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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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Fiber Deep: The Quality of Experience Opportunity

This video discusses how Cable operators are stepping us by simplifying operations with the goal of providing near-instant, high- ...

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Speeding up the Network Edge with Fiber Deep

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains how changing user behaviors are driving the need for more symmetrical services to alleviate bandwid ...

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Current and future trends driving change in cable ...

Elias Cagiannos, Ciena's Cable MSO Practice Leader, talks BTR at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo about the current and future trends driv ...

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White Papers

Cable's Move to Network Automation

This white paper summarizes the quantitative and qualitative findings and how cable MSOs can use this information as they pursue ...

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Webinars

Fiber Deep: Getting More Bandwidth to the Edge

In this webinar, Ciena will share key insights on how to push fiber closer to subscribers to optimize scalability, maximize capac ...

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Are You Ready for the DOCSIS Impact on Fiber?

DOCSIS 3.1 is 10 times faster than 3.0 but this added speed brings challenges. Find out the how it will impact fiber deployments ...

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White Papers

Fiber Deep for Success in the Gigabit Era

This paper shows how an operator can get ahead of the trends through the use of digital optics and packet networking.

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Infographics and posters

How Does a Smart City Get Smarter?

As tech breakthroughs give rise to smart cities, providers are looking at Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to meet th ...

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White Papers

Cable ISPs: Securing the Future with Fiber Deep

This paper explores the growing importance of the Internet to MSOs and offers steps for how to fortify the quality, performance, ...

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Webinars

Evolutionize: Adaptive IP for Segment Routing App ...

This webinar will explore how Ciena’s Adaptive IP leverages Centralized Segment Routing to evolve the network and make it more sc ...

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Cable plays nice: Service convergence on the CIN

Ciena’s Chief Architect for the MSO Practice, Fernando Villarruel explains how moving forward, even more interaction between indu ...

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Infobriefs

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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Infobriefs

Why 5G Is More Than Just A Wireless Network Upgra ...

If you think about a mobile network holistically this paper offers tips to help you prepare your network for 5G.

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Infobriefs

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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Top 5 Takeaways from Light Reading’s CNG 2019 Con ...

Did the ‘bomb cyclone’ winter blizzard last week in Denver keep you from attending the annual Light Reading Cable Next-Gen (CNG) ...

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eBooks

Guide to Transforming Photonic Network Operations ...

Ciena’s Liquid Spectrum helps providers extract the full value of network assets across all stages of the photonic network lifecy ...

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Addressing mid-market opportunities by utilizing ...

MSOs are looking to mid-market business services as an opportunity to grow, but what do they need to address this market? Ciena's ...

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Catch-up with Ciena, Blue Planet, and the hot top ...

Check out what Ciena has planned at next week’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2021 Virtual Experience and the interesting insights our expe ...

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Webinars

xHaul Transport Networks will Dictate the Success ...

Understand why the xHaul (fronthaul, midhaul, backhaul) transport network will dictate 5G’s end-to-end success.

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Infobriefs

Crossing the Chasm: Migrating from Fixed- to Flex ...

Migrating from a fixed- to a flex-grid photonic network architecture—and the new operational paradigm this entails—can seem overw ...

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Videos

Evolutionize Your Network with Ciena's TDM-to-Pac ...

Ciena's CTO Steve Alexander talks about how Ciena TDM-to-Packet solutions, including the 6500 PTS, provides an elegant, simple ap ...

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Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey – 87% Plan Aggregati ...

As part of the annual “Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey Report”, Heavy Reading surveyed over 200 respondents to get insights on Distr ...

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How does Ciena’s 5171 help solve key networking b ...

Ciena’s 5171 platform delivers the capacity network operators need, where they want it – the network edge. In our popular Chalk T ...

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