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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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How State and Local Government Can Strengthen Edg ...

As cyberattacks increasingly target remote staff through vulnerabilities in VPNs, state & local governments need an alternative r ...

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How Maryland’s statewide broadband network was bo ...

Former Howard County CIO Ira Levy recounts the ground-breaking efforts he and other Maryland leaders took in shepherding the comp ...

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How An Adaptive Network Helps the Colorado Depart ...

Learn more about the technologies that make up the Adaptive Network, and how they help CDOT reduce complexity in a dynamic networ ...

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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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Fixed wireless access + fiber = smart, connected ...

The investment needed to improve and repair public physical transportation infrastructure for things like roads, bridges, and hig ...

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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...

A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...

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Fiber Characterization

In our live demonstration, we will show the coexistence of XGS-PON and 25GS-PON on the same single fiber, enabling both residenti ...

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Education IT network management, simplified | Ent ...

Learn how Ciena’s ERA manages multi-vendor IP/MPLS networks, diagnoses issues quickly, and gives networkwide visibility of change ...

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EdTech: 6 Reasons Why Your E-Rate Funding Request ...

Wondering why your E-Rate funding request was denied or delayed? Ciena's SLED & Healthcare Industry Advisor, Daniele Loffreda, ex ...

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EdTech update: Networks for the future of educati ...

Ciena's Andrew Roberts talks about the latest trends in learning and EdTech. This is the first of a three-part blog series on the ...

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EdTech update: 4 requirements for networks suppor ...

Ciena's Andrew Roberts details the bandwidth requirements for the latest EdTech applications.

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Ed Tech, BYOD, and Digital. Oh My!

New technologies are enabling an evolution in digital curriculum, learning analytics, and personalization of education.

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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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Defending the smart city: 3 aspects to a holistic ...

With all the hype around Smart Cities today, you’d think they are ubiquitous. But even though there are a few high-profile exampl ...

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Defending the Smart City

With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...

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Data center out-of-band management

Discover how to simplify OOB management with a PON-based solution, enhancing remote access efficiency, security, and scalability ...

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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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Colorado Department of Transportation Improves Hi ...

Fiber optic network enhancements increase CDOT network resiliency and capacity to provide travelers and transportation personnel ...

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Ciena Helps States Implement Intelligent Transpor ...

Ciena can bring state DOT networks to a ‘carrier-grade’ level to provide the bandwidth required to support the growing number of ...

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Ciena Helps CANARIE Support Data-Intensive Resear ...

CANARIE has deployed a super-fast 100G network infrastructure on its backbone research and education network powered by Ciena’s 6 ...

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Ciena Customer Insights featuring Skyline Technol ...

Skyline discusses AI, intelligent transportation, and the need for scalable fiber to drive state and local government innovation.

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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 ...

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CDOT: Ready for the High-Tech Road

Some of the most exciting technologies for governments are being developed and deployed to improve one of the most vexing public ...

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