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Optimizing Network Operations to Meet Modern Dema ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that moder ...

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Powering 21

Download this infographic to learn how the evolution of education technology will have a significant impact on your broadband net ...

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Prevent Transportation System Downtime with Resil ...

IT professionals encounter seemingly endless challenges and demands that can impact the quality of the motorist experience. Any t ...

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Application Notes

Protecting In-Flight Data: Network Encryption for ...

Modern government depends increasingly on the secure collection and distribution of information among agencies and citizens. At t ...

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White Papers

Ready for Fast and Unpredictable Change: How the ...

This paper is based on a nationwide CDG 2020 survey of nearly 100 state and local government IT leaders across government agencie ...

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Articles

Reopen, reimagine and redesign: how a “virtualize ...

As more employees work remotely, state governments are considering how to best support a more dispersed workforce, while still me ...

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Infobriefs

Residential Broadband Network Design Checklist

Residential networks are rapidly expanding to meet surging customer demand.

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Application Notes

Rethinking Campus Networks

Campus networks are undergoing a rapid evolution of user- and application-driven network capacity and utilization demands, drivin ...

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Scaling for the Next Giant

In the recent Light Reading webinar entitled, Ciena's Senior VP and CTO, Steve Alexander, examined three real-world case studies ...

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White Papers

SDN and NFV: The Brains Behind the Smart City

In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are considering SDN and NFV to deliver the agility and flexibil ...

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Articles

SDN: a not-so-secret ingredient for transforming ...

Software-defined networking or SDN is the key to opening up ICT change programmes.

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White Papers

Secure Supply Chain for Governments: 2020 securit ...

Ciena takes a comprehensive approach toward maintaining the security and continuity of its supply chain.

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Articles

Securing "Work from Anywhere" Access to State and ...

In 2022, state and local government agencies remain attractive targets for cyberattacks. Governments are finding that their ‘work ...

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Smart City Politics: Are Smart City Projects in f ...

The changes we're seeing in the political landscape have the immediate potential to fundamentally reshape the direction of the Sm ...

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Articles

Smart Transit: Moving Beyond Points A and B

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda explains smart transit, the smart rail experience of the future is a fully integrated experience.

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Smarter Roads and a Safer Transportation Future

Road networks are getting smarter, with sensors and networks helping transportation agencies manage congestion and improve safety ...

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Articles

The 5G Smart City: Cities are Lining up for a Sli ...

Smart Cities are coming, and 5G network slicing technology will enable them, with its ability to enable the critical services tha ...

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Infobriefs

The Adaptive Network Vision webinar recap

Network providers face an unprecedented number of decisions about how to design their networks to support them well into the futu ...

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Infobriefs

The Middle Mile: A Critical Link for Broadband Ex ...

Middle-mile fiber optic networks are crucial to delivering broadband connectivity and digital inclusion to rural communities.

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Case Studies

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Converts to ...

Ciena played a key role in enabling Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) realize its vision by upgrading the network infrastructure ...

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The Road to Resiliency: Paving the Way for Intell ...

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity, availability, and perform ...

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Case Studies

The Town of Dryden Delivers Rural Broadband to Dr ...

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast acces ...

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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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Articles

Three key optimization strategies to resolve stat ...

What are the biggest challenges and priorities for state and local government networks? Daniele Loffreda shares insights from rec ...

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