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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Februar ...
This week, we're discussing Pluggables and their role in coherent technology evolution, helping you understand why CDC with flexi ...
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800G adoption soars in 2020
With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution in market this year, how fast have customers been embracing it? Ciena’s Hele ...
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SD-WAN: Threat or Opportunity?
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet team says SD-WAN in its purest form can be considered a threat to a service provider's traditio ...
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Celebrating the Rise of 400G
The era of 400G was in full force at OFC and we took some time to celebrate this milestone. Here are what our customers have to s ...
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Why services are key to enabling open, scalable a ...
CSPs are evolving their network and RAN architectures as part of their 5G evolution, shifting to open, virtualized, automated, an ...
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From Land to Sea to Cloud
It’s projected that Internet Content Providers will soon account for the majority of submarine traffic in all regions of the worl ...
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One PON to rule them all?
It seems like every networking article in the history of the tech world is talking about the exponential increase in bandwidth de ...
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100G everywhere in the access
With Ciena’s new 5132 Router we will bring 100Gb/s service, demarcation, and coherent access to the business and wholesale enviro ...
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The frosting on the multi-layered cake – an aweso ...
Communications networks are like those multi-layered cakes, and over-the-top applications are the frosting. Without intelligent n ...
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4 Things We Learned at #OFC17
From 400G to DCI to software-enabled optical networks, OFC'17 was full of news and innovation. We surveyed our experts for their ...
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The need for universal aggregation
ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis looks at why concepts like Universal Aggregation are necessary for service providers to continue ...
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What “the edge” means for telcos
Telecom operators must prepare for the accelerated distribution of processing capabilities toward the network edge. To do that, t ...
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The future of PON at the edge
Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence nee ...
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Without an innovative new approach to xHaul, 5G m ...
Backhaul has traditionally been the afterthought when it comes to planning next-generation cellular networks. But in the 5G era, ...
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Igniting residential broadband for all takes more ...
With the challenge of universal broadband access now pushed to the forefront, Ciena CTO Steve Alexander outlines the size and sca ...
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Customize your Broadband and 5G Edge
With Ciena’s new 5131 Weatherproof Router we will bring more capacity even closer to the network edge, enabling deployment into t ...
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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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3 key broadband network trends for 2024
What trends will be impacting the broadband market in 2024? Ciena’s Vinicius Santos gives his predictions for 2024 and how networ ...
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Blog Series | Transform your network operations w ...
Did you know Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to boost business agility and su ...
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Creating an inclusive workplace for all
Pragya Gupta, an Embedded Software Engineer, shares her story of joining Ciena and the tools we created to support her in her rol ...
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Sharing the seabed and oceans in harmony
The goal of the International Cable Protection Committee is to aid and promote submarine cable protection and resilience, but how ...
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Making an impact with Pride at Ciena
Leaders from our Pride at Ciena employee resource group share how they are providing support and advocacy for LGBTQ+ individuals ...
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A day in Hanover with Building STEPS
Ciena hosted a group of high school students from Building STEPS at our office in Hanover to show them what it can look like to h ...
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Evolution of the submarine cable network
How has innovation helped submarine networks evolve to address capacity demands in a sustainable and cost-effective manner? Ciena ...