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Videos
Take 10 Webinar: More Packets Less Box
In this installment, you will learn about the latest campaign around Ciena's Packet Networking portfolio from John Hawkins, Ciena ...
Videos
Take 10 Webinar: Built for Speed
In ten minutes, learn more from John Hawkins about Packet Networking: Built for Speed.
Articles
Switchboards and Ethernet Services: MEF streamlin ...
Like the telephone switchboards of old, today's Carrier Ethernet services many times require multiple network operators to get to ...
Webinars
Survivable Submarine Optical Networks
This webinar discusses a new approach to building networks to minimize the risk and impact of disruptions.
Articles
Survey says - service providers are ready for the ...
What are service providers looking for when it comes to IP/Optical convergence? Heavy Reading asked 220 service provider executiv ...
Articles
Strategies for a total communications solution – ...
Alex Connors of Vodafone details the service provider’s new high-capacity Ethernet Services and hybrid WAN portfolio, which uses ...
Webinars
Start the Journey to the Adaptive Network – Real- ...
In this webinar, Ciena will share key insights on how other companies have begun this journey and provide examples of how to achi ...
Articles
Spotlight on 5G midhaul networks
In the second part of Brian Lavallée’s series on xHaul networks, he takes a look at midhaul networks, what they are, and how they ...
Articles
Spotlight on 4G/5G fronthaul networks
Not sure what xHaul is or why it's critical to the success of 5G? How should operators, MNOs and wholesalers alike, converge 4G a ...
Articles
Spotlight on 4G/5G backhaul networks
In this third and final blog in the series, we’ll look at 4G/5G backhaul networks. Whether you’re talking 4G or 5G, Centralized/C ...
Application Notes
Solving the TDM-to-Packet Migration Challenge
Service providers have a networking challenge and opportunity. They must evolve away from their outdated TDM networks, which are ...
Articles
Smart Transit: Moving Beyond Points A and B
Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda explains smart transit, the smart rail experience of the future is a fully integrated experience.
White Papers
Small Cell Technology, Big Business Opportunity
Small cells allow the mobile network to improve in both coverage and capacity, which facilitates web-scale architectures even fur ...
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 ...
Articles
Simplify your IP network with centralized Segment ...
Segment Routing is once again top of mind for service providers to enable IP network simplification. Understand how Ciena’s Adapt ...
Webinars
Sharpen Your Edge—Cut Costs and Simplify with Bra ...
Gain key insights from Ciena experts about the direction of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and edge application virtualization.
Webinars
Sharpen The Edge — Control Costs, Simplify Operat ...
Join the discussion on how enterprises are embracing virtualization of their branch infrastructure et al.
Articles
Sharing Bandwidth with the Neighbors
Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains how Cable Operators can reduce sharing sizes to increase overall customer quality of experience.
Articles
Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...
Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...
Articles
Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...
Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...
Articles
Segment Routing on the rise, survey says
There’s no question that Segment Routing MPLS (SR-MPLS) has surged in recent years. But what percentage of operators are deployin ...
Webinars
SDN/NFV - Singin’ By the Campfire
This session looks forward and tries to answer what’s next for SDN/NFV.
Articles
SCTE Expo 2019 – the importance and opportunities ...
At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this year there were a few aspects of moving to 10G that stood out: the importance of low latency, the ...
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 ...