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The need for universal aggregation

ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...

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Data Sheets

3922 DS | Ciena

Ciena’s 3922 Platform is purpose-built for smaller capacity 1/10 Gb/s service delivery in a variety of business environments. The ...

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Data Sheets

5131 Product data sheet

Ciena’s 5131 is a hardened, weatherproof aggregation router.

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Year in review: Ciena’s 5 biggest announcements o ...

From an uptick in 400G services to new acquisitions and partnerships, Ciena’s Bo Gowan highlights the biggest Ciena news and anno ...

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Article

Diving deep on 10G-Pluggables for high speed PON

In 2020, Ciena introduced our pluggable 10G PON offering to help network operators address key opportunities in next generation C ...

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Video

Chalk Talk - Universal Aggregation

In this Chalk Talk video, Wayne Hickey details just how by unifying siloed and stand-alone architectures to optimize network foot ...

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Article

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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Article

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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Article

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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Article

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

Explore all the factors that you need to consider when designing your middle-mile network for rural broadband.

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Article

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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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 Study

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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Article

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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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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Webinar

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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Webinar

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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Webinar

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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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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Article

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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Video

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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