – but it is only now with its importance in e ...
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What Happens When Quantum Physics Meets Cryptogra ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains how research and development in cryptography is underway and how it could radically change encrypt ...
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What does the network of the future really look l ...
Future-proof networking is a much-used term in the industry, but what does it really mean? At Ciena, we think there are 7 key req ...
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What do DAA, Network Slicing, Scaling Optical Net ...
Learn about all that Ciena has planned for the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2020 Virtual Experience and the forward-looking topic ...
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What criteria does a layer 1 encryption solution ...
Tom Engels of Telindus provides a certification checklist to make sure you get the right level of security and compliance with yo ...
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Welcome to Ciena 5G Boot Camp
The path to 5G can be a long, costly, and complex journey fraught with risk, challenges, and of course, significant opportunities ...
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Weekly roundup: Ciena network insights for Week o ...
This week, we’re celebrating Geek Pride, explaining the importance of FlexEthernet and spotlighting Fiber Deep.
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Weekly roundup: Ciena network insights for Week o ...
This week, we’re reminded that we never stop using lessons learned from Dad, heard about the latest video transport trends at NAB.
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Weekly roundup: Ciena network insights for Week o ...
This week, we’re starting the countdown to GDPR, sharing lessons from #TMFLive and explaining NFV.
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Weekly roundup: Ciena network insights for Week o ...
This week, we’re getting ahead of the NFV complexity curve, giving you 7 steps to big data analytics and finding out what SDN mea ...
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Weekly roundup: Ciena network insights
You've been busy this week. So have we. From sharing our insights on topics like SDN and self-healing networks to kicking off acr ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're sharing 5 things from a CX Award judge, helping you ensure your network analytics solution can drive intelligent ...
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This week, we're teaching you how to differentiate your customer experience, sharing how we teamed up with Schweitzer, and discus ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're talking about the 400G era, discussing the 6 reasons why your E-rate funding request was denied, and sharing our ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're helping you learn more about CableLabs® new coherent optical specification, celebrating one year of programmable ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're sharing the story behind the founding of Ciena, explaining why Packet/OTN switching is making its way into metro ...
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This week, we're sharing our top 5 online courses to celebrate National Online Learning Day, helping you get up-to-date on the me ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're sharing all of the best content that you might have missed this summer.
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're sharing 3 ways Blue Planet MCP Services is the superhero your business needs, discussing how Fiber Deep is moder ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...
This week, we're teaching new tricks to an old TDM network, discussing how to accelerate digital transformation with CLIP CONNECT ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | October ...
This week, we're answering your questions about 5G networks, detailing the challenges ahead in making quantum cryptography a real ...