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Updated: 800G – nothing but the facts

If you have been following Ciena, you know 800G adoption is underway. With that comes a lot of interest and questions. Ciena’s He ...

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Visio Stencils

6500 100G WL3 stencil

View the 6500 100G WL3 stencils.

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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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High Speed Data Converters

Bruce Beggs provides an overview of the importance of High Speed Data Converters.

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Articles

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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Videos

Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Extreme

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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Articles

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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Articles

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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Videos

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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Application Notes

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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Videos

Chalk Talk - Flexible Coherent Architectures

Dave Boertjes provides an overview of Flexible Coherent Architectures.

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Articles

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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Articles

What is Gridless Networking?

What is gridless networking? Brian Lavallée, who heads up submarine networks industry marketing for Ciena, provides some insight.

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Infobriefs

WaveLogic™ 5 Nano 100G/200G Standard CFP2-DCO and ...

WaveLogic 5 Nano CFP2-DCO is supported across Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical and Packet Networking portfolios in various system ...

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Articles

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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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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Articles

Autonomous Networks… Are You Ready?

Ciena's Brian Lavallée explains where we are (and where we're going) on the road to autonomous networks.

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Webinars

Ciena’s Optical Summer Series 2020

Join our experts as they discuss strategies and drivers for change, as well as the latest innovations emerging in optical network ...

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Articles

The Journey to 800G and Beyond

This blog originally appeared on Zayo's website. The road to innovation begins with a map. Sometimes it’s figurative — a roadmap ...

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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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Articles

GeoMesh Extreme:

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée delves into the depths of submarine networks and their importance to global communications, and how Ciena’ ...

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Videos

Is your data fully protected for the European Gen ...

In Europe, the GDPR is harmonizing data security legislation, and it also affects all companies that handle EU citizens' personal ...

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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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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai MOTR Modules

Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai MOTRs are optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable infrastructure.

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