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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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The 2021 network seascape
What’s on the submarine network technology horizon in 2021? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée explains.
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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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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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5G on stage in Barcelona
The dynamic mobile networking industry will converge in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress (MWC) from February 25-28 to showcase ...
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Ciena unveils WaveLogic Ai: Massive scale and aut ...
Ciena has unveiled WaveLogic Ai, our next generation WaveLogic coherent optical chipset. WaveLogic Ai delivers a combination of s ...
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What is Fiber Densification?
There is a new term that is increasingly cropping up in networking conversations: densification. Ciena’s Helen Xenos explains wha ...
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Leading as your true self
In honor of Pride Month, Nicky Martin reflects on being a role model for others by being her true self at work and in every aspec ...
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A connection for the future
Ciena’s work with Zayo serves as an ideal model for providers looking to extend their networks and plan for the future.
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Reaching your career potential
As an experienced leader and professional, Kailem Anderson, VP, Portfolio and Engineering, reflects on his career journey and pro ...
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7 key takeaways from #MWC17
Our Ciena team spent the week talking to customers, speaking at sessions, and on the exhibit floor showing off our latest tech to ...
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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | January ...
This week, we're looking back at Ciena’s biggest news and announcements of 2017, continuing on our ethernet adventures, and discu ...
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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...
A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...
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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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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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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’s making the cloud so edge-y?
A new generation of cloud-native applications are arriving that are more compute-intensive and latency-sensitive. Learn how the m ...
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Network modernization’s role in making a digital ...
Virginie Hollebecque, Vice President and Head of Regional Business for EMEA at Ciena, speaks to Jürgen Hatheier, Chief Technology ...