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Manage, Control and Plan (MCP)
Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) is Ciena’s domain controller, automating lifecycle operations of Ciena’s packet and optical networ ...
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Cables Network Automation Article | Ciena
Want to hear directly from cable executives about what is driving their network automation strategies? Broadband Success Partners ...
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Ethernet Services for Healthcare
Healthcare providers of all sizes, from hospital systems, medical centers et al, are under pressure to improve quality of & acces ...
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What “the edge” means for telcos
Telecom operators must prepare for the accelerated distribution of processing capabilities toward the network edge. To do that, t ...
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Protecting In-Flight Data: Network Encryption for ...
Modern government depends increasingly on the secure collection and distribution of information among agencies and citizens. At t ...
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What’s making the cloud so edge-y?
A new generation of cloud-native applications are arriving that are more compute-intensive and latency-sensitive. Learn how the m ...
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Dragonwave Compactplus DS | Ciena
Ciena a network strategy and technology company - Network Solutions for Optical Transport and Switching, Carrier Ethernet, Data a ...
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WaveLogic Encryption Solution
Read this application note to find out more about WaveLogic Encryption, Ciena’s cost-effective, high-capacity, protocol-agnostic, ...
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The need for universal aggregation
ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...
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Women@Ciena cook for heart health
During International Women’s Day, Ciena hosted Chef Stephanie from The American Heart Association for a virtual cooking segment a ...
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Guarantee end-to-end performance
To stand out from the crowd and differentiate their 5G services, mobile and wholesale network operators alike must optimize their ...
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Enabling a Bigger and Smarter Network with Ciena' ...
Ciena has developed WaveLogic 3, a technology foundation for the industry’s first intelligent transceiver. WaveLogic 3 makes it p ...
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The future of PON at the edge
Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence nee ...
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Securing Critical Infrastructure
Ciena’s WaveLogic Encryption solution combines a high degree of flexibility and security with ease of operation and administratio ...
Data Sheets
Multiservice Forwarding Module DS | Ciena
The Multiservice Forwarding Module (MSFM) is at the heart of the DN 7000 series and it provides Layer 2 and Layer 3 any-service.
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A future of networks powered by AI
Ciena surveyed over 1,500 telecom and IT engineers across the globe about the impact of AI on network traffic growth, operations, ...
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Igniting residential broadband for all takes more ...
With the challenge of universal broadband access now pushed to the forefront, Ciena CTO Steve Alexander outlines the size and sca ...
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What we can all be grateful for
Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for and how his team ...
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Simplifying Optical Networking through Adaptive, ...
Bandwidth demands are exploding in a variety of applications, and network operators are struggling to scale network capacity to p ...
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Videos - Waveserver. In it for the Long Haul.
You loved Waveserver® for metro DCI, and so did we. Now, we’ve extended the benefits of Waveserver to long-haul networks. With pr ...
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Customize your Broadband and 5G Edge
With Ciena’s new 5131 Weatherproof Router we will bring more capacity even closer to the network edge, enabling deployment into t ...
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The Arrival of Open Utility Networks
The utility industry is undergoing a comprehensive transformation as it modernizes to a more efficient and smarter grid. Because ...
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Looking back: Life at Ciena in 2020
Ciena's Molly Winans takes a look back at a few bright spots from the Ciena team during a year of virtual connectedness.
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Converging and Automating 5G Networks
Ciena offers a complete, open solution, allowing MNOs and wholesale operators to build best-in-breed 5G networks for competitive ...