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From natural disasters to cyber threats: The chal ...

Ivan Polizzi, Ciena’s Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific details the challenges Australasian s ...

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Year in Review: Ciena’s 10 biggest announcements ...

As we wrap up 2023, we are looking back at some of Ciena’s most significant news and announcements from the year.

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Pioneering the path for Quantum-Secured Long-Dist ...

What are the latest developments in quantum-secured communications and what could the future hold? Ciena’s Paulina Gomez sits dow ...

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The journey to 1.6T: Understanding the technologi ...

Helen Xenos explains how the technology choices behind Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6 terabit coherent optics translate to optim ...

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The journey to 1.6T: Why 1.6T and what’s in it fo ...

Incredible as it may sound, network providers will soon be able to evolve their optical networks to 1.6Tb/s transmission. What do ...

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Ciena’s WaveLogic: Accelerating connectivity and ...

Amid a surge of new investments and construction in data centers, Southeast Asian nations are joining together to make significan ...

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Deploying coherent plugs – is there more to the s ...

Looking for a reasonable approach to getting started deploying coherent pluggables? Ciena’s Tim Pearson provides the final two st ...

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Keep it simple – debating coherent plugs versus t ...

Coherent Routing is a hot topic in the industry due to the promise of greater scalability, flexibility, and sustainability in the ...

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Infusing sustainability into networks at every to ...

Networks across the globe are enabling so much good for our society. As operators continue to invest to meet these growing demand ...

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Metro routing done differently: Unveiling Ciena’s ...

You asked for a different way to build a converged metro network, and we listened. Meet WaveRouter, a reimagined routing platform ...

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Fourth Generation 100GbE is the real deal. How we ...

Ciena’s Ivana Lemos explains how with Ciena’s new 8140 Coherent Metro Router you can meet new 100GbE requirements and satisfy you ...

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Introducing WaveLogic 6: Another industry first f ...

1.6 Terabit wavelengths. 800G everywhere. 800G pluggables delivering 1000 km reaches. Seems impossible? Don’t ever tell that to a ...

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How to elevate your defenses against growing cybe ...

Advances in quantum computing are introducing new paradigms in data security. Ciena’s Patrick Scully explains what they are and w ...

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MCP is an Intelligent Network Controller. What do ...

What is an Intelligent Network Controller? Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains the real value that lies behind this new term.

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Battle of the bands. Get more fiber capacity usin ...

Which technology will prevail in the battle of the bands? Conventional C + L-band? New L-band options combined with an Extended 6 ...

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Coherent Routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical ...

There’s way more to IP/Optical convergence than just a plug in a router. Scott McFeely Ciena’s SVP of Global Products & Services ...

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With big edge densification comes big metro respo ...

Ciena’s 8100 family is expanding in a big way by adding the 8190 for higher capacity aggregation. Ivana Lemos explains how you ca ...

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Verizon honors Ciena with Supplier Environmental ...

Verizon acknowledges Ciena for its outstanding support in helping them meet their sustainability goals this year while also drivi ...

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Is your metro network architecture ready to scale ...

Ciena’s 8114 Coherent Aggregation Router, the newest member of the 8100 family, brings providers more capacity for dedicated and ...

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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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What’s new from Ciena in optical? The breadth of ...

Once again Ciena is breaking barriers across both performance and footprint-optimized coherent optics, learn about our latest opt ...

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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...

Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...

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Selecting flexible coherent routing platforms wit ...

Did you know Ciena’s coherent routing platforms have all the capabilities you need to support next-generation metro and edge use ...

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More than a photon cannon: What iCAIR, UETN and C ...

iCAIR, UETN and Ciena were recently awarded the Best Long-Distance Performance and Overall Winner of the international Data Mover ...

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