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Detailing Ciena’s massive new 15 Terabit OTN swit ...
This morning Ciena has unveiled a major update to our 5430 Packet-Optical Platform, giving it a massive upgrade to 15 Terabits of ...
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4 critical requirements for the next-gen photonic ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains the four critical photonic layer requirements to ensuring a successful network transformation.
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Q&A with Ciena CEO Gary Smith on Cyan Acquisi ...
Ciena today completed its acquisition of Cyan, a leading provider of next-gen software and platforms to enable SDN networks.
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Coherent optical turns 10: Here’s how it was made
This is the story of how a team of over 100 people in Ciena's R&D labs pulled together an impressive collection of technology inn ...
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The SDN Resource Adapter: More than Meets the Eye
While NFV has largely owned the network virtualization industry spotlight of late, there is a rising tide of interest around conf ...
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Why ROADM architectures make sense for your DCI n ...
Simple, point-to-point data center interconnect networks are the norm, so why are network operators considering ROADM for their m ...
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Four Reasons You Want a Micro-Services Architectu ...
While the topic of container-based micro-services seems to have become a hot-topic overnight in the networking and telecom space, ...
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Bharti Airtel honors Ciena with Airtel Value Lead ...
Ciena has been honoured with the Airtel Value Leader award at Airtel Confluence, Bharti Airtel’s annual global partner conference.
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Redefining the metro edge with packet and coheren ...
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains how coherent packet-optical is redefining metro’s edge.
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New tide of technologies tested on Facebook’s MAR ...
Brian Lavallée, Senior Director of Submarine Network Solutions Marketing at Ciena, sat down with Facebook's Steve Grubb, a key me ...
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Hawaiki: from canoes to connected broadband in th ...
Ciena's Brian Lavallée sat down recently with Hawaiki Chief Executive Officer, Rémi Galasso to discuss the firm’s mission to tran ...
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IHS Markit’s optical vendor survey is out: Ciena ...
Want to know what service providers really think of optical equipment vendors and their solutions? Here is a peek into IHS Markit ...
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Protecting $10 Trillion Worth of Transactions, Ev ...
Back in 2010, under the auspices of the IEEE, the Reliability of Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure (ROGUCCI) re ...
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Back to school: Attend Ciena’s Optical Network Ma ...
Ciena’s popular ‘Back to School’ Webinar series is back! Don’t miss this opportunity to attend four free sessions, learn from our ...
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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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Coherent Routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical ...
There’s way more to IP/Optical convergence than just a plug in a router. Scott McFeely Ciena’s SVP of Global Products & Services ...
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The Metro gets a brand new 100G architecture opti ...
Traditionally, operators have had to choose between two types of photonic architectures when deploying an optical network: a pass ...
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Doubling down on domain control with real-time in ...
Would you like the ability to complete your operational tasks quicker and more accurately, across multi-layer, multi-vendor netwo ...
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Modernising networks with transformative technolo ...
How organisations can migrate from costly, complex legacy infrastructure to modern, adaptive networks that maximise operating eff ...
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5 questions to evaluate OTN switching for your ne ...
Paul Littlewood, principal engineer in Ciena's CTO office and co-author of the
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The benefits of an integrated C&L-band photon ...
Network providers are looking for new alternatives to unlock additional network capacity. Ciena’s Kent Jordan explains how upgrad ...
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Apply BPMN to Enable Network Transformation at th ...
It can be easy to gloss over how complicated it is to integrate new SDN and NFV functionality into an existing OSS. But this inte ...
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Q&A with Joe Marsella, Ciena's CTO for Europe
We sit down with Joe Marsella, Ciena's CTO for the European region, to get a status update on the European market and his sense o ...
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Realizing the benefits of transformed optical inf ...
With recent advances in optical technology, CSPs can reap greater efficiencies out of their existing fiber and better automate tr ...