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Winds of Change in Smart Cities?
Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda reflects on the evolution in what he’s hearing from CIOs and others in the smart city movement.

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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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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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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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Listen to understand, then act together
How we are using our employee surveys at Ciena to continue conversations and drive actions.

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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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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | July 7, ...
This week, were busting a few myths, sharing 8 incredible facts you didn’t know about submarine networking, and sharing a tale of ...

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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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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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Sharing Bandwidth with the Neighbors
Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains how Cable Operators can reduce sharing sizes to increase overall customer quality of experience.

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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | March 1 ...
This week, we're discussing fiber densification without complexity, celebrating coherent optical turning 10, and taking our partn ...

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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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The History of Carrier Ethernet
Ethernet has been around for decades and has claimed the title of the superior Local Area Networking (LAN) technology of choice.

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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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Spotlight on 5G midhaul networks
In the second part of Brian Lavallée’s series on xHaul networks, he takes a look at midhaul networks, what they are, and how they ...

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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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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 Bandwidth on Demand?
Today, connectivity services are a mostly static experience, meaning that once the endpoints and service attributes are defined, ...

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The future of PON at the edge
Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence nee ...

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The path to better broadband: How to unlock the v ...
Explore broadband and unlock the full value of your access networks with innovative solutions from Ciena, enhancing connectivity ...

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The power of AI: Transforming customer support an ...
Explore AI-driven customer experience solutions at Ciena, transforming how you interact with and support your customers through a ...

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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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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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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | October ...
This week, we're introducing you to the people who brought 400G to optical, sharing 7 key considerations when involving your R&E ...