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Webinar
2019 Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series
This year, Ciena’s Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series offers a serious look at how you can take your network to new heights ...
Webinar
2020 Routing and Switching Webinar Series
Our popular Routing and Switching Series is back! Ready to learn about new approaches and concepts available to help you on your ...
White Paper
2022 Trends to Watch: Optical Networks
Pluggables in switch routing platforms are on a trajectory for a mass volume market. Download the report to learn more.
Video
25GS-PON and XGS-PON Overlay Demonstration
In our live demonstration, we will show the coexistence of XGS-PON and 25GS-PON on the same single fiber, enabling both residenti ...
Infographics and posters
400G: Your Network is Your Empire
Download this infographic to learn more about your 400G potential with WaveLogic Ai and see how Ciena can help you build your net ...
Article
5 ways to future-proof your network today to supp ...
It’s impossible to predict what networks will be required to handle in the coming years, especially when it comes to the internet ...
Data Sheets
5171 Platform
Ciena’s 5171 Platform empowers advanced access networks with 100GbE packet services beyond the Central Offices and POP sites, ena ...
Video
5G + Ciena
A 5G network means having a network capable of handling unprecedented demand. Think of Ciena as your guide on the path to 5G.
Data Sheets
6200 Packet-Optical Platform
Ciena’s 6200 Packet-Optical Platform is a highly flexible, scalable, and compact edge device that enables operators to support bo ...
Video
800Gbps Quantum Secure Communications
Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform powered by proven 800 Gb/s encryption, and Ciena's 8140 powered by 400GE MACsec encryption, leverag ...
Application note
A Practical Approach to Utility Network Moderniza ...
Ciena’s 6200 can provide a low-risk, seamless evolution to next-generation communication architectures while continuing to levera ...
White Paper
A Smarter Communications Network for the Smart Gr ...
As electric utilities evolve to the smart grid, they need a comparable evolution of the underlying communications network.
Video
Act with insight to adapt your network, with Cien ...
Navigator NCS helps your network adapt to changing demands - with rapid, automated, multi-layer operations that increase your bus ...
Infobrief
Adaptive Network: Automation Islands Webinar Recap
This document recaps the Webinar and explains the journey to automation and how to avoid building an automation island.
Case Study
All Aboard for Next-Generation Rail Communication
To make sure their lines run around the clock, rail operators are turning to cutting-edge networking equipment to keep trains and ...
Webinar
Beyond 100GbE: The Critical Role of Coherent Opti ...
Today’s network edge is once again being redefined. Join us to see how coherent optics and packet technologies help extend 100G a ...
Webinar
Beyond PON: The Critical Role of Shared Fiber Acc ...
Understand why 10Gb/s Passive Optical Network (PON) is expanding beyond residential to small enterprises, businesses, and mobilit ...
Application note
Blueprint for Utility Network Modernization: Cien ...
This paper explains how Ciena’s 6500 PTS solves multiple TDM-to-packet migration challenges.
Video
Bridging the Gap Together, Delivering Broadband t ...
In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from a utility in Alabama (Cullman Electric) that launched scalable broadband to its rural ...
Infobrief
Broadband network design checklist
Broadband networks are rapidly expanding to meet surging customer demand.
Article
Can utilities have their multi-layered cake and e ...
Utilities are facing increasing bandwidth demands on their communications networks. This blog explains how modernizing networks t ...
Video
Chalk Talk: Programmable photonics | Ciena
Ciena’s photonics expert David Boertjes explains how Ciena’s programmable photonics enable you to continue to scale at the lowest ...
Article
Ciena And Schweitzer Engineering Labs Team Up On ...
Avoiding power outages requires a solution ultra low latency and failover performance. Ciena has partnered with a best in class s ...
Video
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander talks Packets
Steve Alexander, Ciena CTO talks about the rising demand for content, why content collection needs to be closer to the customer a ...