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Infobrief
Replace network equipment faster, for lower cost, ...
What if you could maintain network availability by leveraging someone else’s in-place operations to get replacement parts into yo ...
Case Study
REN Assures Portugal's Electric Grid with Blue Pl ...
Due to the criticality of the electric grid, power utilities need reliable service delivery over their IP/MPLS networks. In this ...
Case Study
Powering a Bright Future with Carrier Ethernet
One of the nation’s largest electricity generators replaces SONET technology with modern, easy-to-manage infrastructure designed ...
White Paper
Packets for All
For decades, TDM was the backbone for global bandwidth, transporting voice, data, and video. In 2012, global bandwidth was transf ...
Webinar
Own the Edge: Spotlight on 5G
Own the Edge: Spotlight on 5G is hosted by Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director, ABI Research, and Ciena’s Anup Changaroth ...
Video
Own the Edge: Ciena’s leaders discuss the role of ...
Ciena's leaders talk about how IP/Optical convergence can transform your metro and edge network to increase operational automatio ...
Video
Optimization Service: Spectrum Defragmentation de ...
A short live-action demonstration showing how our patented Python-based Spectrum Defragmentation software discovers and identifie ...
Infographics and posters
Optical Transport Network
The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU G.709. Download this infographic for a deep dive into this crucial technology.
White Paper
Omdia: 800G Technology - Does Double Capacity Mea ...
Read the report to learn how 800G technology brings performance improvements, expanded capacity, and more cost-effective solution ...
White Paper
Omdia: 2020 Optical Network Hardware Vendor Score ...
This Scorecard evaluates the top optical network equipment vendors on criteria using concrete data and metrics, including direct ...
White Paper
Omdia: 100G Everywhere for Carriers and Enterpris ...
The 400G capability will be extended into the aggregation segment of the network to handle the growth of 100G access links.
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.
Article
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.
White Paper
Network Strategies to Drive Lower Costs amid High ...
This paper discusses how OTN and MPLS-TP can be jointly deployed to optimize IP router infrastructures.
Webinar
Network Modernization: Understanding Circuit and ...
Get an overview of circuit and pseudowire emulation and how to transport private line service over a packet-based network.
Infobrief
Navigator Network Control Suite (NCS)
With Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite™, providers gain a single point of control to visualize the performance of their mul ...
White Paper
Multi-service Substation WAN Backbone: Ready for ...
Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially du ...
Video
Modernizing your utility network
The utility industry is undergoing a comprehensive change. In this video you will hear from LightRiver and Ciena on what to consi ...
Application note
Modernizing Utility Communications Networks to Me ...
This paper summarizes how packet networking can be used to simplify and expedite network migration to achieve a more modern commu ...
Application note
Modern, Agile Networks for the Super-high-bandwid ...
Rapid adoption of cloud services, video streaming, 4G and 5G wireless backhaul, and a range of other high-bandwidth applications ...
Video
Managed Services: Managed NOC
This video explores four uses cases for Ciena's Managed Services, identifying specific subsystems for Ciena Services to manage, w ...
Infobrief
Managed Services
Ciena’s Managed Network Service offerings provides increased operational efficiencies et al and an OPEX model that keeps your net ...
Case Study
Major Utility Taps the Power of Ciena to Build a ...
Read this case study to learn how this major utility—using Ciena’s Adaptive Network—has reduced costs; improved network security ...
Video
Maintenance Service: Managed Spares and Engineeri ...
Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch to ensure replacements of failed equipment are performed quickly and accurately by our ex ...