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Year in review: Ciena’s 7 biggest announcements o ...

As we close out an unprecedented year, let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2020.

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Infographics and posters

Greener Networks Made Possible by Coherent Innova ...

Ciena’s coherent optical technology innovations have resulted in network providers getting five times more capacity over fiber.

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Videos

In the Lab: World's First 400GbE Interoperability ...

Straight from Ciena's R&D labs in Ottawa, Dave Doucet shows a live world's first demonstration of interoperability between and a ...

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Articles

4 critical requirements for the next-gen photonic ...

Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains the four critical photonic layer requirements to ensuring a successful network transformation.

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Articles

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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Articles

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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Articles

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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Articles

IHS Markit’s optical vendor survey is out: Ciena ...

Want to know what service providers really think of optical equipment vendors and their solutions? Here is a peek into IHS Markit ...

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Webinars

Optical Networks: Evaluating Your Options in an O ...

This webinar provides an overview of different architectures and approaches for next-generation optical network design including ...

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Articles

Hawaiki: from canoes to connected broadband in th ...

Ciena's Brian Lavallée sat down recently with Hawaiki Chief Executive Officer, Rémi Galasso to discuss the firm’s mission to tran ...

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Webinars

Securing the Cloud: Simplifying Security between ...

Learn how to protect data at the optical layer—using bulk encryption of data flows to secure the network infrastructure and keep ...

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Webinars

Understanding the Math – Reducing Cost Per Bit wi ...

Learn how to match the best coherent solution to specific network applications based on your networking requirements.

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Articles

Protecting $10 Trillion Worth of Transactions, Ev ...

Back in 2010, under the auspices of the IEEE, the Reliability of Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure (ROGUCCI) re ...

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Videos

In the lab: Ciena’s 6500 Family of Packet-Optical ...

Nic Benvenuti, Senior Director, Product Line Management, gives an overview of Ciena’s 6500 Family of Packet-Optical Platforms.

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Application Notes

Craving Bandwidth? Investigate New Ways to Expand ...

This paper highlights three unique scenarios that explain how Ciena’s Waveserver platform can be used to alleviate current R&E ne ...

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Articles

Altibox Carrier’s NO-UK Submarine Cable: Open. Gr ...

A few weeks ago, Altibox Carrier announced that the NO-UK submarine cable system achieved record-breaking 800Gb/s line rate with ...

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Webinars

Harness the Power of Automation through Intent-Ba ...

In this webinar, Ciena will discuss the importance of intent-based policies and how they are investing in Blue Planet's policy ca ...

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Articles

Modernising networks with transformative technolo ...

How organisations can migrate from costly, complex legacy infrastructure to modern, adaptive networks that maximise operating eff ...

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Webinars

A+ Interconnect—New Trends for Top-notch DCI Netw ...

Enroll in this session to ensure your DCI network gets passing marks while delivering superior end-customer experiences.

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Videos

Maximizing your 6500 network investment with new ...

Ciena’s Paulina Gomez provides a quick overview of the latest technology advancements on Ciena’s 6500 D/S-Series platforms.

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Articles

The benefits of an integrated C&L-band photon ...

Network providers are looking for new alternatives to unlock additional network capacity. Ciena’s Kent Jordan explains how upgrad ...

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Articles

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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Articles

4 reasons not to miss Ciena’s Optical Summer Webi ...

Yesterday’s speeds and feeds just can’t cut it in today’s environment, let alone tomorrow’s. How do you meet a future of growing ...

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eBooks

Guide to Transforming Photonic Network Operations ...

Ciena’s Liquid Spectrum helps providers extract the full value of network assets across all stages of the photonic network lifecy ...

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