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Omdia survey results: AI comes to transport netwo ...
Omdia's latest global transport network automation study emphasizes the importance of AI, automation, and network digital twins i ...
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Turning network complexity into measurable busine ...
Ciena’s Gabriel Girard explains how advisory expertise, engineered processes, and advanced analytics help operators accelerate gr ...
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Agentic AI: Rewriting the rules of compute and ne ...
AI infrastructure is entering a new phase. As agentic AI demands more orchestration, memory handling, and tool execution from CPU ...
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Ciena and Meta achieve world record 800 Gb/s acro ...
As AI-driven demand accelerates, Ciena and Meta have set a new world record — achieving unregenerated single carrier 800 Gb/s acr ...
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AI is everywhere. But its value only flows where ...
AI is scaling beyond the data center into distributed inference across clouds and the edge. Ciena’s Vini Santos explains how turn ...
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Scaling networks for the AI era: A conversation w ...
Ciena is advancing a new wave of optical innovations designed to meet rising capacity demands. In this conversation, Ciena’s Hele ...
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A skeptic’s guide to managed NOC
Third-party NOC hesitancy is normal. In this blog, Colin Naples addresses some of the reasons operators hesitate to outsource NOC ...
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Not all AIOps solutions are created equal
AIOps – the application of AI technology to network operations – is a well-used term nowadays; however, generic AIOps solutions f ...
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What service providers really want from autonomou ...
Ciena and Blue Planet leaders unpack the operational and financial outcomes driving the shift to AI-driven autonomy.
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What is scale across? The optical innovations ena ...
As AI training scales beyond the limits of a single data center, a new architectural model is emerging: scale across. In this blo ...
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1.6T quantum-safe encryption: Protecting critical ...
High-speed meets high-security. Ciena’s Paulina Gomez breaks down how WaveLogic 6 Extreme delivers the industry’s only 1.6Tb/s qu ...
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Solution validation is more than testing. It is a ...
In an era of AI-scale traffic and constant network change, hoping a solution will work is no longer enough. Ann Cantrell explains ...
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Network management and control without the IT inf ...
As networks scale faster and AI-driven demands intensify, legacy on-premises management infrastructure is becoming a hidden const ...
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Navigating NIS2: Ciena's commitment to cybersecur ...
The EU’s NIS2 Directive represents a significant step forward in strengthening cybersecurity across critical infrastructure and e ...
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Dark, lit, or hybrid—if your network can’t move d ...
More leaders are asking: Should we build or buy our network core? Kevin Sheehan, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer of the Americas ...
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What does DCI really mean today? From scale acros ...
In this blog, Ciena’s Helen Xenos explores the requirements behind each DCI deployment and how the right technology helps make th ...
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Cut deployment time from weeks to hours with Navi ...
Historically, optical network deployments have been manual, error-prone, and time-consuming, potentially leaving some capacity un ...
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AI inference is the next network stress test
When people think about AI infrastructure, they usually focus on large language model (LLM) training. But training is only the op ...
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A look back: Ciena’s top milestones of 2025
From 1.6T becoming real to AI reshaping how networks are built and run, here’s a look at the milestones that defined Ciena’s 2025.
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A well-defended and resilient security operation: ...
When it comes to cybersecurity, the finish line keeps moving. Threats get faster, rules become more complex, and the expectations ...
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Scaling transport networks - The transition to Se ...
While legacy transport technologies such as MPLS-TP, RSVP-TE, and LDP have served well in the past, it is Segment Routing that is ...
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Beyond bandwidth: How Ciena Services keeps neosca ...
Neoscalers excel at delivering massive GPU clusters and LLM platforms to tackle the toughest AI compute challenges. But what abou ...
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How Ciena builds trust through a “confidently com ...
In today’s fast-paced digital world, trust isn’t just important; it’s essential. In this blog, Ciena’s Global Head of Security Go ...
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Set yourself up for AIOps success with clean netw ...
AI promises to significantly enhance network operations. But is your network data clean enough to provide a solid foundation for ...