Latest Utilities
Webinars
Securing the Cloud: Simplifying Security between ...
Learn how to protect data at the optical layer—using bulk encryption of data flows to secure the network infrastructure and keep ...
Application Notes
Securing Critical Infrastructure
Ciena’s WaveLogic Encryption solution combines a high degree of flexibility and security with ease of operation and administratio ...
eBooks
Routing and Switching eGuide
Ciena's Routing and Switching solutions combine intelligent devices and software to create the infrastructure needed to transform ...
Infobriefs
Residential Broadband Network Design Checklist
Residential networks are rapidly expanding to meet surging customer demand.
Case Studies
REN Assures Portugal's Electric Grid with Blue Pl ...
Due to the criticality of the electric grid, power utilities need reliable service delivery over their IP/MPLS networks. In this ...
Case Studies
Powering a Bright Future with Carrier Ethernet
One of the nation’s largest electricity generators replaces SONET technology with modern, easy-to-manage infrastructure designed ...
White Papers
Packets for All
For decades, TDM was the backbone for global bandwidth, transporting voice, data, and video. In 2012, global bandwidth was transf ...
Webinars
Own the Edge: Spotlight on 5G
Own the Edge: Spotlight on 5G is hosted by Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director, ABI Research, and Ciena’s Anup Changaroth ...
Videos
Own the Edge: Ciena’s leaders discuss the role of ...
Ciena's leaders talk about how IP/Optical convergence can transform your metro and edge network to increase operational automatio ...
Infographics and posters
Optical Transport Network
The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU G.709. Download this infographic for a deep dive into this crucial technology.
White Papers
Omdia: 800G Technology - Does Double Capacity Mea ...
Read the report to learn how 800G technology brings performance improvements, expanded capacity, and more cost-effective solution ...
White Papers
Omdia: 2020 Optical Network Hardware Vendor Score ...
This Scorecard evaluates the top optical network equipment vendors on criteria using concrete data and metrics, including direct ...
White Papers
Omdia: 100G Everywhere for Carriers and Enterpris ...
The 400G capability will be extended into the aggregation segment of the network to handle the growth of 100G access links.
Articles
No network modernization job is too big or too sm ...
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey details how to transform your business with our field-proven TDM-to-Packet solutions.
White Papers
Network Strategies to Drive Lower Costs amid High ...
This paper discusses how OTN and MPLS-TP can be jointly deployed to optimize IP router infrastructures.
Webinars
Network Modernization: Understanding Circuit and ...
Get an overview of circuit and pseudowire emulation and how to transport private line service over a packet-based network.
White Papers
Multi-service Substation WAN Backbone: Ready for ...
Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially du ...
Videos
Modernizing your utility network
The utility industry is undergoing a comprehensive change. In this video you will hear from LightRiver and Ciena on what to consi ...
Application Notes
Modernizing Utility Communications Networks to Me ...
This paper summarizes how packet networking can be used to simplify and expedite network migration to achieve a more modern commu ...
Application Notes
Modern, Agile Networks for the Super-high-bandwid ...
Rapid adoption of cloud services, video streaming, 4G and 5G wireless backhaul, and a range of other high-bandwidth applications ...
Infobriefs
Managed Services
Ciena’s Managed Network Service offerings provides increased operational efficiencies et al and an OPEX model that keeps your net ...
Case Studies
Major Utility Taps the Power of Ciena to Build a ...
Read this case study to learn how this major utility—using Ciena’s Adaptive Network—has reduced costs; improved network security ...
Infobriefs
Maintenance Service
Maintenance Service addresses these needs by providing highly responsive and proactive support to the customer’s in-service netwo ...
Articles
Keeping the Lights on With Advanced Analytics
Utility companies are facing increasingly daunting challenges, with Ciena’s Advanced Analytics capabilities, the power to keep th ...