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Ciena Customer Insights featuring Cogent
Joe Schmitz, Director of Optical Transport, shares how Cogent helps hyperscalers and cloud providers handle AI bandwidth demands.
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Coherent Plug Programmer
This portable tool enables multiple transmission modes. Learn how you can deploy space- and power-efficient pluggables while reta ...
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Waveserver Ai
Learn how Waveserver Ai drives competitive differentiation, minimizes costs, and maximizes density, scale, and capacity in DCI ne ...
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6500 family of Packet-Optical Platforms infograph ...
The 6500 family enables sustainable network modernization with flexibility, scalability, and multi-layer programmability
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1.6T WaveLogic 6 Extreme MOTR Module
Go farther, faster, and more efficiently with the WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) MOTR.

Ciena Customer Insights featuring Liberty Global
Chris Aspell, Director of Innovation and Roadmap, discusses how Liberty Global’s network is prepared for an AI-driven future.

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Industry's 1st 3.2Tb/s IM-DD transmission
This video showcases how McGill University, Ciena, HyperLight and Keysight achieved the industry's first 3.2Tb/s, 448Gb/s Per-Lan ...

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Chalk Talk: Terabit
Ciena's WaveLogic 3 helps you realize a 25-fold increase in spectral efficiency—making 1 terabit transmission speeds a reality to ...

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Ciena Customer Insights Featuring MOX Networks
Allen Meeks, President and CEO of MOX Networks, shares the inspiring journey of MOX with Kevin Sheehan, Ciena’s CTO of the Americ ...

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Chalk Talk: Optical Transport Network (OTN)
Find out how Optical Transport Network (OTN), a multi-network protocol compatible with Ethernet, helps you build video, mobile, i ...

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Chalk Talk: Soft Forward Error Correction
Soft Forward Error Correction provides the best performance for your network because it gives higher capacity, tolerance and twic ...

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Chalk Talk: WaveLogic 3
Joe Berthold discusses how Ciena’s new WaveLogic 3 platform will change the way our customers compete, by providing the industry’ ...
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O NID DS | Ciena
Ciena’s O-NID extends OTN closer to the network edge, with operational simplicity and the flexibility to address multiple applica ...

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OTN Services
Ciena's Manuel Damas talks to Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock on Optical Transport Network (OTN) services.

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Chalk Talk: Coherent Select
Evolve your network to the web-scale world with Coherent Select.

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Chalk Talk: Coherent Optical Cycle Slips
Kim Roberts explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic technology can help prevent performance penalties by minimizing cycle slips and mitiga ...

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Chalk Talk: WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Footprint- ...
Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how coherent technology is evolving across networks.

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Chalk Talk: WaveLogic 5 Extreme
Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme provides tunable bandwidth from 2 ...

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Wavelogic 3
Ciena SVP Rick Dodd talks about WaveLogic 3, the latest generation of coherent optical processors that are the foundation of our ...

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Optical reloaded: A tale of two networks
Introducing software-defined optical, delivered by Ciena’s Liquid Spectrum, Liquid Spectrum allows you to tune, control, and dyna ...

Podcasts
Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 3: Submarine Netw ...
On the podcast today, Brian Lavallee is here to talk about the role of submarine, and the work Ciena is doing with coherent techn ...
Data Sheets
6500-S32 Packet-Optical Platform
Designed for high-capacity networking, the 6500-S32 Packet-Optical Platform converges comprehensive Ethernet, TDM, and WDM capabi ...
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Ciena GeoMesh: You've Been Cut, So What?
GeoMesh - land, sea, cloud network unite. Ciena helps you stay connected all the time.
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Optical Transport Network
The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU G.709. Download this infographic for a deep dive into this crucial technology.