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CienaLife: Representation matters - HBCU grads sh ...
Two Ciena employees discuss their experiences at HBCUs to Celebrate Black History Month.

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Virtualizing the World of Cable
It’s not surprising that cable operators are virtualizing their networks. Not only is it the logical step to reduce power and sav ...

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ENCQOR! ENCQOR!
An exciting initiative was launched today that will lay the groundwork for the first 5G next generation network collaboration pla ...

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MEF16: We have a winner!
Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet division details the multi-vendor Proof of Concept demo the team conducted with CenturyLink and ...

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Meet the Ciena Cares Champions
We’re shining a light on our Ciena Cares Champions—the people who drive our workplace giving and volunteering programs for their ...

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Ciena Completes Acquisition of DonRiver
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of DonRiver. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these ne ...

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A Guide to Avoiding Automation Islands
Autonomous networking is all the rage. Networking vendors are touting their automation visions, and service providers are creatin ...

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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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What is ZR+?
ZR+ means different things to different people. Learn about the wide range of different solutions encompassed by the generic term ...

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100GbE: Closer to the Edge, Closer to Reality
100GbE speeds may seem like overkill, but there’s a need for 100GbE services across a growing number of network scenarios. We det ...

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Metro routing done differently: Unveiling Ciena’s ...
You asked for a different way to build a converged metro network, and we listened. Meet WaveRouter, a reimagined routing platform ...

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Recognizing our heroes
In honor of World Humanitarian Day, we share the stories from some of our Ciena heroes who helped those in need in India during t ...

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The 3 P’s of PON
Do you know about the three P's of Passive Optical Networks (PONs)? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses how the three key variables: p ...

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Celebrating our families
Ray Gabriel, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, shares his story of starting a family through surrogacy and what it meant to h ...

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Introducing WaveLogic 6: Another industry first f ...
1.6 Terabit wavelengths. 800G everywhere. 800G pluggables delivering 1000 km reaches. Seems impossible? Don’t ever tell that to a ...

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The transformation of PON
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains the transformation of PON and fills in the blanks to help guide you to which PON is the right PON f ...

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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Fiber Deep Planning for ...
Ciena's Wayne Hickey details what Cable MSOs must consider when driving fiber deeper into their network.

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The 2021 network seascape
What’s on the submarine network technology horizon in 2021? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée explains.

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Back to the Future(com)
The tech and telecom industry descends on São Paulo, Brazil, this week for Futurecom 2017. Ciena's Brian Lavallée details the lat ...

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Extending the 100G Edge
Introducing Ciena’s new 5171 Service Aggregation Switch and Service Aggregation Platform, bringing more capacity closer to the ne ...

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A Guide to Avoiding Automation Islands
Autonomous networking is all the rage. Networking vendors are touting their automation visions, and service providers are creatin ...