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Ciena's 9 predictions for networks and tech in 20 ...
Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give their predictions for the upcoming year.
Case Studies
Diamond State Networks Middle Mile Project for Ar ...
Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, adaptive, and responsive middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote commu ...
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What's in store for Asia Pacific Networking in 20 ...
From 5G to AI to the move to virtualization, Ciena’s Anup Changaroth gives his insights on the major trends that are likely to dr ...
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Break away from the pack: How service providers c ...
A surge of new services, content, and applications are being created and consumed at the edge of the network by both business and ...
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Quantifying the benefits of tunable coherent mode ...
How do you reduce optical transport costs to compete in an aggressive market? Helen Xenos talks about the economics of tunable co ...
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Ciena hits another milestone: 100,000 WaveLogic 5 ...
Ciena has reached an incredible milestone, surpassing 100,000 modems shipped of its industry-leading WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) p ...
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How pluggables fit into Ciena’s coherent optical ...
Greg Friesen gives an update on Ciena's coherent optical investment strategy and provides some insights into what is next, includ ...
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Detailing Ciena’s massive new 15 Terabit OTN swit ...
This morning Ciena has unveiled a major update to our 5430 Packet-Optical Platform, giving it a massive upgrade to 15 Terabits of ...
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Year in review: Ciena’s 7 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out an unprecedented year, let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2020.
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4 critical requirements for the next-gen photonic ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains the four critical photonic layer requirements to ensuring a successful network transformation.
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Q&A with Ciena CEO Gary Smith on Cyan Acquisi ...
Ciena today completed its acquisition of Cyan, a leading provider of next-gen software and platforms to enable SDN networks.
White Papers
GeoMesh: Global Submarine Networking for a Web-sc ...
GeoMesh epitomizes the convergence of submarine and terrestrial network and web-scale technologies, yielding previously impossibl ...
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Ovum report says optical networks are booming in ...
It is no secret that India is experiencing massive bandwidth demand growth fueled largely by mobile broadband. A recent report by ...
Case Studies
IHS Markit: Bharti Airtel’s Optical Network Trans ...
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities Airtel faced as it set out to redesign and expand its optical network footpr ...
Press Releases
Telia Carrier Expands U.S. Footprint with Ciena
Coherent optical solution will double fiber capacity and support unpredictable bandwidth demands
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The SDN Resource Adapter: More than Meets the Eye
While NFV has largely owned the network virtualization industry spotlight of late, there is a rising tide of interest around conf ...
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Coherent optical turns 10: Here’s how it was made
This is the story of how a team of over 100 people in Ciena's R&D labs pulled together an impressive collection of technology inn ...
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Colt Expands Asia Pacific Network with Ciena
Colt Technology Services continues to invest in its core assets in the Asia Pacific region with the deployment of Ciena’s 6500 Co ...
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Why ROADM architectures make sense for your DCI n ...
Simple, point-to-point data center interconnect networks are the norm, so why are network operators considering ROADM for their m ...
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Bharti Airtel honors Ciena with Airtel Value Lead ...
Ciena has been honoured with the Airtel Value Leader award at Airtel Confluence, Bharti Airtel’s annual global partner conference.
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Redefining the metro edge with packet and coheren ...
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains how coherent packet-optical is redefining metro’s edge.
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Four Reasons You Want a Micro-Services Architectu ...
While the topic of container-based micro-services seems to have become a hot-topic overnight in the networking and telecom space, ...
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New tide of technologies tested on Facebook’s MAR ...
Brian Lavallée, Senior Director of Submarine Network Solutions Marketing at Ciena, sat down with Facebook's Steve Grubb, a key me ...
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Hawaiki: from canoes to connected broadband in th ...
Ciena's Brian Lavallée sat down recently with Hawaiki Chief Executive Officer, Rémi Galasso to discuss the firm’s mission to tran ...