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Applying the “Chicken or the Egg” theory to TOSCA ...
I was recently with a group of colleagues discussing network automation for an upcoming webinar, clearly a top-of-mind topic for ...
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Registration is open: 2019 Optical Network Master ...
Are you ready to learn about the latest optical technology and architecture trends you need to know? Register for Ciena’s compreh ...
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IHS Markit releases latest service provider optic ...
In IHS Markit’s new service provider survey, Ciena came out as a leader across multiple categories, including Top Optical Transmi ...
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Building the Adaptive Network – starting with sil ...
Patricia Bower explores coherent DSP design - one of the primary tools network equipment designers have in order to enable progra ...
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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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Ciena’s WaveLogic: Accelerating connectivity and ...
Amid a surge of new investments and construction in data centers, Southeast Asian nations are joining together to make significan ...
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Updated: 800G – nothing but the facts
If you have been following Ciena, you know 800G adoption is underway. With that comes a lot of interest and questions. Ciena’s He ...
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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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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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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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The frosting on the multi-layered cake – an aweso ...
Communications networks are like those multi-layered cakes, and over-the-top applications are the frosting. Without intelligent n ...
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Fiber densification without complexity the goal o ...
To support the bandwidth demands on already taxed networks, providers are looking for solutions that can provide step-level impro ...
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Navigating vendor equipment swaps: Minimizing ris ...
Vendor equipment swaps are typically complex from a technical as well as an operational standpoint due to the need to ensure netw ...
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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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Autonomous Networks… Are You Ready?
Ciena's Brian Lavallée explains where we are (and where we're going) on the road to autonomous networks.
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Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...
As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...
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Re-Sodding Cable MSO Brownfields
With an increase in demand for high-speed data, IP video, cloud computing, and business services, cable MSO brownfields need to u ...
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GeoMesh Extreme:
Ciena’s Brian Lavallée delves into the depths of submarine networks and their importance to global communications, and how Ciena’ ...
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The Journey to 800G and Beyond
This blog originally appeared on Zayo's website. The road to innovation begins with a map. Sometimes it’s figurative — a roadmap ...
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Visualizing the Future of Networking
Ciena has unveiled Blue Planet Manage, Control and Plan (MCP), providing real-time software control and advanced visualization ac ...
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500G transpacific. Yep, we did that!
The news from SubOptic? Let’s start with our successful single-wavelength 500G field trial over a 9,000km transpacific cable. Cie ...
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CenturyLink announces network virtualization plan ...
Ciena's Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator is a key part of CenturyLink’s plan to virtualize 40% of its global IP core network location ...