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Articles

Connecting to space, the final frontier

What are Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks and how will they help to provide connectivity to new areas? Ciena’s Brian Lava ...

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Podcasts

Episode 47: A year in review…and what’s to come i ...

2021 brought a lot of technological advancements. Steve Alexander, Jürgen Hatheier, and Craig Williams discuss what surprised the ...

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Articles

Survey says - service providers are ready for the ...

What are service providers looking for when it comes to IP/Optical convergence? Heavy Reading asked 220 service provider executiv ...

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Articles

Ciena joins Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated ...

Ciena has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) initiative. In addition, Ciena’s SAOS 10. ...

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Articles

How to Right-Size Your Middle-Mile Network for Ru ...

Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe explains all the factors that you need to consider when designing your middle-mile network for rural broadba ...

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Articles

CLI nostalgic memories. NETCONF/YANG exciting new ...

How many routers have you manually configured over the years? Ciena’s Ivana Lemos takes a trip down memory lane and explains how ...

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Articles

When it comes to IP/Optical convergence – can you ...

Are you finding yourself getting stuck in all the noise and details surrounding IP/Optical convergence? Not sure where you should ...

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Data Sheets

5132 Platform

Ciena’s 5132 is purpose-built for 100 Gb/s service and demarcation—with support of WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n)—in a variety of busine ...

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Case Studies

All Aboard for Next-Generation Rail Communication

To make sure their lines run around the clock, rail operators are turning to cutting-edge networking equipment to keep trains and ...

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Articles

Unlocking the MACsec Puzzle

Is your network secure? With 10’s of millions of cyber attacks per day are you sure? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses the fundament ...

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Visio Stencils

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8110 stencil

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Articles

3 unique network provider perspectives on IP/Opti ...

What are network providers thinking about IP/Optical Convergence? Representatives from Microsoft, Telia Carrier and Cox Communica ...

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Webinars

Cybersecurity: The Critical Role of MACsec

This session explores how Media Access Control security (MACsec) slams the door shut and protects against cyberattacks.

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Webinars

What is YANG and Why Should I Care?

This session will help you understand the role YANG plays in network automation and programmability, how it relates to protocols ...

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Webinars

Next-Gen PON: An Advanced Introduction to Passive ...

This session provides an overview of next-generation PON technologies in the access and how pluggable micro OLT technologies ligh ...

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Articles

Ciena’s Routing and Switching Summer Webinar Seri ...

Ready to learn what’s new and important in the world of routing and switching? Whether you’re an experienced or new networker, ou ...

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Articles

The 3 P’s of PON

Do you know about the three P's of Passive Optical Networks (PONs)? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses how the three key variables: p ...

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Videos

Chalk Talk - The Future of Networks

Ciena CTO Steve Alexander provides his insights into the future direction of critical communications networks to support ever inc ...

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Data Sheets

8110

Ciena’s 8110 Coherent Aggregation Router is purpose-built for 100GbE services and aggregation.

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Articles

Everything old is new again: why broadband is the ...

Learn how – and why – one utility cooperative is delivering scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.

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Data Sheets

8112

Ciena’s 8112 Coherent Aggregation Router is purpose-built for 25GbE services and aggregation.

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Infobriefs

There's No Place Like Home—With a Good Network Co ...

Residential users need broadband services that are reliable, high performance, secure, and highly cost-effective.

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