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SDN control – 3 rules for successful deployment
When implementing SDN control in service provider optical networks, what works and what are the key architectural decisions on th ...
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6 Ciena Experts Predict What’s Next for 2018
Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give us their takes on this year’s hot trends.
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Ciena 6500: Extreme Packet Makeover Edition
It’s time to rethink everything you know about Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform. You’ve known the 6500 as our flagship platfo ...
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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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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 ...
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TOSCA and YANG? It’s not either/or...it’s both
Ciena's new Blue Planet architecture leverages a number of information models and orchestration tools – including TOSCA and NetCo ...
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Blue Orbit: Best-of-Breed Building Blocks
Ciena Blue Planet has today added six new members to our Blue Orbit Ecosystem. Unlike other partner programs, 100% of the partner ...
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Best Practice Advice for Deploying SDN and NFV
Here is some advice for network operators looking to migrate to SDN and NFV.
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9 questions answered about Ciena Blue Planet
Ciena answers 9 questions about its Blue Planet
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CORD hits all the right chords with ONOS
Just like how a good song sticks in your head, CORD is hitting all the right notes for network operators looking to re-architect ...
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Ciena unveils a carrier-grade CPE for NFV
Since Ciena announced our NFV solution, Agility Matrix, in December, we have been quite busy working a variety of enhancements to ...
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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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Why Adaptive is the biggest story in networking
Joe Cumello explains why autonomous networking alone is not enough, and introduces Ciena’s Adaptive Network, which combines the r ...
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What is the “Right” Approach to Open Source?
So, here we go again. We in the telecom industry are looking at how to transform our networks with SDN, NFV and orchestration. Bu ...
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A DevOps Checklist for Traditional Service Provid ...
Can traditional services providers successfully implement a DevOps approach? There are five critical steps that need to be taken ...
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Predictions: Ciena CTO Steve Alexander looks at t ...
Ciena’s CTO Steve Alexander discusses key trends that will shape the industry in 2020 and beyond including, 5G, edge computing, a ...
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Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché
AI use by telcos and providers can potentially improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively ide ...
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Virtualizing the edge, colocation, and open topol ...
Are you ready to see how virtual network services are getting real? Marco Naveda explains how at this year’s MEF18 Proof of Conce ...
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Remember the big picture when scaling your network
Today’s customers are truly asking for a change, putting new demands on the network. The service provider that is able to evolve ...
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Year in review: Ciena’s 6 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out another year (and the decade), let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2019.
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Year in review: Ciena’s 8 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2018.
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Infusing sustainability into networks at every to ...
Networks across the globe are enabling so much good for our society. As operators continue to invest to meet these growing demand ...
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When it comes to 5G, the only path that matters i ...
The closed and inflexible mobile networks of the past are no longer welcome. Find out how Ciena is helping customers benefit from ...
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Year in Review: Ciena’s Top 8 Announcements of 20 ...
As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2017.