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White Papers
Heavy Reading: Coherent Pluggable Optics Service ...
Explore how global operators use 400G and 800G coherent pluggables for DCI, metro, and long haul in this independent 2025 Heavy R ...
White Papers
Zero-trust optical transport: A tiered architectu ...
Unlock uninterrupted metro performance with Microsoft and Ciena. Discover a zero-trust approach to resilient optical transport.
Articles
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 ...
Videos
Ciena Customer Insights featuring Skyline Technol ...
Skyline discusses AI, intelligent transportation, and the need for scalable fiber to drive state and local government innovation.
Videos
Waveserver E-Series: Cost-Efficient Multi-Service ...
Ciena’s Waveserver E-Series platforms are simple-to-deploy edge demarcation devices enabling operators to flexibly address a rang ...
Data Sheets
100ZR QSFP28 Coherent Transceiver
Compared to traditional IM-DD optics, 100ZR QSFP28 coherent pluggable transceiver uses coherent technology to deliver 100 Gb/s da ...
White Papers
Optical Transport Networks for AI: 2025 Heavy Rea ...
AI is increasing and evolving connectivity demands. Learn from our survey with Heavy Reading what CSPs see as the biggest challen ...
Infobriefs
Coherent Plug Programmer
This portable tool enables multiple transmission modes. Learn how you can deploy space- and power-efficient pluggables while reta ...
Ciena Customer Insights featuring Cogent
Joe Schmitz, Director of Optical Transport, shares how Cogent helps hyperscalers and cloud providers handle AI bandwidth demands.
Ciena Customer Insights featuring Liberty Global
Chris Aspell, Director of Innovation and Roadmap, discusses how Liberty Global’s network is prepared for an AI-driven future.
eBooks
Wave Services Report
Driven by AI and the adoption of cloud services, wave services are gaining momentum. Read our report to identify and understand t ...
White Papers
Understanding connectivity opportunities and chal ...
We surveyed 1,300+ global data center operators about the growth of AI in networking and its anticipated impact. Learn how they p ...
Videos
Ciena Customer Insights Featuring MOX Networks
Allen Meeks, President and CEO of MOX Networks, shares the inspiring journey of MOX with Kevin Sheehan, Ciena’s CTO of the Americ ...
Infobriefs
Implementation Service: Routing and switching net ...
Learn how our Implementation Service de-risks and accelerates your network build for optical networks. Ciena Services simplifies ...
Videos
Industry's 1st 3.2Tb/s IM-DD transmission
This video showcases how McGill University, Ciena, HyperLight and Keysight achieved the industry's first 3.2Tb/s, 448Gb/s Per-Lan ...
Infobriefs
Implementation Service: Optical network build
Learn how our Implementation Service de-risks and accelerates your network build for optical networks. Ciena Services simplifies ...
Articles
Taking a holistic approach to network sustainabil ...
Ciena’s Francisco Sant’Anna details why taking a holistic approach to network sustainability helps network operators achieve thei ...
Articles
What’s next for pluggable coherent optics
As Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Nano nears commercial availability, it is an ideal time to provide our outlook on the growing market for p ...
Articles
Innovation in action: Building tomorrow’s photoni ...
Prepare for what’s next, today with Ciena’s 6500 RLS and its innovative capabilities from edge to core.
Infographics and posters
AI workloads are reshaping data center landscape
Global survey of data center experts explores networking needs for AI era
Infobriefs
WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G–400G Standard, Extended Tem ...
WaveLogic™ 5 Nano (WL5n) 100G–400G Standard, Extended Temp, and Enhanced QSFP-DD Transceivers incorporate Ciena’s advanced cohere ...
Infobriefs
WaveLogic 6 Nano 1.6T Coherent-Lite Pluggable Tra ...
The WaveLogic™ 6 Nano 1.6T Coherent-Lite Pluggable Transceiver delivers the higher loss budget, performance, and reliability requ ...
White Papers
State of the Market: AI is Driving New Thinking i ...
The rapid adoption of AI/ML presents the optical communications sector with both challenges and opportunities.
Infobriefs
WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6T Transponder Module
The WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) 1.6T Transponder Module (1600G Module) is a multi-rate, single-carrier coherent transponder capab ...