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Data Sheets
5150
The 5150 features industry-leading switching capacity and port density in a compact 2RU form factor.
Data Sheets
5160 Service Aggregation Switch product data sheet
The 5160 is based on Ciena’s field-proven packet networking technology, with hundreds of thousands of systems deployed by operato ...
Data Sheets
3960 product data sheet
The 3960 Service Delivery Switch is a next-generation Ethernet access system that cost-effectively delivers 10 Gigabit Ethernet ( ...
Data Sheets
5142
Ciena's 5142 Service Aggregation Switch (SAS) is a compact, high-density packet switch that delivers low Total Cost of Ownership ...
Application note
Rethinking Campus Networks
Campus networks are undergoing a rapid evolution of user- and application-driven network capacity and utilization demands, drivin ...
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Transform Large-Scale Science Collaboration
Ciena’s Science DMZ solution provides universities and research labs scalable, flexible high-capacity transfer of massive data fl ...
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Is Your R&E Network Ready for the Great Surge?
R&E networks are experiencing a surge in capacity demand as a result of massive growth of streaming media, growing utilization of ...
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Ciena's 3931 Improves Oversight of Field-Training ...
Using Ciena’s 3931 Service Delivery Switch makes it possible to deliver full performance connectivity to tactical environments.
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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 Need for Speed in Healthcare Networks
Driven by significant growth in application data that needs to be networked among stakeholders in today’s healthcare ecosystem, h ...
Webinar
Ciena Carrier Ethernet Summer Camp Webinar Series ...
Join Ciena's 2014 Carrier Ethernet Summer Camp webinar series.
Article
Relive Summer with Carrier Ethernet Summer Camp
The kids are back in school. The mornings have the crisp feel of Fall. It's true, summer is over. But that doesn't mean you can't ...
Press Release
Marcatel Expands Ethernet Business Service Offeri ...
Marcatel, one of the major service providers in Mexico, is deploying Ciena's carrier Ethernet solutions to expand its Ethernet bu ...
Article
Why “network slicing” is the key to 5G network ad ...
The 5G bandwidth promise is a whopping 10Gbps to each end user. But what would someone actually do with this amount of bandwidth?
Infographics and posters
Modern Utilities Need Modern Networks
Today’s grid operations run on unsustainable 25-year-old SONET/SDH network technology. Download this infographic to learn how you ...
Article
Ethernet vs. Carrier Ethernet: The New Network Pa ...
Ethernet is everyone's favorite networking technology. Its ubiquity and popularity have pushed it outside the LAN and across almo ...
Article
Top 10 things utilities should know about packet ...
Utilities are in a time of transition. Legacy communications circuits are being discontinued by carriers and there is pressure fo ...
Article
Virtualization is nothing without infrastructure: ...
The increasing demand for capacity is driving the need to build open, intelligent, physical infrastructure for R&E
Article
Utilities are modernizing – here are three conver ...
Ciena's Malcolm Loro gives three recurring challenges he's hearing from Utilities providers as they look to modernize their techn ...
Press Release
Wilcon Partners with LightRiver and Ciena to Supp ...
Leveraging LightRiver’s Factory Built Network® Solution, backed by Ciena’s 8700 Packetwave Platform, Wilcon Transforms Network Ca ...
Article
Hacking Rome: Inside the MEF's latest Hackathon e ...
Here is the inside scoop on the recent MEF Hackathon event.
Article
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 ...
Article
The History of Carrier Ethernet
Ethernet has been around for decades and has claimed the title of the superior Local Area Networking (LAN) technology of choice.
Article
A Guide to Raising your Carrier Ethernet IQ
Long-time Carrier Ethernet expert and MEF guy John Hawkins gets you up-to-speed on the latest Carrier Ethernet tech with a free 6 ...