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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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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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What the MEF’s CE2.0 initiative means for the ind ...
MEF’s launch of CE 2.0 certification is a very rigorous process. Discover what this overwhelming adoption means for the industry ...
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Meet the man who pioneered modern DWDM technology
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander has been honored with two IEEE recognitions. In this post, Steve's longtime friend and colleague Joe Be ...
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Ciena’s WaveLogic3 recognised with industry award
Last night was an evening of celebration for Ciena as WaveLogic3 was again recognised with an industry award. Congratulations to ...
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What is an Optical Control Plane?
To help clarify the question of “what is an optical control plane?”, we put together the below infographic that walks through the ...
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Ciena unveils WaveLogic 3 with 400G: What you nee ...
Ciena unveiled WaveLogic 3, the latest generation of coherent optical processors that form the foundation of our next-gen optical ...
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What is Gridless Networking?
What is gridless networking? Brian Lavallée, who heads up submarine networks industry marketing for Ciena, provides some insight.
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Introducing the 2-slot Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical ...
Last month, Ciena made a big announcement dubbed “Intelligent Infrastructure” that detailed the strategic evolution of our packet ...
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Cycle Slips: Not all coherent technology is creat ...
With more than ten years of development behind us, Ciena has engineered our coherent products from the ground up to eliminate fai ...
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Comcast's new Metro Ethernet service using Ciena ...
Comcast is using Ciena Carrier Ethernet gear to provide Metro Ethernet services to customers in more than 20 major markets across ...
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The real value of Managed Services: More than jus ...
Managed services done right is proactive monitoring, maintenance, and operations beyond keeping the basic reactive
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CienaLife: Representation matters - HBCU grads sh ...
Two Ciena employees discuss their experiences at HBCUs to Celebrate Black History Month.
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Women@Ciena cook for heart health
During International Women’s Day, Ciena hosted Chef Stephanie from The American Heart Association for a virtual cooking segment a ...
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12 Questions Answered on 5G Networks
Ciena’s Brian Lavallée, talks 5G rollouts and how ultimate success will depend MNOs making sure that they have fiber in place for ...
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7 key attributes for the new network edge
Gradual technology evolution won’t work for the multi-access edge, where new IoT apps, cloud services, and 5G services are creati ...
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CienaLife: Asia-Pacific teams making local impact
Take a look at some of the creative ways our team members in Asia-Pacific volunteered in their communities.
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5 outcomes our Ciena Optimization Service brings ...
Need more comprehensive visibility into your network infrastructure? Tim Wilson details how Ciena Optimization Service can help b ...
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CienaLife: Employee-tested, mother-approved tips
We interviewed seven working moms at Ciena with varying circumstances and pulled together their advice for making time for their ...
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The Arrival of Open Utility Networks
The utility industry is undergoing a comprehensive transformation as it modernizes to a more efficient and smarter grid. Because ...
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CienaLife: Recap of our company-wide volunteer day
Here's a recap of Ciena volunteer efforts on the company-wide volunteer day.
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Why Smart Cities Need Adaptable Pipes
For cities to evolve and realize the full benefits of becoming “smart” they will require real-time access to multiple sources of ...
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Blog Series | Transform your network operations w ...
Did you know Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to boost business agility and su ...