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Chalk Talk - What is Flex Ethernet (FlexE)?

Sebastien Gareau, Hardware Systems Architect at Ciena, talks about the industry effort to introduce flexibility at the Ethernet s ...

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Articles

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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Data Sheets

8180 Coherent Networking Platform

Ciena’s 8180 Coherent Networking Platform combines industry-leading capacity with embedded intelligence of WaveLogic coherent tra ...

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Webinars

On Demand Webinar: Build it Once, Sell It Three T ...

Join Omdia and Ciena for an exploration into market insights, benefits, and practicalities of building a single, highly efficient ...

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Videos

Internet2's 8.8Tbps Network Using Ciena Gear

Rob Vietzke, Executive Director of Network Services at Internet2, talks about the new 8.8 Tb/s national backbone network Internet ...

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Infographics and posters

Not all 400G pluggables are created equal

Not all 400G pluggables are created equal. Achieve industry-leading pluggable performance with trusted WaveLogic™ technology.

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Articles

SONET/SDH is dead – really this time

The age of SONET and SDH networks is nearing an end, for real this time. In the latest reports from Infonetics and Dell’Oro, both ...

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Data Sheets

6500-D7/S8 Packet-Optical Platform

Designed for modernized network applications, the 6500-D7/S8 configurations converge comprehensive Ethernet, TDM, and WDM capabil ...

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Data Sheets

2xCFP2/QSFP28 OTN Flex MOTR Module

Designed for next-generation access/metro applications, the 2xCFP2/QSFP28 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Flex MOTR modules are a ...

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Data Sheets

Converged Packet Optical Products

Ciena's Converged Packet Optical Portfolio uses technology innovation to maximize network scale and programmability.

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Waveserver 5: 800Gbps Quantum Secured Communicati ...

Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform powered by proven 800 Gb/s encryption, leverages open APIs to communicate with an external QKD syst ...

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Podcasts

Celebrating National Engineering Month

Ciena’s Michael Hubbard, Dave Doucet, and Melissa Trezise share why they became optical and software engineers, what keeps them m ...

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Infobriefs

WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Transceivers

Ciena's WaveLogic™ 5 Nano family of standards-based and extended-reach 100G-400G pluggable transceivers incorporates our advanced ...

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Articles

The Top 3 Take-Aways from NGON 2017

What does lemon pie have to do with next-gen optical network architectures? Quite a bit actually, explains Ciena's Helen Xenos.

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Webinars

Scaling for the Next Giant Demand Wave

Join Light Reading’s CEO and Founder, Steve Saunders, and Ciena’s Stephen Alexander, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology O ...

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Articles

Check your Fiber Deep boxes with Ciena

Getting high-bandwidth closer to customers at the network edge needs an adaptive network infrastructure, and the right network pa ...

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Articles

Move Over 200G, 400G is the New Sexy

The 400G era is here, with Ciena's new WaveLogic Ai chipset making news with some of the world's largest service providers. Ciena ...

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Webinars

Webinar Series: Optical Knowledge Strength Traini ...

Give your optical knowledge a workout. Build your core strength. Expand your know-how. Gain flexibility in your thinking.

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Articles

Submarine Cable Networks, Open for Business

Open Cables, APIs, and big data analytics have and will continue to change everything going forward, says Ciena's Brian Lavallee, ...

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Videos

Ciena WaveLogic 5. Innovation. Performance. Any f ...

With WaveLogic™ 5, you can have advanced technology designs to provide the best network economics for all your applications: netw ...

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Articles

Papers from SubOptic 2016 - Emerging Subsea Netwo ...

At SubOptic 2016, which was held in beautiful Dubai a few weeks ago, hundreds of enthusiastic attendees discussed (and debated) t ...

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Articles

Reducing the High Cost of Coaxial Cable

By driving optical fiber deeper, cable operators can improve performance and reliability, increase capacity, become eco-friendlie ...

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Data Sheets

6500-D14/S14 Packet-Optical Platform

Ciena’s 6500-D14/S14 configurations converge comprehensive Ethernet, TDM, and WDM capabilities with unconstrained hybrid packet/O ...

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Infographics and posters

The history of optical and Ethernet

In this infographic, you will see the history and evolution of both technologies, including major milestones for each.

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