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Agile DCI: The Key to the Data Center Operator (D ...
If you’re working in Data Center Interconnect (DCI) services, then opportunity is about to come knocking.

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Addressing mid-market opportunities by utilizing ...
MSOs are looking to mid-market business services as an opportunity to grow, but what do they need to address this market? Ciena's ...

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Adaptive Network: A Telecom Leap-Frog Opportunity ...
Emerging countries in Asia are in the sweet spot to leapfrog more developed countries with the right investment strategy for thei ...

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Adaptive Learning is the Future of Education. Are ...
Educators are increasingly leaning on EdTech and Adaptive Learning tools that personalize and improve the student learning experi ...

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Adaptive IP can help accelerate bank branch trans ...
With a modern, packet-based network that includes segment routing, network operators can deliver agile, on-demand connectivity se ...

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Adaptive IP Apps to the rescue
Marie Fiala describes how Ciena’s Adaptive IP Apps come to the rescue by dramatically speeding up troubleshooting and resolution ...

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Adapting your network to a changing global landsc ...
With unprecedented new demands being placed on our network infrastructure, it’s more important than ever to build networks that c ...

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Accelerating Access to Cloud Connectivity
Tyler Coates, Senior Vice President for Enterprise at Zayo, details the company’s efforts to speed and simplify enterprise access ...

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Accelerate mission response with a simpler, Adapt ...
Jim Westdorp, Ciena Government Chief Technologist, outlines how a holistic, end-to-end networking approach can help agencies meet ...
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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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A smarter way: how analytics apps are solving you ...
Data is coming fast and furious for network providers – how can they understand what is happening so they can make smarter decisi ...
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A service provider’s guide to on-demand service p ...
The move to providing on-demand services is not just a technical challenge. How do you price them? How do you make sure they don' ...

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A Self-Optimizing Fabric for the 5G era
As the industry prepares for the rapid and wide-scale deployment of 5G, Ciena’s Kaniz Mahdi outlines an initiative with ENCQOR fo ...

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A reflection of Ciena life in 2021
If we had to choose a word to describe 2021, it would be resilience. Collectively, our people came together with passion and inno ...

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A practical vision for rolling out 5G networks
When a leading global service provider was looking to roll out its 5G network infrastructure, a next-gen cell-site router was a k ...

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A Perfect Score for WaveLogic Ai from Lightwave I ...
An independent panel of third-party judges has recognized Ciena's new WaveLogic Ai chipset with a perfect score of 5/5 stars in t ...

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A Peek Inside Ciena’s New Ottawa Campus and R& ...
The Ciena team turned out for a day of celebration as we officially moved into our new 425,000 square foot Ottawa campus.
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A peek inside CenturyLink’s National 100G Ultra L ...
CenturyLink began using Ciena’s 6500 platform in 2013 to modernize and upgrade its national network and offer high-speed services ...

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A packet networking blueprint, designed for 2020 ...
Supporting new and emerging high-growth applications requires rethinking how to modernize existing networks, according to Ciena’s ...

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A new, more efficient (augmented) reality for net ...
The bigger your network, the bigger the field engineering and troubleshooting challenges, and too many manual interventions and t ...

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A new age of IP/Optical network visibility and au ...
Heightened performance demands on IP and optical networks are ushering in a new age of network management, visibility and automat ...

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A methodology for crossing the chasm from legacy ...
TBR analyst Chris Antlitz details the benefits of a “consolidate and transform” approach to network modernization, and how a Tier ...

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A Guide to Raising your Carrier Ethernet IQ
Long-time Carrier Ethernet expert and MEF guy John Hawkins gets you up-to-speed on the latest Carrier Ethernet tech with a free 6 ...

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A Guide to Avoiding Automation Islands
Autonomous networking is all the rage. Networking vendors are touting their automation visions, and service providers are creatin ...