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There's a better way: Ciena’s Adaptive IP

Network simplicity, scalability and cost-efficiency are key to supporting new and emerging applications. What does that mean for ...

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The transformation of PON

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains the transformation of PON and fills in the blanks to help guide you to which PON is the right PON f ...

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The top 6 features of a truly future-proof conver ...

In this blog we detail how evolving networks cost effectively with converged Ethernet and IP can help network operators keep pace ...

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The submarine network seascape in 2020

Ciena’s submarine networking expert, Brian Lavallée, highlights key areas for focused innovation throughout 2020.

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The state of Segment Routing: A look at the past, ...

It’s been two years since our last research study on the role of Segment Routing (SR) in networks. What has changed? What’s remai ...

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Infobrief

The Network Modernization Imperative

To meet growing bandwidth demands, carriers need networks that can adapt to new business models, scale on demand to support new s ...

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The need for universal aggregation

ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...

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Application note

The Need for Speed in Healthcare Networks

Driven by significant growth in application data that needs to be networked among stakeholders in today’s healthcare ecosystem, h ...

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White Paper

The Impact of OTT Services on the Mobile Backhaul ...

Many mobile operators have deployed a traditional IPoDWDM architecture for mobile backhaul, which was sufficient when network tra ...

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The history of optical and Ethernet

In this infographic, you will see the history and evolution of both technologies, including major milestones for each.

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The History of Carrier Ethernet

Ethernet has been around for decades and has claimed the title of the superior Local Area Networking (LAN) technology of choice.

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The future of PON at the edge

Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence nee ...

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The future of Ethernet services in the era of the ...

As enterprises continue their shift to the cloud and service providers work towards a digital transformation journey that promise ...

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The future is near. Is your business network read ...

New technologies are changing the way we do business, so enterprises cannot be limited by network performance. Learn why your IP ...

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White Paper

The Coherent Routing Engine: Coordinated Multi-la ...

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The Clock is Ticking for Utilities to Evolve from ...

Ciena’s Malcolm Loro details the discontinuation of these services is happening more suddenly than expected, and clearly nobody i ...

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The Cable Landing Station Is Critical Infrastruct ...

We sit down with Amy Marks, CEO of XSite Modular, a leading cable landing station builder, to get her valuable insights on the su ...

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The Best of the Metro Network Meets the Best of t ...

Cloud services are placing extraordinary demands on the metro network. Ciena brings all these capabilities together in the 8700 P ...

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The Benefits of Distributed Network Functions Vir ...

With the Ciena D-NFV Solution, customers can choose location, cost, and scale to match their service needs from their provider.

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The aerodynamics of routing

To go faster a race car doesn’t necessarily need a bigger engine – is the same true for your IP network? Learn how to simplify E2 ...

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The 8700 Strikes Again: Two New Innovation Awards ...

Ciena’s new 8700 Packetwave Platform strikes again, back in the news after receiving two new industry innovation awards.

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The 3 P’s of PON

Do you know about the three P's of Passive Optical Networks (PONs)? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses how the three key variables: p ...

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Press Release

TelePacific Communications Turns to Ciena for Nat ...

Offers a full range of advanced Ethernet services for business customers across the U.S.

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Press Release

TelemaxX Introduces New Ethernet Services with Ci ...

TelemaxX recently deployed solutions from Ciena's Packet Networking portfolio to transform its network.

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