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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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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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Versatile Government Network | Ciena

The 6500 PTS, a high-performing TDM-to-packet technology solution that can provide both legacy and routing and switching services.

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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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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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Modernizing IP and Ethernet Aggregation

This application note details how enterprises can upgrade end-of-life aggregation networks with the latest-generation routing and ...

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Breaking the Chains of Inflexible Legacy Network ...

This paper explains how to replace aging SDH and Ethernet networks with Ciena’s latest-generation routing and switching aggregati ...

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Blueprint for Utility Network Modernization: Cien ...

This paper explains how Ciena’s 6500 PTS solves multiple TDM-to-packet migration challenges.

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Solving the TDM-to-Packet Migration Challenge

Service providers have a networking challenge and opportunity. They must evolve away from their outdated TDM networks, which are ...

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Ultra-Low Latency Packet WAN For Utilities

SEL and Ciena have validated the ultra-low-latency packet WAN solution that meets and beats the industry standard for latency and ...

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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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Need for Speed and Performance in Healthcare

Healthcare providers of all sizes are generating more digital patient data than ever before. From transmitting 3D medical images ...

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Modern, Agile Networks for the Super-high-bandwid ...

Rapid adoption of cloud services, video streaming, 4G and 5G wireless backhaul, and a range of other high-bandwidth applications ...

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Simplifying Optical Networking through Adaptive, ...

Bandwidth demands are exploding in a variety of applications, and network operators are struggling to scale network capacity to p ...

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8180 Coherent Networking Platform: Connecting the ...

IoT usage is set to explode: Billions of things will be connected to the Internet by 2020. Emerging support applications require ...

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Modernizing Utility Communications Networks to Me ...

This paper summarizes how packet networking can be used to simplify and expedite network migration to achieve a more modern commu ...

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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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Transform Large-Scale Science Collaboration

Ciena’s Science DMZ solution provides universities and research labs scalable, flexible high-capacity transfer of massive data fl ...

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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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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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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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The Need for Speed in Healthcare Networks

Driven by significant growth in application data that needs to be networked among stakeholders in today’s healthcare ecosystem, h ...

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