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Don’t be Fooled: Utility Fiber Outside the Substa ...

Many utility CIOs do not fully appreciate the fact that, once data leaves the substation or data center, it is basically outside ...

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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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Defending the smart city: 3 aspects to a holistic ...

With all the hype around Smart Cities today, you’d think they are ubiquitous. But even though there are a few high-profile exampl ...

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eBooks

Data Center Interconnect Essentials

This eBook provides an introduction to DCI and covers everything from applications and deployment scenarios to finding the right ...

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Webinars

Cybersecurity: The Critical Role of MACsec

This session explores how Media Access Control security (MACsec) slams the door shut and protects against cyberattacks.

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Case Studies

Cullman Electric powers Gigabit Broadband speeds ...

Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet ser ...

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Infobriefs

Crossing the Chasm: Migrating from Fixed- to Flex ...

Migrating from a fixed- to a flex-grid photonic network architecture—and the new operational paradigm this entails—can seem overw ...

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Case Studies

Converged IT/OT Network Amps Up Resilience for Ce ...

The Carrier Ethernet substation WAN solution that Ciena and Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL) delivered to Central Lincoln addres ...

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White Papers

Ciena's Adaptive IP

Ciena has introduced Adaptive IP, an innovative solution that offers the essential IP capabilities required to support new applic ...

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Articles

Ciena Wins UTC Impact Award for Software With Adv ...

For today’s utility companies, reliability is key but they don’t have a crystal ball telling them how reliable their networks are ...

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Videos

Ciena visits ESL One - the newest sports tourname ...

Ciena takes you to ESL One, an esports tournament that’s streamed by millions around the world, to learn more about the newest sp ...

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Ciena PinPoint advanced fiber analytics

PinPoint, Ciena's fiber analytic software, leverages integrated Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) capabilities to create a ...

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Podcasts

Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 44: How AI is Res ...

On this Ciena podcast hear Colt’s Francesca Serravalle join Rick Hamilton of Blue Planet to shed light on new opportunities where ...

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Podcasts

Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 43: Addressing th ...

On this Ciena podcast hear Mark Freeman of Cullman Electric Cooperative discuss the exciting impact of deploying broadband in the ...

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Videos

Ciena CTO Steve Alexander talks Packets

Steve Alexander, Ciena CTO talks about the rising demand for content, why content collection needs to be closer to the customer a ...

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Articles

Ciena And Schweitzer Engineering Labs Team Up On ...

Mitch Simcoe explains how Ciena has partnered with a best in class solution from Schweitzer Engineering Labs to address this spec ...

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Ciena And Aviat Team Up On Unified Fiber-Microwav ...

Building advanced utility communications networks requires a solution with superior performance that spans both fiber and microwa ...

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Can utilities support high bandwidth for IT appli ...

Can utilities have their cake and eat it too? Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe explains how utilities can meet the challenge of growing bandw ...

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Can utilities have their multi-layered cake and e ...

Utilities are facing increasing bandwidth demands on their communications networks. Ciena's Mitch Simcoe explains how modernizing ...

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Videos

Bridging the Gap Together, Delivering Broadband t ...

In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from a utility in Alabama (Cullman Electric) that launched scalable broadband to its rural ...

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Application Notes

Blueprint for Utility Network Modernization: Cien ...

This paper explains how Ciena’s 6500 PTS solves multiple TDM-to-packet migration challenges.

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Webinars

Beyond PON: The Critical Role of Shared Fiber Acc ...

Understand why 10Gb/s Passive Optical Network (PON) is expanding beyond residential to small enterprises, businesses, and mobilit ...

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Webinars

Beyond 100GbE: The Critical Role of Coherent Opti ...

Today’s network edge is once again being redefined. Join us to see how coherent optics and packet technologies help extend 100G a ...

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White Papers

An Ultra-Low-Latency Solution for Utilities

This paper introduces a deterministic packet transport method of achieving guaranteed latency for critical traffic being transpor ...

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