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Year in review: Ciena’s 8 biggest announcements o ...

As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2018.

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Ciena's 9 predictions for networks and tech in 20 ...

Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give their predictions for the upcoming year.

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Ciena unveils Liquid Spectrum: The future of soft ...

For all the “agile” innovation over the last decade, today's optical networks are still predominantly static. This changes with C ...

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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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Closing the Loop: Ciena closes acquisition of Cen ...

Ciena has officially closed the acquisition of Centina Systems, which will be integrated into our Blue Planet division. Kailem An ...

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3 Key Video Transport Innovation Trends We Heard ...

At last week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, innovation was a consistent theme. Ciena’s Paulina G ...

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Upskilling staff through disruptive times

As enterprises change how they architect networks, they must train staff. Everyone involved—vendors, partners, enterprises—must p ...

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Outsmarting Networking Complexity with Intelligen ...

Network complexity is increasing exponentially, creating intense challenges in managing the explosive growth of end-points. Intel ...

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What we can all be grateful for

Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for and how his team ...

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Closing The Digital Divide In The Midst Of A Pand ...

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6 ways to boost your success with network orchest ...

Software is a critical asset for operators looking to support exponential traffic growth and deliver complex IoT and 5G use cases ...

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#Ciena25: Best Wishes from Some Amazing Customers ...

November officially marks Ciena's 25th anniversary. To kick off the month, a few of our customers sent over some kind words as a ...

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Ciena’s 2018 Holiday Bundle is Here!

Spend your downtime this holiday season applying the collective knowledge of some of the world’s best and brightest minds in tele ...

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What is Distributed NFV and why do you need it?

Ciena's Brian Lavallée introduces the concept of Distributed NFV, or D-NFV, and why service providers are increasingly looking at ...

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Looking back: Life at Ciena in 2020

Ciena's Molly Winans takes a look back at a few bright spots from the Ciena team during a year of virtual connectedness.

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Fiber Deep: Modernizing the cable network

Faster Internet connections, streaming media devices, and the unrelenting demand for mobile video has forever changed cable acces ...

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Ciena's disruptive broadband access architecture

A disruptive broadband access market demands an entirely different solution – a disruptive network architecture. Ciena's Joe Mars ...

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Connecting to space, the final frontier

What are Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks and how will they help to provide connectivity to new areas? Ciena’s Brian Lava ...

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A tutorial on Modern Carrier Ethernet

It's not very often that we get deep into the details of technology on this blog -- we save that for our white papers and one-on- ...

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Automation’s necessity for full 5G deployments

As service providers in the Asia-Pacific region race to deploy 5G, software and new network intelligence will be critical to ensu ...

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8 top technologies for modern DCI networks

As the number of data centers has grown and the DCI market has evolved, network operators have had to deploy new capacity rapidly ...

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4 New OTN Use Cases for Today’s Networks

Optical networking dynamics are changing. Read the 4 new OTN use cases for today’s networks.

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Digital sustainability: calculating the green imp ...

How are network operators able to send 20 times more capacity over fiber – without seeing their power consumption and real estate ...

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Kit outdoors, on the corner, down the street

When it comes to designing any network, success depends on the ability to keep traffic flowing freely. The key to doing this is t ...

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