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MACsec

The growing adoption of Ethernet and the need to secure data at line rate makes MACsec critical to meeting the performance and se ...

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Liquid Spectrum: Transforming Static Optical Netw ...

Ciena's Liquid Spectrum changes the way optical networks are engineered, operated, and monetized. It enables systems that are bot ...

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Learning at the Speed of Light

When security, scalability, predictability, assurance, and control are critical, a private fiber network is the best solution, of ...

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Is Your R&E Network Ready for the Great Surge?

R&E networks are experiencing a surge in capacity demand as a result of massive growth of streaming media, growing utilization of ...

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Grow Smarter by Leveraging Existing Infrastructure

Network designers and engineers are left with the complex challenge of conceiving solutions that deliver a lot more for much less ...

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Greenfield Network Building to Deliver High-bandw ...

Many are choosing to deploy Ciena’s IP and Ethernet aggregation solutions, which support programmatical scalability on demand et ...

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Ethernet Services for Healthcare

Healthcare providers of all sizes, from hospital systems, medical centers et al, are under pressure to improve quality of & acces ...

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End-to-End Network Encryption for Secure Healthca ...

Despite billions of dollars spent on data security in the healthcare industry, cyber-attacks and data breaches continue at epidem ...

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Enabling New Service and Efficiency Opportunities ...

Service providers building modern transport networks are faced with challenges of how to scale the network and stay ahead of requ ...

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Enabling a Bigger and Smarter Network with Ciena' ...

Ciena has developed WaveLogic 3, a technology foundation for the industry’s first intelligent transceiver. WaveLogic 3 makes it p ...

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Education IT network management, simplified | Ent ...

Learn how Ciena’s ERA manages multi-vendor IP/MPLS networks, diagnoses issues quickly, and gives networkwide visibility of change ...

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Digital Video Transport for Telemedicine and Tele ...

Ciena’s Digital Video Transport solution provides cost-effective packet-optical transport, and enables uncompressed, native SD, H ...

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Craving Bandwidth? Investigate New Ways to Expand ...

This paper highlights three unique scenarios that explain how Ciena’s Waveserver platform can be used to alleviate current R&E ne ...

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Craving Bandwidth? Grow Smarter by Leveraging You ...

Networks are experiencing explosive bandwidth growth, and technology service providers are the first to face its impact. Ciena de ...

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Converging and Automating 5G Networks

Ciena offers a complete, open solution, allowing MNOs and wholesale operators to build best-in-breed 5G networks for competitive ...

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Converged OT/IT Intelligence

Real-time, self-discovering, self-healing, self-configuring networks are becoming reality. This new intelligence allows network o ...

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Ciena's 3931 Improves Oversight of Field-Training ...

Using Ciena’s 3931 Service Delivery Switch makes it possible to deliver full performance connectivity to tactical environments.

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Carrier-Grade Ethernet as a Foundation for Campus ...

This paper examines how a Layer 2 switching capability based on carrier-grade Ethernet offers the most scalable, reliable, and se ...

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Building Better Networks for State and Local Gove ...

Networking technology offers an opportunity to provide better service with lower taxpayer cost. A modern, converged network utili ...

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Broadband for Utilities

Utilities need a modern, sustainable network that can deliver both residential broadband and smart grid services to the communiti ...

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Broadband for Tribal Nations

With access to broadband, tribal governments can spur economic development, create jobs, connect with members, improve student pe ...

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Broadband for municipal governments

Ciena’s Broadband Solution—open, modular, and scalable by design—leverages innovative broadband architecture and proven expertise ...

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Broadband for internet and regional service provi ...

Ciena’s Broadband Solution—which is flexible, cost-effective, and sustainable—enables Internet Service Providers and regional and ...

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Broadband for consulting and engineering firms

The importance of delivering broadband service to underserved communities and supporting digital inclusion continues to receive i ...

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