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Teach your OTN some new packet tricks
Learn how you can now teach your OTN network some cool packet tricks.
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GEN15: What the heck is a hackathon?
Interview with John Hawkins one of the industry’s foremost experts on Carrier Ethernet technology.
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How Ciena helps transform government networks
Brian Widic, Director, Packet Solutions Sales at Ciena Government Solutions, outlines how the company’s services ensure that gove ...
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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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Carrier Ethernet Expertise: Are you certifiable?
The MEF Certification Committee recently introduced the next generation of its professional certification program by launching th ...
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D-NFV - Big Opportunity for Service Providers
A recent Ovum study shows that more than 95% of enterprise customers are aware of NFV and expect it to increase network flexibili ...
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Survey says - service providers are ready for the ...
What are service providers looking for when it comes to IP/Optical convergence? Heavy Reading asked 220 service provider executiv ...
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Smart Transit: Moving Beyond Points A and B
Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda explains smart transit, the smart rail experience of the future is a fully integrated experience.
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Ciena 6500: Extreme Packet Makeover Edition
It’s time to rethink everything you know about Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform. You’ve known the 6500 as our flagship platfo ...
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Game on! Universal aggregation for the residence
As an avid gamer, it’s always game on for Ciena’s Wayne Hickey, even as he details Ciena’s latest residential broadband ONU.
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Linking the packet network edge, metro, and core
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey discusses key access and metro networking trends, how advanced multi-layer Segment Routing protocol support ...
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Are You Ready for the DOCSIS Impact on Fiber?
DOCSIS 3.1 is 10 times faster than 3.0 but this added speed brings challenges. Find out the how it will impact fiber deployments ...
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Predictions: Ciena CTO Steve Alexander looks at t ...
Ciena’s CTO Steve Alexander discusses key trends that will shape the industry in 2020 and beyond including, 5G, edge computing, a ...
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Virtualizing the edge, colocation, and open topol ...
Are you ready to see how virtual network services are getting real? Marco Naveda explains how at this year’s MEF18 Proof of Conce ...
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Year in review: Ciena’s 6 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out another year (and the decade), let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2019.
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Year in review: Ciena’s 8 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2018.
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Relive Summer with Carrier Ethernet Summer Camp
The kids are back in school. The mornings have the crisp feel of Fall. It's true, summer is over. But that doesn't mean you can't ...
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Year in Review: Ciena’s Top 8 Announcements of 20 ...
As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2017.
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Year in Review: Ciena’s Top 6 Announcements of 20 ...
As 2016 comes to a close, we take a look back at the biggest news from a big year here at Ciena.
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Ciena's 9 predictions for networks and tech in 20 ...
Some of Ciena's most distinguished experts and execs give their predictions for the upcoming year.
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Top 5 business benefits of modernizing legacy net ...
Want to modernize your Business Services (TDM, Layer 2, and Layer 3) to cost-effectively generate new revenue streams without adv ...
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Deploying coherent plugs – is there more to the s ...
Looking for a reasonable approach to getting started deploying coherent pluggables? Ciena’s Tim Pearson provides the final two st ...
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Ovum Survey: What the market is saying about D-NFV
A new Ovum survey of 200 enterprise decision-makers provides some surprising insights on their views of Distributed NFV.
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Year in review: Ciena’s 5 biggest announcements o ...
From an uptick in 400G services to new acquisitions and partnerships, Ciena’s Bo Gowan highlights the biggest Ciena news and anno ...