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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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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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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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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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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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How a Ciena Collaboration with Inatel is Leading ...
Ciena's partnership with Inatel—a technology-based education and research institution provides approximately 800 students with ex ...

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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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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | January ...
This week, we're discussing retail digitization, sharing how Ciena scored big on the IHS Markit service provider survey, and how ...

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | July 20 ...
This week, Ciena takes top spot in IHS Markit's annual scorecard, we're discussing India’s mobile strategy, commencing countdown ...

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Because you asked. Adaptive IP.
Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how Adaptive IP is delivering IP differently by leveraging automation, openness, and simplicity to ...

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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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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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Enabling Africa’s digital economy
Africa leads the globe in international bandwidth growth. With the fastest growth rate over the last four years and eight new cab ...
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What is Gridless Networking?
What is gridless networking? Brian Lavallée, who heads up submarine networks industry marketing for Ciena, provides some insight.

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Novembe ...
This week, we're bringing 100GbE closer to reality, giving you a rare glimpse into Ciena’s early days, and helping you pick the r ...

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Welcome to Ciena 5G Boot Camp
The path to 5G can be a long, costly, and complex journey fraught with risk, challenges, and of course, significant opportunities ...

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Green submarine cables – get SMART!
What are SMART cables and how are scientists looking to use them to understand more about our oceans? Ciena’s Brian Lavallée expl ...

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | August ...
This week, we're answering questions about the future of 5G, explaining where we are (and where we're going) on the road to auton ...

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | June 30 ...
This week, we're reflecting on the smart city movement, discussing what lemon pie has to do with next-gen optical network archite ...

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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 ...