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White Papers
Bolstering Higher Education Networks to Invigorat ...
This paper summarizes the connectivity challenges higher education institutions are facing today and recommends DCI approaches th ...
Infobriefs
Ed Tech, BYOD, and Digital. Oh My!
New technologies are enabling an evolution in digital curriculum, learning analytics, and personalization of education.
Data Sheets
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 ...
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.
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.
Infographics and posters
Powering 21
Download this infographic to learn how the evolution of education technology will have a significant impact on your broadband net ...
Articles
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 ...
Articles
Best Practice Advice for Deploying SDN and NFV
Here is some advice for network operators looking to migrate to SDN and NFV.
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 ...
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 ...
Articles
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 ...
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 ...
Articles
5 key characteristics of a successful DevOps depl ...
DevOps enables better collaboration and thus improving operational efficiency, speeding innovation, and accelerating
Articles
Programming the network: And you thought apps wer ...
Apps have become essential to our daily lives, and now they are essential for networks. Ciena's Fady Masoud explains.
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 ...
Case Studies
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 ...
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 ...
Application Notes
WaveLogic Encryption Solution
Read this application note to find out more about WaveLogic Encryption, Ciena’s cost-effective, high-capacity, protocol-agnostic, ...
Application Notes
Rethinking Campus Networks
Campus networks are undergoing a rapid evolution of user- and application-driven network capacity and utilization demands, drivin ...
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
Ciena Crowns Winner of its First Open Networking ...
Singapore Polytechnic Team “SP Avengers” takes top spot with innovative mobile network management and monitoring system
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.
Press Releases
CANARIE, StarLight and Ciena Complete 300G Trial
CANARIE announced at TNC16 Networking Conference the latest coherent optical modulation available via Ciena’s WaveLogic 3 Extreme ...
Articles
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.