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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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Case Studies

Ciena Helps States Implement Intelligent Transpor ...

Ciena can bring state DOT networks to a ‘carrier-grade’ level to provide the bandwidth required to support the growing number of ...

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How the State of Maryland Uses an Adaptive Networ ...

Ciena and Government Technology discuss the State of Maryland’s path to innovation and how governments throughout the country can ...

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Infobriefs

Creating an Apples-to-Apples Comparison of Dark F ...

This paper offers suggestions for structuring RFPs to ensure an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison between dark fiber self-provisioned ...

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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

Winds of Change in Smart Cities?

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on the evolution in what he’s hearing from CIOs and others in the smart city movement.

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U.S. broadband funding: Off to the races

The distribution of billions of dollars in U.S. federal funds towards broadband infrastructure has begun. Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe hi ...

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Managed NOC

Turning over management of your full network to someone else can sometimes seem like a big step.

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Infobriefs

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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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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Fiber Characterization

In our live demonstration, we will show the coexistence of XGS-PON and 25GS-PON on the same single fiber, enabling both residenti ...

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Articles

How to Ensure Your K12 Broadband Network Makes th ...

Daniele Loffreda, Ciena's education networks expert, details what your K12 Broadband network needs to be ready.

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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...

Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...

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EdTech: 6 Reasons Why Your E-Rate Funding Request ...

Wondering why your E-Rate funding request was denied or delayed? Ciena's SLED & Healthcare Industry Advisor, Daniele Loffreda, ex ...

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5 ways to future-proof your network today to supp ...

It’s impossible to predict what networks will be required to handle in the coming years, especially when it comes to the internet ...

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Infobriefs

Bringing Network Connectivity Up to Speed for Mod ...

The shift to remote work and the increasing reliance on digital constituent services have highlighted the importance of high-spee ...

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Articles

Defending the smart city: 3 aspects to a holistic ...

With all the hype around Smart Cities today, you’d think they are ubiquitous. But even though there are a few high-profile exampl ...

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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...

A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...

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EdTech update: 4 requirements for networks suppor ...

Ciena's Andrew Roberts details the bandwidth requirements for the latest EdTech applications.

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White Papers

Defending the Smart City

With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...

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Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch

Managed Spares and Engineering Dispatch to ensure replacements of failed equipment are performed quickly and accurately by our ex ...

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Articles

Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...

As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...

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Infobriefs

Transportation Network Modernization

To overcome these growing challenges and fully capture the benefits of ITS technologies, departments of transportation need a mod ...

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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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