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800G adoption soars in 2020
With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution in market this year, how fast have customers been embracing it? Ciena’s Hele ...
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One PON to rule them all?
It seems like every networking article in the history of the tech world is talking about the exponential increase in bandwidth de ...
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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 ...
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Broadband for municipal governments
Ciena’s Broadband Solution—open, modular, and scalable by design—leverages innovative broadband architecture and proven expertise ...
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Celebrating the Rise of 400G
The era of 400G was in full force at OFC and we took some time to celebrate this milestone. Here are what our customers have to s ...
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SD-WAN: Threat or Opportunity?
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet team says SD-WAN in its purest form can be considered a threat to a service provider's traditio ...
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Wavelogic 3 Video | Ciena
From metro and regional networks to ultra-long-haul submarine, the WaveLogic 3 Extreme is taking 100G where no 100G has gone befo ...
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From Land to Sea to Cloud
It’s projected that Internet Content Providers will soon account for the majority of submarine traffic in all regions of the worl ...
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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 ...
Infobrief
Broadband Infobrief | Ciena
To help you successfully make broadband access a market reality, Ciena takes a deliberately different, integrated approach. Our u ...
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Because you asked. Adaptive IP.
Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how Adaptive IP is delivering IP differently by leveraging automation, openness, and simplicity to ...
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100G Access Article | Ciena
With Ciena’s new 5132 Router we will bring 100Gb/s service, demarcation, and coherent access to the business and wholesale enviro ...
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Converged OT/IT Intelligence
Real-time, self-discovering, self-healing, self-configuring networks are becoming reality. This new intelligence allows network o ...
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ChalkTalk OneConnect: Ciena's Intelligent Control ...
Ciena's OneConnect is a control plane that makes your network more intelligent and easier to use so you can turn up services quic ...
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USB DB26 Adapter DS | Ciena
Ciena’s USB-C to DB26 Adapter Module enables customers to connect their dry-contact alarm systems that have a DB26 interface to n ...
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Navigating vendor equipment swaps: Minimizing ris ...
Vendor equipment swaps are typically complex from a technical as well as an operational standpoint due to the need to ensure netw ...
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Chalk Talk: Flexible Coherent Architectures
Dave Boertjes provides an overview of Flexible Coherent Architectures.
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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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4 Things We Learned at #OFC17
From 400G to DCI to software-enabled optical networks, OFC'17 was full of news and innovation. We surveyed our experts for their ...
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Carrier Ethernet Infographic | Ciena
Carrier Ethernet essentials from yesterday, for today and the future.
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Carrier Ethernet Webinar | Ciena
This webinar explores the latest in standards and terms, including E-Access, E-Transit, and Multi-CoS, best practices and use cas ...
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Broadband for cable MSOs
Ciena's broadband solution empowers cable multiple system operators (MSOs) with flexible, scalable, and sustainable networks, bri ...
Data Sheets
Manage, Control and Plan (MCP)
Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) is Ciena’s domain controller, automating lifecycle operations of Ciena’s packet and optical networ ...
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Cables Network Automation Article | Ciena
Want to hear directly from cable executives about what is driving their network automation strategies? Broadband Success Partners ...