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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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One year of Programmable 400G: Insights into how ...
It has been one year since we started shipping our WaveLogic Ai coherent optical technology! Ciena’s Helen Xenos takes a moment t ...

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All the benefits of multi-vendor, converged netwo ...
The IP/Optical convergence trend is in full swing, yet there continue to be challenges on the network operations side. Lack of co ...

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Ping is King: Why latency matters as much as netw ...
Ivan Polizzi, Ciena’s Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific, details why network latency is as critic ...

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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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Ciena joins Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated ...
Ciena has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) initiative. In addition, Ciena’s SAOS 10. ...

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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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Colt’s transatlantic 1.2Tb/s transmission is a th ...
Colt has achieved 1.2Tb/s per wavelength on its Grace Hopper transatlantic cable by adopting Ciena’s WL6e coherent optics innovat ...

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From natural disasters to cyber threats: The chal ...
Ivan Polizzi, Ciena’s Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific details the challenges Australasian s ...

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The next generation of HPC networks: how to adapt ...
How does the next generation of optical networking technologies allow high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to connect with p ...

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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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Get Southeast Asian data centers up and running f ...
With the demand for online services surging throughout Southeast Asia, new data centers and network connectivity are being built ...

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4 ways an Adaptive Network can overcome today’s c ...
Network management conditions are tough for carriers, with legacy network limitations; and intense competition from new market en ...

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Interoperability and innovation go hand-in-hand: ...
We’re pleased to announce that Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller has been awarded TIP’s Bronze Badge for c ...

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IDC survey finds AI as a top priority for Asia-Pa ...
Service providers in the Asia-Pacific region are facing aggressive new challenges as demands for connectivity reach new levels. C ...

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It's time for a new interconnection model for the ...
Today, connectivity and cloud onramps are typically offered in fixed bandwidths, and the workloads get bound by the provisioned b ...

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Is your metro network architecture ready to scale ...
Ciena’s 8114 Coherent Aggregation Router, the newest member of the 8100 family, brings providers more capacity for dedicated and ...

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How to get true flexibility and scalability for y ...
Many service providers are looking to converge, modernize, and monetize their network investments. Bringing more value to the acc ...

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5G network design is full of challenges, but ther ...
Mobile Network Operators must balance the daunting challenges of profitability, urgency, and uncertainty as they roll out 5G netw ...

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More than a photon cannon: What iCAIR, UETN and C ...
iCAIR, UETN and Ciena were recently awarded the Best Long-Distance Performance and Overall Winner of the international Data Mover ...

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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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Chart a clear course to an optimized multi-layer ...
Service and content providers must keep up with the unrelenting pace of network growth, while also controlling costs and improvin ...

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Planning for success – AI insights drive coordina ...
IP and optical network teams each have their own domain technical expertise and at no time is that more obvious than during the c ...