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Four Things to Know about Peering Connectivity
This paper explains how the ability to securely deliver high-quality video makes peering connectivity an attractive alternative f ...
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Quantifying the Business Benefits of NFV-based Ma ...
As much as SDN and NFV are about technology innovation, they are also about business innovation. New service descriptions, servic ...
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NFV and SDN: The Next Step in the Evolution of th ...
In this white paper, CED, a publication focused on the MVPD segment, explores virtualization benefits and obstacles as well as ho ...
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IDC Executive Insights: Transitioning Toward a So ...
The results of the IDC Asia/Pacific WAN and Communications Survey, 2015, show that enterprises see the need for network to be not ...
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Technology Innovation for Web-scale Data Center I ...
Ciena’s solutions, rooted in the company’s industry leadership in DCI applications, enable data center and network operators to a ...
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Delivering Profitable DCI Services
Enterprises are shifting more of their IT spending from private cloud to hybrid and public cloud services, triggering new Data Ce ...
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Expanding Demands Need Routing and Switching Perf ...
This paper shows how to gain the most from metro transformation initiatives with a simple, scalable, and programmable approach.
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MSOs Take Ethernet Business Services By Storm
This paper discusses the rise of EBS as an appealing alternative to traditional business services.
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Ethernet Services in an IP World
Ethernet as a data networking technology has been in wide use for many years, keeping pace with the network speeds demanded by ap ...
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Five Data Center Federation Factors to Help Prepa ...
A Data Center Federation (DCF) can make a pivotal difference in helping to keep content and data consumers working, playing, and ...
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Small Cell Technology, Big Business Opportunity
Small cells allow the mobile network to improve in both coverage and capacity, which facilitates web-scale architectures even fur ...
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The Impact of OTT Services on the Mobile Backhaul ...
Many mobile operators have deployed a traditional IPoDWDM architecture for mobile backhaul, which was sufficient when network tra ...
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Maximizing LTE Benefits Using Carrier Ethernet Ba ...
Backhaul providers are in a prime position to capitalize on the growing market for delivering Carrier Ethernet services to MNOs.
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GeoMesh: Integrated Test Set Capabilities
Ciena is enabling significant opportunities to increase revenues by offering market-leading 100G-based transatlantic and transpac ...
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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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A Smarter Communications Network for the Smart Gr ...
As electric utilities evolve to the smart grid, they need a comparable evolution of the underlying communications network.
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Exceeding 100 Gb/s in Research and Education Netw ...
This paper reviews the attributes of coherent systems in light of the challenges faced by system designers to realize 100 Gb/s op ...
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Defending the Smart City
With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...
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SDN and NFV: The Brains Behind the Smart City
In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are considering SDN and NFV to deliver the agility and flexibil ...
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Carrier-Grade Ethernet as a Foundation of Assured ...
Ciena a network strategy and technology company - Network Solutions for Optical Transport and Switching, Carrier Ethernet, Data a ...
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Improving the Enterprise Network
This paper explores the value proposition of Carrier Ethernet, as expressed by carriers, as it applies to government and enterpri ...
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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.
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Considerations for Building a Healthcare Sector P ...
Precise information is the lifeblood of healthcare sector enterprises, empowering providers to deliver the best possible patient ...
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Leveraging Rich APIs for a New DCI Operational Pa ...
The explosion of traffic driven by on-demand video streaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) has been the driving force for a ne ...