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Why Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) is critical for ...

To achieve a leadership position in the emerging 5G market, you need to upgrade transport infrastructure at hundreds or thousands ...

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Why your Storage Area Network modernization shoul ...

Ciena’s Patrick Scully explains how flexible, programmable DCI infrastructure helps enterprises keep pace with today’s growing da ...

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Why you need the highest level of trust in your e ...

In Europe, full certification from BSI is one of the top security accreditations you can get, and Ciena’s optical encryption solu ...

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Why TLS/SSL encryption techniques are not enough ...

If your in-flight data encryption strategy relies on TLS and SSL, you may not be as secure as you think. That's because these tec ...

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Why the Secret Behind Strong Early Adoption of 40 ...

400G is a hot topic these days – but how is it really being used? Ciena’s Optical expert Helen Xenos explains what we mean by 400 ...

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Why Successful Business Transformation Requires a ...

New coherent technology innovations are now making it possible to challenge several longstanding assumptions associated with how ...

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Why Smart Cities Need Adaptable Pipes

For cities to evolve and realize the full benefits of becoming “smart” they will require real-time access to multiple sources of ...

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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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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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Why service providers sit at the intersection of ...

The dynamics of today’s cloud market places service providers squarely at the intersection between key demand drivers and the clo ...

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Why SDN Domain Controllers are the essential link ...

Moving Software-Defined Networking (SDN) from trials to production brings efficiency, agility and significant cost savings to net ...

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Why ROADM architectures make sense for your DCI n ...

Simple, point-to-point data center interconnect networks are the norm, so why are network operators considering ROADM for their m ...

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Why Packet/OTN Switching is making its way into m ...

Once just a technology for big service provider networks, Packet/OTN Switching is now making its way into Enterprise Metro networ ...

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Why now is the perfect time to revisit your data ...

Virginie Hollebecque, Vice President and Head of Regional Business for EMEA at Ciena, speaks to Raffi Varoujian, Ciena’s Co-Lead ...

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Why Model-Driven Templating Matters with SDN and ...

In the move to SDN and NFV architectures, model-driven templating plays a pivotal role in helping develop and deliver new service ...

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Why Migrate from TDM Mobile Backhaul to Packet Mo ...

The case for migrating legacy TDM-based mobile backhaul to packet mobile to meet data and bandwidth demands. See the challenges a ...

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Why data security is more important than ever

Joe Marsella, CTO EMEA at Ciena, discusses the implications of optical fibre hacking and why a holistic security strategy is esse ...

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Why broadband is the new electricity for rural co ...

How is the need for broadband just like electricity was 90 years ago? Mitch Simcoe explains how new government programs are helpi ...

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Why automation is a critical component of the Ada ...

ACG Research partnered with Ciena to collect over 200 surveys and interviews on service provider attitudes, opportunities and cha ...

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Why are TDM services still around?

TDM services are any service sold by operators to enterprises large and small, that uses a time-based method to multiplex service ...

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Why Adaptive is the biggest story in networking

Joe Cumello explains why autonomous networking alone is not enough, and introduces Ciena’s Adaptive Network, which combines the r ...

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Why 5G Will Change Everything About The Network

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée takes a deep dive into the coming world of 5G and shows why the exact details of what a 5G network will lo ...

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Whirlwind tour: How 800G is already benefiting ne ...

Did you know that Ciena has shipped more than 25,000 800G modems to 140 unique operators around the world? How is this transformi ...

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Where the Adaptive Network Is Headed in CALA

With the move towards autonomous networking underway across the CALA region, as well as the rest of the world, one thing is very ...

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