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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “network slicing” is the key to 5G network ad ...
The 5G bandwidth promise is a whopping 10Gbps to each end user. But what would someone actually do with this amount of bandwidth?

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Will Automation in the Clouds Propel the Winds of ...
Five years after the advent of SDN and NFV, their adoption is far from mainstream. Automation is the missing link, says Ciena's M ...

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Will disruptive healthcare technologies disrupt h ...
New innovations stemming from artificial intelligence, machine learning and connected health are changing the way medical profess ...
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Will Netflix Eat Europe’s Bandwidth Alive?
Netflix’s recent rollout in six European countries is now expanding further, with the announcement of Italy, Portugal and Spain a ...

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Winds of Change in Smart Cities?
Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on the evolution in what he’s hearing from CIOs and others in the smart city movement.

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Wireline Improvements Article | Ciena
Contrary to popular belief, 5G isn’t just about the Radio Access Network (RAN) and fancy new smartphones. The next generation of ...

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With big edge densification comes big metro respo ...
Ciena’s 8100 family is expanding in a big way by adding the 8190 for higher capacity aggregation. Ivana Lemos explains how you ca ...

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With great fiber count comes great responsibility
Spatial Division Multiplexing (SDM) cables are a key focus area for submarine network innovation in 2020. Ciena’s Brian Lavallée ...

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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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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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Women at Ciena explore leadership styles at annua ...
Our Women at Ciena employee resource group held its annual networking event with our partners and customers in London
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Women@Ciena cook for heart health
During International Women’s Day, Ciena hosted Chef Stephanie from The American Heart Association for a virtual cooking segment a ...

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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 ...