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xHaul Transport Networks will Dictate the Success ...
Understand why the xHaul (fronthaul, midhaul, backhaul) transport network will dictate 5G’s end-to-end success.
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Why Model-Driven Templating Matters with SDN and ...
In the move to SDN and NFV architectures, model-driven templating plays a pivotal role in helping develop and deliver new service ...
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WHOI Furthers Ocean Research with High-Speed Camp ...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a global leader in ocean research, has built a new Ciena-powered metro campus Ethern ...
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When Moore Is Not Enough – Why Our Growing Networ ...
The demand for communications bandwidth is expanding faster and faster each year, and we’re entering a stage where just Moore’s L ...
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What will research networks look like in 2020?
With their need to share massive amounts of research data with other institutions around the globe, research networks serve as a ...
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What is Distributed NFV and why do you need it?
Ciena's Brian Lavallée introduces the concept of Distributed NFV, or D-NFV, and why service providers are increasingly looking at ...
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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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WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme: Evolving Networks to 1.6 Tb ...
Providing ubiquitous 800G connectivity and ultimate wavelength capacity of up to 1.6 Tb/s, WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) brings the ...
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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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WaveLogic Encryption Solution
Read this application note to find out more about WaveLogic Encryption, Ciena’s cost-effective, high-capacity, protocol-agnostic, ...
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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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Virtualization is nothing without infrastructure: ...
The increasing demand for capacity is driving the need to build open, intelligent, physical infrastructure for R&E
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Verizon, Ciena and Network Modernization
With Ciena, Verizon was able to build a parallel network — minimizing disruptions and reducing risk to end users — that was less ...
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Utah Education Network Provides Bandwidth On Dema ...
Working with the University of Utah, the Utah Education Network has connected the research community with a super-fast Ciena’s 65 ...
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Upgrading R&E Networks to Bolster Bandwidth, ...
Research and Education (R&E) organizations are looking for new and better ways to provide network services to campus communities. ...
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Universal Aggregation: Consolidating Packet and O ...
Get an overview of how to consolidate separate service architectures onto a simple, open, and lean packet-based network.
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Traveling Farther Just Got Smarter with 300G 8QAM ...
Ciena, CANARIE and StarLight collaborate on a 300G trail over a live research network using 8QAM modulation.
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Transforming IP Connectivity with Segment Routing ...
Gain insights into why Segment Routing technology will be one of the pillars of the next-generation of mobile networks and its ef ...
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The Reality of Applying SDN WAN in R&E Networ ...
Many R&E networks are at the forefront of SDN deployments, but now risk replacing hardware silos with software silos via a multi- ...
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The next generation of HPC networks: how to adapt ...
How does the next generation of optical networking technologies allow high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to connect with p ...
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The Future of Network Security
Ciena's Patrick Scully provides his insights on the future of network security, the importance of third party certification.
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The Adaptive Network Is the Foundation of Persona ...
Whether students are learning from home or in the classroom, networks must be ready to support on-demand, bandwidth-hungry, low-l ...
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Sensible step or leap of faith? 5 key reasons why ...
Jean-David Fabre, head of the research and education market, EMEA, Ciena says that by breaking with tradition and choosing the da ...