Latest Research and education
Videos
100G and beyond for Research & Education netw ...
Ciena and the R&E community are pushing past terabit optical transport.
Webinars
2019 Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series
This year, Ciena’s Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series offers a serious look at how you can take your network to new heights ...
Webinars
2020 Routing and Switching Webinar Series
Our popular Routing and Switching Series is back! Ready to learn about new approaches and concepts available to help you on your ...
White Papers
2022 Trends to Watch: Optical Networks
Pluggables in switch routing platforms are on a trajectory for a mass volume market. Download the report to learn more.
Articles
3 Key Research Trends Poised to Change Our Lives
Ciena's Renee Reinke highlights three key trends in research enabled by supercomputing and the networks that connect them that wi ...
Articles
3 R&E Network Innovations Changing Lives for ...
Ciena's Renee Reinke highlights three developing network innovations that are enabling the R&E community to make a meaningful imp ...
Data Sheets
3844
Ciena’s 3844 Edge Server, powered by the field-proven Vyatta® Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS), is a one rack unit (1RU), na ...
Data Sheets
3848
Ciena’s 3848 Edge Server, powered by the field-proven Vyatta® Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS), is a one rack unit (1RU), na ...
Infographics and posters
400G: Your Network is Your Empire
Download this infographic to learn more about your 400G potential with WaveLogic Ai and see how Ciena can help you build your net ...
Articles
5 key characteristics of a successful DevOps depl ...
DevOps enables better collaboration and thus improving operational efficiency, speeding innovation, and accelerating
Data Sheets
5171 Platform
Ciena’s 5171 Platform empowers advanced access networks with 100GbE packet services beyond the Central Offices and POP sites, ena ...
Videos
5G + Ciena
A 5G network means having a network capable of handling unprecedented demand. Think of Ciena as your guide on the path to 5G.
Articles
7 key considerations when evolving your R&E N ...
Ciena's Vini Santos shares a list of fundamental pillars to consider in R&E network evolution planning. These pillars are importa ...
Data Sheets
8180 Coherent Networking Platform
Ciena’s 8180 Coherent Networking Platform combines industry-leading capacity with embedded intelligence of WaveLogic coherent tra ...
Application Notes
A Path to a Modern and Versatile Government Broad ...
This paper summarizes government networking challenges and opportunities and introduces Ciena’s 6500 Packet Transport System a pr ...
White Papers
A Self-Optimizing Fabric for the 5G Era
This paper examines how self-optimizing fabrics forming a nervous system for the world of interconnected smart things could help ...
Articles
Adaptive Learning is the Future of Education. Are ...
Educators are increasingly leaning on EdTech and Adaptive Learning tools that personalize and improve the student learning experi ...
Infobriefs
Adaptive Network: Automation Islands Webinar Recap
This document recaps the Webinar and explains the journey to automation and how to avoid building an automation island.
Videos
Anytime, Anywhere Education: An Adaptive Learning ...
The classroom has become increasingly digital over the past decade. Education is evolving into a personalized anytime, anywhere, ...
Articles
Best Practice Advice for Deploying SDN and NFV
Here is some advice for network operators looking to migrate to SDN and NFV.
Webinars
Beyond 100GbE: The Critical Role of Coherent Opti ...
Today’s network edge is once again being redefined. Join us to see how coherent optics and packet technologies help extend 100G a ...
Webinars
Beyond PON: The Critical Role of Shared Fiber Acc ...
Understand why 10Gb/s Passive Optical Network (PON) is expanding beyond residential to small enterprises, businesses, and mobilit ...
Infobriefs
Beyond Service Agility for R&E: Advanced anal ...
New educational technology applications and research data collection are driving massive change to both campus networks and R&E n ...
Articles
Blue Planet Analytics: Unlock your network’s trea ...
Network analytics are only as valuable as your ability to collect, centralize and interpret the data. Enter Blue Planet Analytics.