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IP/Optical Convergence: Are you ready?
Discover some of the biggest barriers to IP/Optical Convergence and how Ciena can help.
Case Studies
Internet2: Building America's First National 100G ...
Internet2 worked in partnership with Ciena to deploy America’s first nationwide 100G network, which delivers 100G connectivity fo ...
Videos
Internet2's 8.8Tbps Network Using Ciena Gear
Rob Vietzke, Executive Director of Network Services at Internet2, talks about the new 8.8 Tb/s national backbone network Internet ...
Videos
Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...
Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...
White Papers
Heavy Reading: The Transformation Choice - Data C ...
As the explosion of data continues, distributed cloud-native applications will dictate how and where data centers are built and d ...
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 ...
Podcasts
From Hurricane Predictors to Human Genomics: How ...
Ciena’s Rod Wilson and Internet2’s Rob Vietzke and Chris Wilkinson discuss the future of R&E networks and reminisce about some of ...
Videos
Fiber Characterization
In our live demonstration, we will show the coexistence of XGS-PON and 25GS-PON on the same single fiber, enabling both residenti ...
Infobriefs
Fiber Characterization
Ensure your existing fiber-plant infrastructure is optimized to deliver high-quality service and maximum performance.
Webinars
Evolutionize: How Will Adaptive IP™ Change Your I ...
Learn how Ciena’s Adaptive IP can efficiently grow the IP network while eliminating complexity.
Webinars
Evolutionize: Adaptive IP for Segment Routing App ...
This webinar will explore how Ciena’s Adaptive IP leverages Centralized Segment Routing to evolve the network and make it more sc ...
Infobriefs
End-to-end Security for Your WAN
Protect your business and customers’ critical in-flight data with Ciena’s unique, fully BSI-certified WaveLogic Encryption soluti ...
Articles
EdTech: 6 Reasons Why Your E-Rate Funding Request ...
Wondering why your E-Rate funding request was denied or delayed? Ciena's SLED & Healthcare Industry Advisor, Daniele Loffreda, ex ...
Infobriefs
Ed Tech, BYOD, and Digital. Oh My!
New technologies are enabling an evolution in digital curriculum, learning analytics, and personalization of education.
Articles
Defending the Castle: A multi-layered approach to ...
Ciena’s research work with universities seeks the discovery of new ways with which to leverage programmable network resources and ...
eBooks
Data Center Interconnect Essentials
This eBook provides an introduction to DCI and covers everything from applications and deployment scenarios to finding the right ...
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 ...
Videos
Ciena's Systems Integration Service for Virtualiz ...
A high-level introduction to Ciena's Systems Integration Service for Virtualized Edge.
Articles
Ciena's 9 predictions for networks and tech in 20 ...
Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give their predictions for the upcoming year.
Articles
Ciena unveils WaveLogic Ai: Massive scale and aut ...
Ciena has unveiled WaveLogic Ai, our next generation WaveLogic coherent optical chipset. WaveLogic Ai delivers a combination of s ...
Press Releases
Ciena to Showcase the Network of the Future at SC ...
Powerful optical technology and Blue Planet software drive network automation and programmability
Press Releases
Ciena to Show Advanced Research and Development I ...
Industry-leading Blue Planet software, DCI, and optical networking technology accelerate work in scientific research across the g ...
Videos
Ciena PinPoint advanced fiber analytics
PinPoint, Ciena's fiber analytic software, leverages integrated Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) capabilities to create a ...
Case Studies
Ciena Helps CANARIE Support Data-Intensive Resear ...
CANARIE has deployed a super-fast 100G network infrastructure on its backbone research and education network powered by Ciena’s 6 ...