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Ciena’s Ultimate eBook Holiday Bundle is Back: 20 ...
Looking for some casual light reading this holiday season as you kick back in your favorite chair drinking eggnog? Well, look som ...

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5 outcomes our Ciena Optimization Service brings ...
Need more comprehensive visibility into your network infrastructure? Tim Wilson details how Ciena Optimization Service can help b ...

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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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Ciena Cares in Action: Our Response to Natural Di ...
Mark Stevens, Ciena’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, reflects on how Ciena and its employees are responding to help ...

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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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Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché
AI use by telcos and providers can potentially improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively ide ...

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Five K-12 Trends That Will Make Life Interesting ...
A new year and a new administration meets a K-12 technology evolution that is rolling along full steam. Will there be changes tha ...
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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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Virtualize Your Submarine Cable
Ongoing growth in subsea bandwidth demand has the industry looking for new technologies that can further expand submarine cable c ...

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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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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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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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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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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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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 23 ...
This week, Don’t miss out on dark fiber, Carrier Ethernet 101, and what you need to know about new coherent technology innovation ...

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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 ...

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Standardizing Open Submarine Cables
Ciena’s Brian Lavallée sits down with our resident submarine networking expert, Priyanth Mehta, to get his view on the soon to be ...

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Listen to Your Submarine Network!
You want to know if your submarine network is operating correctly right? Well, why not ask the network itself? Ciena’s submarine ...