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Top 6 attributes to look for when selecting a tra ...
CSPs operate within a constant state of change, and at any given time face challenges that require some form of transformation. T ...
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TOSCA and YANG? It’s not either/or...it’s both
Ciena's new Blue Planet architecture leverages a number of information models and orchestration tools – including TOSCA and NetCo ...
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Transform your DCI with API
Smartphones have improved our productivity significantly. They have become platforms instead of just phones. APIs have enabled us ...
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Transforming service delivery without the risk: T ...
Here are two key use cases that demonstrate how Ciena and Atos’ technology and partnership delivers no-risk network transformatio ...
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Traveling Farther Just Got Smarter with 300G 8QAM ...
Ciena, CANARIE and StarLight collaborate on a 300G trail over a live research network using 8QAM modulation.
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Trends and Insights from Heavy Reading's 5G Netwo ...
Heavy Reading recently published its 5G Network Strategies Operator Survey results. Ciena’s Francisco Sant’Anna digs into the num ...
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Turning commitment into action: A look at Ciena's ...
Ciena is committed to environmentally sustainable business practices and innovation. Ciena’s Beth Hunter shares the company’s env ...
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Two services to drive more performance from the n ...
Ciena's Joe Frendo highlights two performance-enhancing measures that should become routine best practices in your network lifecy ...
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Two tools to help visualize and simplify your dat ...
Amidst the rising complexity of networks, and influx of data, service providers are striving to keep operational complexity under ...
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U.S. broadband funding: Off to the races
The distribution of billions of dollars in U.S. federal funds towards broadband infrastructure has begun. Ciena’s Mitch Simcoe hi ...
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Uncovering the path to 5G connectivity
The race to deliver new, high value 5G services is all about how quickly you can evolve your existing 4G infrastructure into a sc ...
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Uncovering the path to 5G connectivity: part 2
Regardless where you may be in your 4G to 5G evolution journey, the huge expected growth in connected devices, data rates, and da ...
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Understanding the differences between virtual rea ...
Ciena's Loudon Blair explains what virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality are in relation to each other, as well a ...
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Understanding why CDC with flexible grid is so po ...
As Colorless-Directionless-Contentionless (CDC) with flexible grid (CDC-F) is becoming a reality for some network operators do yo ...
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Unearthing New Ways to Partner
Sondra Smith of Level 3 details the Giving Garden project undertaken by an enthusiastic team of volunteers, the Level 3 Foundatio ...
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Unifying legacy and modern packet-based services
Within the last decade, TDM to IP modernization is no longer a question of “if” but rather “when”, as converging legacy and moder ...
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Unique insights into your submarine network
What if cable operators could leverage software-based advancements to improve the operation and maintenance of their submarine ne ...
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Universal aggregation for Cable MSOs
In the second part of Wayne Hickey’s series on universal aggregation, he takes a look at Cable MSO networks, what they are, and h ...
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Universal aggregation for service providers
In the first two installments in this three-part series on universal aggregation, we looked at Mobile Network Operator (MNO) and ...
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Universal aggregation for wholesale network opera ...
Not sure what MNVO, MNVA, MVNE, or MNO wholesale is? How should MNOs and MNVx alike sell converged network services on a common t ...
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Unleash a full spectrum of submarine network serv ...
Our latest eBook helps you to better understand Spectrum Sharing so you can make more informed business and technology decisions.
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Unlocking the MACsec Puzzle
Is your network secure? With 10’s of millions of cyber attacks per day are you sure? Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses the fundament ...
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Unlocking your access fiber with universal aggreg ...
In the second and final part of Charles Ufongene’s series on Universal Aggregation, he takes a look at Operational Expense (OPEX) ...
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Up your IQ: Top 3 signs it’s time to deploy SDN a ...
Get up-to-speed on the Essentials of NFV and SDN with two experts from Ciena's Blue Planet team, and in additional you'll get a f ...