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Omdia: Taking IP/Optical network visibility and a ...
In this paper, Omdia explains why converged IP and optical domain control are a key operational goal for many CSPs by highlightin ...
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Open, Automated, and Programmable Transport Netwo ...
Over the past decade, the communications industry has seen a steady ramp of automation in communications service provider (CSP) n ...

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Pave your path to better broadband with Ciena’s N ...
In legacy broadband deployments, network operators had different network management systems for different network layers, putting ...
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Plannerplus DS | Ciena
Ciena’s PlannerPlus network planning and design tool makes network builds and augmentations quick and easy.

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Planning for success – AI insights drive coordina ...
IP and optical network teams each have their own domain technical expertise and at no time is that more obvious than during the c ...

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Pluggable coherent optics – What is the best mana ...
Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains why multi-layer controllers are best suited to help you plan, operate, and optimize optical performa ...

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Power smarter, more agile networks with a TDM mig ...
The gradual discontinuation of SONET/SDH and PDH equipment, mounting volumes of data, and other key factors are putting a signifi ...

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SDN control – 3 rules for successful deployment
When implementing SDN control in service provider optical networks, what works and what are the key architectural decisions on th ...

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Simplified management of multi-vendor, converged ...
Service providers want to simplify their network operations in order to drive efficiencies, but their strategies for managing coh ...
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Simplify Integration and Reap Cost Savings with C ...
This paper features two case studies that demonstrate the tangible cost and efficiency benefits realized by using Emulation Cloud.

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Smarter, greener, faster: The photonic layer’s ro ...
Paulina Gomez explains the critical role Ciena's programmable photonics are playing in the future of networking.

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Strengthen your advantage with Emulation Cloud an ...
In this final blog of the 4-part MCP Applications series, Marie Fiala describes the resources at your disposal to integrate, depl ...

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Sustainable Coherent Routing
Choose from three WaveRouter sizes for a sustainable network that fits perfectly with your specific power and space needs. Start ...

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The frosting on the multi-layered cake – an aweso ...
Communications networks are like those multi-layered cakes, and over-the-top applications are the frosting. Without intelligent n ...

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The winning hand in your network operations trans ...
How is Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan offering taking network operations to a new level of intelligent software control and aut ...

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Transforming photonic network operations with Liq ...
Ciena’s Liquid Spectrum Analytics Apps combine real-time analytics with increased automation to simplify operations and network a ...

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What is a network digital twin? And why is it rel ...
Ciena’s Mark Bieberich explores how network digital twins are even more relevant in the context of an AIOps strategy.

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Why SDN Domain Controllers are the essential link ...
Moving Software-Defined Networking (SDN) from trials to production brings efficiency, agility and significant cost savings to net ...