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Press Releases
Ritter Communications Ramps Network for 10GbE Ser ...
Ciena today announced that Ritter Communications will deploy Ciena’s new packet networking solutions to support growing customer ...
Press Releases
Ciena’s Leading Packet Networking Platforms Among ...
Ciena announced that it is among the first technology vendors to complete the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE ...
Articles
Can utilities support high bandwidth for IT appli ...
Can utilities have their cake and eat it too? Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe explains how utilities can meet the challenge of growing bandw ...
Application Notes
Realize New Services in an Instant with a Distrib ...
This paper discusses some of the important features of D-NFV that enterprises need to know before getting started with NFV.
Application Notes
Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution – Enterprises
Most enterprises understand that, after virtualizing their IT assets, the virtualization of their network assets is the next step ...
Application Notes
Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution – Service Provide ...
The Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution is specifically designed to help service providers successfully implement a virtualized netwo ...
Application Notes
Rethinking Campus Networks
Campus networks are undergoing a rapid evolution of user- and application-driven network capacity and utilization demands, drivin ...
Case Studies
Internet2: Building America's First National 100G ...
Internet2 worked in partnership with Ciena to deploy America’s first nationwide 100G network, which delivers 100G connectivity fo ...
Infobriefs
The Benefits of Distributed Network Functions Vir ...
With the Ciena D-NFV Solution, customers can choose location, cost, and scale to match their service needs from their provider.
Application Notes
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 ...
Articles
100GbE: Closer to the Edge, Closer to Reality
100GbE speeds may seem like overkill, but there’s a need for 100GbE services across a growing number of network scenarios. We det ...
Articles
The 3 P’s of PON
Do you know about the three P's of Passive Optical Networks (PONs)? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses how the three key variables: p ...
Articles
Measure Twice, Cut Once: Fiber Deep Planning for ...
Ciena's Wayne Hickey details what Cable MSOs must consider when driving fiber deeper into their network.
Articles
Extending the 100G Edge
Introducing Ciena’s new 5171 Service Aggregation Switch and Service Aggregation Platform, bringing more capacity closer to the ne ...
Data Sheets
3932 Service Delivery Switch product data sheet
The 3932 is intended for use in 2G/3G mobile backhaul applications where legacy DS1s/E1s are required and pseudowire emulation is ...
Articles
MEF16: We have a winner!
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet division details the multi-vendor Proof of Concept demo the team conducted with CenturyLink and ...
Articles
7 key takeaways from #MWC17
Our Ciena team spent the week talking to customers, speaking at sessions, and on the exhibit floor showing off our latest tech to ...
Articles
100G everywhere in the access
With Ciena’s new 5132 Router we will bring 100Gb/s service, demarcation, and coherent access to the business and wholesale enviro ...
Application Notes
Ethernet Services for Healthcare
Healthcare providers of all sizes, from hospital systems, medical centers et al, are under pressure to improve quality of & acces ...
Articles
The need for universal aggregation
ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...
Articles
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 ...
White Papers
Coordinated IP/Optical Control: Next Generation C ...
The momentum for converged multi-layer operations has begun, and industry innovators are discovering the benefits. There is chang ...
Application Notes
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 ...