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Petabytes in motion: A look at next-gen networks ...

The event will be hosted by our very own Rod Wilson, and the panel will include guests from ESnet, University of Amsterdam, Texas ...

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Four Reasons You Want a Micro-Services Architectu ...

While the topic of container-based micro-services seems to have become a hot-topic overnight in the networking and telecom space, ...

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Behind the scenes with Ciena’s new Blue Planet ar ...

Hear the technology experts that have been working directly on our new Blue Planet architecture over the last year.

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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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Apply BPMN to Enable Network Transformation at th ...

It can be easy to gloss over how complicated it is to integrate new SDN and NFV functionality into an existing OSS. But this inte ...

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TOSCA and YANG? It’s not either/or...it’s both

Ciena's new Blue Planet architecture leverages a number of information models and orchestration tools – including TOSCA and NetCo ...

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Ciena Delivers Self-Service Programmability and R ...

Ciena® (NYSE: CIEN) unveiled key enhancements to its Blue Planet network orchestration software designed to help operators expand ...

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Ciena to Showcase Blue Planet Software at SDN &am ...

Experts discuss how service providers can improve agility for efficient, flexible networks with Blue Planet Software at SDN Open ...

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Don’t sell it short: 200G can extend far past the ...

Data Center Interconnect (DCI) isn't just about the metro anymore. That's why today we’re unveiling new capabilities that extend ...

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The SDN Resource Adapter: More than Meets the Eye

While NFV has largely owned the network virtualization industry spotlight of late, there is a rising tide of interest around conf ...

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Ciena Advances Terabit Switch to Support Surging ...

Ciena added several new powerful hardware and software capabilities to its 5430 Packet-Optical Platform.

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Ciena Upgrades SK Telecom’s Network with Advanced ...

Ciena’s ® 5430 Packet-Optical Platform is being deployed by SK Telecom as it upgrades its nationwide infrastructure to deliver wi ...

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Detailing Ciena’s massive new 15 Terabit OTN swit ...

This morning Ciena has unveiled a major update to our 5430 Packet-Optical Platform, giving it a massive upgrade to 15 Terabits of ...

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5 questions to evaluate OTN switching for your ne ...

Paul Littlewood, principal engineer in Ciena's CTO office and co-author of the

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Service Orchestration: The Cure for Vendor Silos ...

In order to fully orchestrate services from end-to-end, across both the physical and virtual domains, network operators will now ...

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Q&A with Ciena CEO Gary Smith on Cyan Acquisi ...

Ciena today completed its acquisition of Cyan, a leading provider of next-gen software and platforms to enable SDN networks.

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OTN vs SONET/SDH: Comparing the differences

After nearly 25 years since the introduction of SONET/SDH, the evolution of these standards has ceased, and the majority of SONET ...

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Ciena Selected by O2 to Deploy Nationwide Network ...

The commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited, is deploying Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions to support a new high-spee ...

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Ciena’s new Waveserver: a dream machine for data ...

Ciena introduces the Waveserver™, a compact and purpose-built platform capable of enabling massive multi-terabit bandwidth for me ...

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Ciena’s WaveLogic 3 and Ericsson help Telstra ach ...

Ericsson today released the latest progress and accomplishments with its trans-Australian network deployment with Telstra – inclu ...

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Indiana Fiber Network, LLC Turns to Ciena for Net ...

Future-proofed network will offer more access to advanced, high-speed services and deliver increased economic opportunity to comm ...

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The Metro gets a brand new 100G architecture opti ...

Traditionally, operators have had to choose between two types of photonic architectures when deploying an optical network: a pass ...

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Ciena’s new coherent chipsets raise the optical b ...

Ciena has unveiled two new coherent chipsets that represent the latest innovations with our WaveLogic 3 technology.

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Ciena goes web-scale with new coherent, metro and ...

This is the first in a series of blog posts detailing Ciena’s new products and solutions tailored for a new web-scale world.

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