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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Infographics and posters
IP/Optical Convergence: Are you ready?
Discover some of the biggest barriers to IP/Optical Convergence and how Ciena can help.
Articles
Is SDN the Golden Ticket? Only if you know how to ...
Just because everyone has a golden ticket doesn’t mean that it’s going to be a smooth ride through the SDN chocolate factory.
Application Notes
Is Your R&E Network Ready for the Great Surge?
R&E networks are experiencing a surge in capacity demand as a result of massive growth of streaming media, growing utilization of ...
Press Releases
IU, Industry Leaders to Power Fastest Network Eve ...
Indiana University network engineers are collaborating with Ciena, Internet2, and ESnet to power the fastest network ever built f ...
Press Releases
KISTI and Ciena Drive High-Bandwidth Research and ...
Korean research institute deploys 8700 Packetwave Platform to improve network scalability and help power the acceleration of data ...
Videos
Managed NOC
Turning over management of your full network to someone else can sometimes seem like a big step.
Infobriefs
Managed Services
Ciena’s Managed Network Service offerings provides increased operational efficiencies et al and an OPEX model that keeps your net ...
Videos
Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch
Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch to ensure replacements of failed equipment are performed quickly and accurately by our ex ...
Articles
Meet the People who brought 400G to Optical
How do you deliver innovation that brings tremendous value to customers 1 year earlier? You use a team that has done it before wi ...
Articles
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 ...
Webinars
Network Modernization: Understanding Circuit and ...
Get an overview of circuit and pseudowire emulation and how to transport private line service over a packet-based network.
Articles
Network Traffic Challenges? It’s Time for a New P ...
Ciena’s Kent Jordan explains how escalating bandwidth demands can mean only one thing…costly and complex network upgrades.
eBooks
Networks for the Future of Higher Education
EdTech is evolving at a rapid pace. Online learning is increasingly prevalent and more widely available. Students untethered from ...
Infographics and posters
Not all 400G pluggables are created equal
Not all 400G pluggables are created equal. Achieve industry-leading pluggable performance with trusted WaveLogic™ technology.
White Papers
Omdia: 2020 Optical Network Hardware Vendor Score ...
This Scorecard evaluates the top optical network equipment vendors on criteria using concrete data and metrics, including direct ...
Videos
One Maryland: Statewide Broadband Network
Ciena CEO Gary Smith joins local leaders from the state of Maryland as they talk about the impact of the newly completed Maryland ...
Infographics and posters
Optical Transport Network
The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU G.709. Download this infographic for a deep dive into this crucial technology.
Videos
Own the Edge: Ciena’s leaders discuss the role of ...
Ciena's leaders talk about how IP/Optical convergence can transform your metro and edge network to increase operational automatio ...
Articles
Petabytes in motion: A look at next-gen networks ...
The event will be hosted by our very own Rod Wilson, and the panel will include guests from ESnet, University of Amsterdam, Texas ...