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Networking Solutions Address State Government Nee ...

State CIOs have witnessed aggressive change during the first half of 2020. The resulting uncertainties in government revenues hav ...

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Concern, Confusion and Hope Surround E-Rate Progr ...

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on current conventional wisdom among E-rate stakeholders.

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Case Studies

Northwest Colorado Council of Governments: Projec ...

Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, responsive, middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote communities across ...

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Optimizing Network Operations to Meet Modern Dema ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that moder ...

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The Middle Mile: A Critical Link for Broadband Ex ...

Middle-mile fiber optic networks are crucial to delivering broadband connectivity and digital inclusion to rural communities.

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Moving Forward with Modernization for State Gover ...

Ciena’s Adaptive Network enables state and local government IT teams to consolidate disparate platforms and networks across agenc ...

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Secure Supply Chain for Governments: 2020 securit ...

Ciena takes a comprehensive approach toward maintaining the security and continuity of its supply chain.

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Case Studies

Diamond State Networks Middle Mile Project for Ar ...

Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, adaptive, and responsive middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote commu ...

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4 Benefits SDN Brings to Government Network Secur ...

With the government’s focus turning to cybersecurity, SDN is quickly becoming the best way for defense and intelligence organizat ...

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Modernizing and monetizing DOT networks without f ...

The funding from the FY 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program, and the Infrastructure Investment and J ...

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Government Agencies and the Edge: The Power of Vi ...

IT infrastructure at the edge is essential to day-to-day government operations. Application servers et al keep remote agency loca ...

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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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No network modernization job is too big or too sm ...

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey details how to transform your business with our field-proven TDM-to-Packet solutions.

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New Network Builds: Strategies for closing the di ...

With a spate of federal funding available, states and localities are considering new fiber network builds to address urgent chall ...

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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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The 5G Smart City: Cities are Lining up for a Sli ...

Smart Cities are coming, and 5G network slicing technology will enable them, with its ability to enable the critical services tha ...

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SDN and NFV: The Brains Behind the Smart City

In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are considering SDN and NFV to deliver the agility and flexibil ...

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Prevent Transportation System Downtime with Resil ...

IT professionals encounter seemingly endless challenges and demands that can impact the quality of the motorist experience. Any t ...

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How to Ensure Your K12 Broadband Network Makes th ...

Daniele Loffreda, Ciena's education networks expert, details what your K12 Broadband network needs to be ready.

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Adaptive Learning is the Future of Education. Are ...

Educators are increasingly leaning on EdTech and Adaptive Learning tools that personalize and improve the student learning experi ...

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How the Adaptive Network Can Help Save America's ...

Ciena’s Adaptive Network provides the technology foundation needed to simplify, scale, and automate today’s ITS and make our road ...

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Is technology the answer to stopping unsafe drivi ...

All of us at times, are guilty of unsafe driving. Learn about a project Ciena is working on with the Colorado Department of Trans ...

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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...

Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...

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Build-Your-Own Broadband: The Key to High-Speed A ...

Discover how a build-your-own model could revolutionize broadband expansion in underserved areas.

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