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Ciena Unveils Open Distributed NFV Solution at ME ...

Delivers virtualization at the network edge to enable faster time-to-market of new enterprise applications and services

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CenturyLink, RAD, Ciena, and Ciena’s Blue Planet ...

Showcases the Use of Open APIs and Virtualized Services Across an Orchestrated, Multi-Vendor Network

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Infobriefs

The Benefits of Distributed Network Functions Vir ...

With the Ciena D-NFV Solution, customers can choose location, cost, and scale to match their service needs from their provider.

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Application Notes

Realize New Services in an Instant with a Distrib ...

This paper discusses some of the important features of D-NFV that enterprises need to know before getting started with NFV.

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Data Sheets

Distributed NFV (D-NFVI) Software product data sh ...

Ciena D-NFVI Software comprises a complete, modular solution for distributed VNF deployment.

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Articles

SD-WAN: Threat or Opportunity?

Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet team says SD-WAN in its purest form can be considered a threat to a service provider's traditio ...

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Press Releases

Windstream Automates Provisioning of Wavelength S ...

Open network orchestration platform accelerates 1 GbE, 10 GbE, and 100 GbE service delivery

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Articles

5 key characteristics of a successful DevOps depl ...

DevOps enables better collaboration and thus improving operational efficiency, speeding innovation, and accelerating

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Press Releases

Ciena’s Blue Planet DevOps Toolkit in the Spotlig ...

Ciena highlights how its Blue Planet software simplifies end-to-end service creation, automation and orchestration to enable soft ...

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Infobriefs

Fewer Pizza Boxes: How Virtualization Creates Opp ...

This paper describes how freeing software from hardware is a great business opportunity for service providers.

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White Papers

Interconnecting Data Centers to Support the New W ...

Read this paper and learn how digital health is placing new demands on data center connectivity and how a few steps can help impr ...

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White Papers

Four Things to Know about Peering Connectivity

This paper explains how the ability to securely deliver high-quality video makes peering connectivity an attractive alternative f ...

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White Papers

Quantifying the Business Benefits of NFV-based Ma ...

As much as SDN and NFV are about technology innovation, they are also about business innovation. New service descriptions, servic ...

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Articles

Openness: Ciena’s guiding principle for customer ...

Ciena CEO Gary Smith details how the guiding principle of openness drives Ciena's innovation agenda and how we solve the challeng ...

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Data Sheets

OnePlanner

OnePlanner is an advanced multi-layer network design and optimization tool that leverages Ciena’s extensive background in Layer 1 ...

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Articles

Cable in 2020: The Role Virtualization and 'Fiber ...

A look at how virtualization and fiber deep will “bring it home” for MSOs in the OTT future

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Webinars

SDN/NFV - Singin’ By the Campfire

This session looks forward and tries to answer what’s next for SDN/NFV.

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White Papers

NFV and SDN: The Next Step in the Evolution of th ...

In this white paper, CED, a publication focused on the MVPD segment, explores virtualization benefits and obstacles as well as ho ...

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White Papers

IDC Executive Insights: Transitioning Toward a So ...

The results of the IDC Asia/Pacific WAN and Communications Survey, 2015, show that enterprises see the need for network to be not ...

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Infographics and posters

Carrier Ethernet Essentials

Carrier Ethernet essentials from yesterday, for today and the future.

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Articles

Five key APIs to enable the concept of SDN-based ...

Ciena's Fady Masoud details the APIs that enable SDN-based virtual networks and help accelerate the evolution toward open cloud n ...

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Articles

Q&A session: Blue Orbit and Service Provider ...

Ciena's new Blue Planet DevOps Toolkit is creating a buzz with our customers and partners. Two of our experts explain what it is ...

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Articles

Automating the WAN with SDN – Avoiding “Hurry Up ...

“Hurry up and wait!” Too often, this is how pioneers in NFV-based services feel with WAN connectivity that takes weeks to be prov ...

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Articles

Q&A with Ron Kline: Predicting the Pace of Ch ...

Ciena's Ron Kline shares his perspective on the many factors that affect the pace of change in our industry and how companies mus ...

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