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Replace network equipment faster, for lower cost, ...

What if you could maintain network availability by leveraging someone else’s in-place operations to get replacement parts into yo ...

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What is Fiber Densification?

There is a new term that is increasingly cropping up in networking conversations: densification. Ciena’s Helen Xenos explains wha ...

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Get Ready for Generation ‘Z’

Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains these generational differences and how you can modernize your network assets to bridge the generati ...

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Ciena Universal Aggregation Solution

Unify your TDM, IP, and Ethernet services onto one converged network, and watch your business opportunities and revenue multiply.

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Innovating for the Future of Broadband. Is your n ...

Learn how Ciena’s broadband approach enables service providers and network operators to capture new opportunities with a middle-m ...

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eBooks

Data Center Interconnect Essentials

This eBook provides an introduction to DCI and covers everything from applications and deployment scenarios to finding the right ...

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Fiber densification without complexity the goal o ...

To support the bandwidth demands on already taxed networks, providers are looking for solutions that can provide step-level impro ...

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Virtualizing the World of Cable

It’s not surprising that cable operators are virtualizing their networks. Not only is it the logical step to reduce power and sav ...

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White Papers

The Adaptive Network Is the Foundation of Persona ...

Whether students are learning from home or in the classroom, networks must be ready to support on-demand, bandwidth-hungry, low-l ...

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Re-Sodding Cable MSO Brownfields

With an increase in demand for high-speed data, IP video, cloud computing, and business services, cable MSO brownfields need to u ...

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Data Sheets

6500 Reconfigurable Line System

Ciena’s 6500 Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) delivers scale and programmability for the photonic layer while maximizing operatio ...

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Cable’s move to network automation

Want to hear directly from cable executives about what is driving their network automation strategies? Broadband Success Partners ...

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Sharing Bandwidth with the Neighbors

Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains how Cable Operators can reduce sharing sizes to increase overall customer quality of experience.

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IP/Optical Convergence: Are you ready?

Discover some of the biggest barriers to IP/Optical Convergence and how Ciena can help.

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai FOTR Modules

The WaveLogic Ai FOTR modules are highly dense optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable ...

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Articles

Universal aggregation for Cable MSOs

In the second part of Wayne Hickey’s series on universal aggregation, he takes a look at Cable MSO networks, what they are, and h ...

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Infobriefs

Senza Fili: From Automated to Autonomic Networks

This paper discusses the transition from static automation to new, the new autonomic networks that 5G networks will require.

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Articles

How is change management the key to successful ca ...

The Cable/MSO industry is entering new territory as networks are modernized to get ahead of market dynamics. Change was everywher ...

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Ciena PinPoint advanced fiber analytics

PinPoint, Ciena's fiber analytic software, leverages integrated Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) capabilities to create a ...

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White Papers

The Converged Interconnect Network

Ciena’s Fiber Deep Solution for the Converged Interconnect Network enables architectural and service convergence over a common CI ...

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Webinars

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 ...

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Videos

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 ...

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White Papers

Verizon, Ciena and Network Modernization

With Ciena, Verizon was able to build a parallel network — minimizing disruptions and reducing risk to end users — that was less ...

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Cable's Fiber Outlook Survey Report

In this report, we present the responses to that comprehensive survey, look at what cable’s fiber-feeding frenzy is fueling and e ...

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