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New IHS Infonetics service provider survey puts C ...

IHS Infonetics has released the results from its annual Service Provider survey of Optical Equipment vendors. Here's how Ciena fa ...

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How bold hardware and software innovations are ch ...

How are hardware and software advancements helping network operators solve key challenges they face today? Ciena’s Paulina Gomez ...

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Of Oreos and Optical Networks: Ciena expands Wave ...

Ciena is extending the market reach of its industry-leading WaveLogic coherent modem technology by making it available to a range ...

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Bluewater Regional Networks lights up historic ne ...

To provide the connectivity needed for today’s digital economy, Bluewater Regional Networks is deploying a high-capacity, flexibl ...

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Ciena Takes Top Spot in IHS Markit’s Annual Optic ...

Ciena secures the highest combined score overall in 2017 and once again lands securely in the leader category.

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When it comes to IP/Optical convergence – can you ...

Are you finding yourself getting stuck in all the noise and details surrounding IP/Optical convergence? Not sure where you should ...

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Ciena goes web-scale with new coherent, metro and ...

This is the first in a series of blog posts detailing Ciena’s new products and solutions tailored for a new web-scale world.

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Photonic integration and co-packaging: Design too ...

Photonic integration and co-packaging are related approaches to addressing area and power challenges for networking applications. ...

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Ciena's Keri Gilder on Trends, Traction, DevOps a ...

Did you know that over 40% of the Saudi Arabian population is under the age of 18? Did you also know that they consume an average ...

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Grow smarter by leveraging your existing infrastr ...

Networks are experiencing explosive bandwidth growth, and technology service providers are the first to face its impact. From the ...

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New contenders join the race for lowest cost and ...

With all the buzz around 800G and 400ZR in the market, you might assume only large cloud and content providers see a need for the ...

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Why TLS/SSL encryption techniques are not enough ...

If your in-flight data encryption strategy relies on TLS and SSL, you may not be as secure as you think. That's because these tec ...

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Ericsson and Ciena support Telstra to lay foundat ...

Telstra has announced it has selected Ericsson, using Ciena’s technology, for a three-year optical transmission network rollout a ...

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Ciena’s technology innovation once again lands th ...

Based on analyst criteria, Ciena once again secured the highest overall score in the 2019 IHS Markit annual Optical Network Hardw ...

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Ciena’s WaveLogic 3 and Ericsson help Telstra ach ...

Ericsson today released the latest progress and accomplishments with its trans-Australian network deployment with Telstra – inclu ...

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Optical Network Expert Series: Guide to improving ...

Over the past several years, coherent technology advancements have enabled providers to meet increasing capacity demands while co ...

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How Service Electric Cablevision is scaling up it ...

To provide their communities and customers with the level of connectivity needed for today’s pace of business and life, Service E ...

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Sensible step or leap of faith? 5 key reasons why ...

Jean-David Fabre, head of the research and education market, EMEA, Ciena says that by breaking with tradition and choosing the da ...

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Ciena has joined Google Cloud’s 5G/Edge ISV Progr ...

Google Cloud is growing the number of independent software vendors (ISVs) it is teaming with on hundreds of partner-focused appli ...

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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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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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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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Shannon’s Limit, or Opportunity?

There’s a looming limit to how many bits can be crammed into an optical fiber, known as the Shannon Limit. Ciena's Brian Lavallée ...

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