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Connecting Data Centers Under the Sea
New submarine cables, especially those owned and operated by ICPs, should land in non-traditional locations that are closer to th ...
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Can Service Providers Actually Make Money with NF ...
The acceleration of commercial NFV offers in 2016, including announcements from Orange and CenturyLink...
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Strategies for a total communications solution – ...
Alex Connors of Vodafone details the service provider’s new high-capacity Ethernet Services and hybrid WAN portfolio, which uses ...
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3 Practical Case Studies for Gov’t Network Innova ...
Today’s government networks are often a combination of SONET, Ethernet, and IP infrastructure components, much of which is nearin ...
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Aqua Comms – New Kid on the Trans-Atlantic Block
This blog details Aqua Comms new submarine cable systems in the Atlantic. Aqua Comms is the owner and operator of two fully opera ...
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The Advent of Open Submarine Networks
Even as many of today's networks are moving to open architectures, submarine cable networks have remained closed and proprietary. ...
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The Evolution and Revolution of Networking Servic ...
This is the second in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.
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8 Warning Signs You Need A Better Data Center Int ...
These data centers are the heart of our In this post, Ciena's DCI expert outlines 8 key reasons it might be time for you to revis ...
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5 Stars: Taking our BizConnect partner program to ...
Ciena’s BizConnect partner program has been recognized as one of the industry’s best, receiving a 5-Star rating in The Channel Co ...
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SubOptic 2016: Ciena's Ian Clarke dives into the ...
April 18-21 in Dubai is SubOptic 2016, one of the most anticipated events on the calendar for the submarine networks industry. In ...
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Automate or Die: What Telecom Must Learn from the ...
This is the first in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.
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The History of Carrier Ethernet
Ethernet has been around for decades and has claimed the title of the superior Local Area Networking (LAN) technology of choice.
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Announcing Emulation Cloud: The Ultimate DIY Play ...
If you’re fed up with sluggish development, disjointed software pieces and endless API cloud integration issues, then we have som ...
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5 tips for a successful SDN deployment
A recent IDC report predicts the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise and cloud service provider segments could grow from $960 ...
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Ciena Waveserver and 5430 get high marks with Lig ...
Ciena brought home high marks from the Lightwave Innovation Awards. Both the Waveserver Data Center Interconnect and 5430 Packet- ...
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Ciena unveils new 6500 T-Series platform with 24 ...
Ciena today unveiled Ciena 6500 T-Series, a new higher density version of our cornerstone 6500 Packet Optical Platform, providing ...
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CORD hits all the right chords with ONOS
Just like how a good song sticks in your head, CORD is hitting all the right notes for network operators looking to re-architect ...
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What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) offloads network functions into software that runs on industry-standard hardware and can be ...
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Women@Ciena join forces to celebrate Internationa ...
March 8, 2016 is International Women’s Day.At Ciena, we run an initiative called ‘Women @ Ciena’. This is an internal networking ...
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A closer look at CenturyLink’s Programmable Servi ...
Recep Ozdag details the work the Blue Planet team is doing with CenturyLink as part of their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB) ...
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Survey: Network operators still see silos with SD ...
Perceived vendor silos are still an issue for network operators looking to move to SDN/NFV for service virtualization. That’s jus ...
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A Guide to Raising your Carrier Ethernet IQ
Long-time Carrier Ethernet expert and MEF guy John Hawkins gets you up-to-speed on the latest Carrier Ethernet tech with a free 6 ...
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Applying the “Chicken or the Egg” theory to TOSCA ...
I was recently with a group of colleagues discussing network automation for an upcoming webinar, clearly a top-of-mind topic for ...
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Blue Orbit: Best-of-Breed Building Blocks
Ciena Blue Planet has today added six new members to our Blue Orbit Ecosystem. Unlike other partner programs, 100% of the partner ...