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When Moore Is Not Enough – Why Our Growing Networ ...
The demand for communications bandwidth is expanding faster and faster each year, and we’re entering a stage where just Moore’s L ...
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Strategies for a total communications solution – ...
Alex Connors of Vodafone details the service provider’s new high-capacity Ethernet Services and hybrid WAN portfolio, which uses ...

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Optic Zoo Networks Keeps Vancouver’s Data Travell ...
Tony Ross, Director of Network Engineering, Optic Zoo Networks, explains how Canadian enterprises are reaping the benefits of its ...
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SubOptic 2016: Ciena's Ian Clarke dives into the ...
April 18-21 in Dubai is SubOptic 2016, one of the most anticipated events on the calendar for the submarine networks industry. In ...

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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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The Evolution and Revolution of Networking Servic ...
This is the second in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.

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Out-of-band, in focus: Tackling complexity, space ...
Mark Bieberich explains how Ciena’s data center out-of-band management (DCOM) solution simplifies operations, improves scalabilit ...

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Pave your path to better broadband with Ciena’s N ...
In legacy broadband deployments, network operators had different network management systems for different network layers, putting ...

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Service providers single out Ciena as leading opt ...
IHS Markit released the results from its annual Service Provider survey of Optical Equipment vendors, with Ciena taking the top s ...

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Get flexible, customizable DCI with Waveserver Ai ...
Kent Jordan explains how the flexibility of Ciena’s Waveserver Ai can help meet varying needs.

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Life’s tough in the great outdoors, especially fo ...
Sometimes you have to be super-tough to survive – and the same’s true for any packet-optical network equipment, especially if you ...

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How coherent technology decisions that start in t ...
What is the difference between 400G, 600G and 800G coherent solutions? It seems to be obvious, but is it just about maximum wavel ...

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The power behind 800G with WaveLogic 5 Extreme re ...
Wonder about the innovative technology behind Ciena’s 800G solution that allows for step level increases in network capacity and ...

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Reducing resourcing challenges by out-tasking mul ...
In today’s increasingly complex multi-vendor network environments, many businesses are compelled to out-task their multi-vendor o ...

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How planners, operations teams and executives can ...
Network providers need to harness telemetry data from their infrastructure so they can operate more agile, adaptive systems. With ...

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Side Stepping NPI | Ciena
How organisations can reduce time to market for new connectivity offerings from 24 months to just six months with a white label d ...
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3 Practical Case Studies for Gov’t Network Innova ...
Today’s government networks are often a combination of SONET, Ethernet, and IP infrastructure components, much of which is nearin ...

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Stay up-to-date on DCI with the Data Center Inter ...
Data Center Interconnect (DCI) technologies have evolved to meet the differing needs of today’s on-demand society. Kent Jordan in ...

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The Road to Autonomous Networks: Learning to Thri ...
In the third and final installment of his 3-part series on the Road to Autonomous Networks, Ciena’s Joe Marsella details the bene ...
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Survey: Tight IT budgets challenge security & ...
A new survey of 180 public sector professionals from all levels of government highlights that while government agencies are well ...

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Spotlight on automation, scaling networks, and ge ...
While SCTE Expo 2020 is over, the valuable information shared lives on. Did you miss any of the important sessions or discussions ...

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Understanding the differences between virtual rea ...
Ciena's Loudon Blair explains what virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality are in relation to each other, as well a ...

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Maximising operational efficiency and acceleratin ...
How organisations can reduce OPEX and internal resourcing requirements by out-tasking multi-vendor infrastructure projects to a t ...

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Helping the planet and driving better economics, ...
Not all ZR plugs are created equal. They might all be standards-based, but that’s where the similarities end. What would signific ...