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What will it take to bring quantum cryptography t ...

The coming of quantum computing requires a revolution in security and encryption to keep data safe. Ciena’s Patrick Scully detail ...

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What is ZR+?

ZR+ means different things to different people. Learn about the wide range of different solutions encompassed by the generic term ...

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What is Gridless Networking?

What is gridless networking? Brian Lavallée, who heads up submarine networks industry marketing for Ciena, provides some insight.

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What is FlexEthernet and why is it so important?

FlexEthernet (FlexE) is a new flexible Ethernet client interface standard defined by the OIF. Ciena's Helen Xenos explains what i ...

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What is Fiber Densification?

There is a new term that is increasingly cropping up in networking conversations: densification. Ciena’s Helen Xenos explains wha ...

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What is an Optical Control Plane?

To help clarify the question of “what is an optical control plane?”, we put together the below infographic that walks through the ...

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What Happens When Quantum Physics Meets Cryptogra ...

Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains how research and development in cryptography is underway and how it could radically change encrypt ...

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...

This week, we're sharing 5 things from a CX Award judge, helping you ensure your network analytics solution can drive intelligent ...

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Webinars

Webinar Series: Optical Knowledge Strength Traini ...

Give your optical knowledge a workout. Build your core strength. Expand your know-how. Gain flexibility in your thinking.

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Waveserver Ai Modules (10xQSFP+, CMD10) Stencil

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Videos

Waveserver 5: 800Gbps Quantum Secured Communicati ...

Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform powered by proven 800 Gb/s encryption, leverages open APIs to communicate with an external QKD syst ...

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Data Sheets

Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform

Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform, optimized for 100GbE and 400GbE applications, provides the industry’s highest capacit ...

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Data Sheets

Waveserver

Waveserver® Ai delivers unmatched capacity—up to 2.4 Tb/s in a single rack unit—with a familiar operational toolset to tackle the ...

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Infobriefs

WaveLogic™ 5 Nano 400ZR Transceiver

Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano 400ZR Transceiver incorporates Ciena’s advanced coherent optical technology to deliver footprint-optimiz ...

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Infobriefs

WaveLogic™ 5 Nano 100G/200G Standard CFP2-DCO and ...

WaveLogic 5 Nano CFP2-DCO is supported across Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical and Packet Networking portfolios in various system ...

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WaveLogic Photonics: Increasing Competitive Advan ...

WaveLogic Photonics is Ciena’s fully instrumented, intelligent photonic system composed of WaveLogic coherent optics and flexible ...

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Brochures

WaveLogic Photonics Coherent Select

Purpose-built for high-capacity access, aggregation, and distribution networks, Ciena’s WaveLogic Photonics Coherent Select is an ...

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Articles

WaveLogic Encryption brings effortless in-flight ...

Ciena's new WaveLogic Encryption solution brings simple, in-flight data encryption to 100G and 200G speeds.

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai Multi-rate/400G Single-channel 5x7 M ...

Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai 5x7 Multi-rate/400G Single-channel Module is a 5”x7” high-performance coherent transceiver.

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai MOTR Modules

Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai MOTRs are optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable infrastructure.

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WaveLogic Ai FOTR Modules

The WaveLogic Ai FOTR modules are highly dense optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable ...

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Videos

WaveLogic 6 Extreme: Evolving to 1.6Tb/s Networki ...

Joe Shapiro, Vice President PLM, explains the business benefits of evolving to 1.6T technology with Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme f ...

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