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Visualizing the Future of Networking
Ciena has unveiled Blue Planet Manage, Control and Plan (MCP), providing real-time software control and advanced visualization ac ...
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Ciena to Show Advanced Research and Development I ...
Industry-leading Blue Planet software, DCI, and optical networking technology accelerate work in scientific research across the g ...
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The Evolving Retail Experience
Ciena’s Corporate Strategist Loudon Blair reflects on the evolving retail landscape and what’s required from a networking perspec ...
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4 Reasons Enterprises Love SD-WAN
Lee Doyle of Doyle Research explains why SD-WAN services are so attractive to enterprises, and what service providers can do to r ...
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CenturyLink announces network virtualization plan ...
Ciena's Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator is a key part of CenturyLink’s plan to virtualize 40% of its global IP core network location ...
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Spotlight on 4G/5G fronthaul networks
Not sure what xHaul is or why it's critical to the success of 5G? How should operators, MNOs and wholesalers alike, converge 4G a ...
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Karl Horne Q&A: MDSO is the Key to Rolling wi ...
Karl Horne—Ciena’s CTO for the Asia Pacific region —explains how multi-domain service orchestration (MDSO) is crucial to helping ...
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Being a Catalyst of Industry Change
Ciena's Sam Torrente details how Ciena Blue Planet and DGIT Systems worked together to create an award-winning solution using ope ...
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The Arrival of Open Utility Networks
The utility industry is undergoing a comprehensive transformation as it modernizes to a more efficient and smarter grid. Because ...
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Ciena Completes Acquisition of DonRiver
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of DonRiver. Rick Hamilton, SVP of Global Software and Services at Ciena, details ...
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Upskilling staff through disruptive times
As enterprises change how they architect networks, they must train staff. Everyone involved—vendors, partners, enterprises—must p ...
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Interconnecting Data Centers to Support the New W ...
Read this paper and learn how digital health is placing new demands on data center connectivity and how a few steps can help impr ...
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The submarine network seascape in 2020
Ciena’s submarine networking expert, Brian Lavallée, highlights key areas for focused innovation throughout 2020.
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Can Orchestrating an End-to-End Network Slice Be ...
Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has recently started an E2E slicing Working Group to investigate models and mechanisms to demonstrate ...
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Blog Series | Transform your network operations w ...
Did you know Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to boost business agility and su ...
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Creating Intelligent Hybrid Operations
This paper will explore the ongoing changes in operational models, what the new operations model could look like, and the role of ...
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Converging and Automating 5G Networks
Ciena offers a complete, open solution, allowing MNOs and wholesale operators to build best-in-breed 5G networks for competitive ...
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Accelerating Access to Cloud Connectivity
Tyler Coates, Senior Vice President for Enterprise at Zayo, details the company’s efforts to speed and simplify enterprise access ...
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What is an Optical Control Plane?
To help clarify the question of “what is an optical control plane?”, we put together the below infographic that walks through the ...
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D-NFV for enterprises: 5 key benefits
Learn why D-NFV's speed and simplicity might make it the next evolution of how enterprises deploy new network services.
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What’s Next for Cable Business Services?
For cable operators, business services have been a key growth engine for years. Ciena’s Darren McKinney explains how cable MSOs m ...
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SC17: Super Networks for Super Computers
The SC17 conference provides a perfect opportunity to experience the intersection of high-performance computing with high-perform ...
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Ciena Selected to Deploy Leading-Edge Packet Netw ...
Ciena’s technology will be deployed by Telefónica UK to migrate legacy traffic onto a new packet network capable of supporting 5G ...
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Celebrating National Engineering Month
Ciena’s Michael Hubbard, Dave Doucet, and Melissa Trezise share why they became optical and software engineers, what keeps them m ...