Skip Content

Latest Ciena Services Articles

Articles

IDC Survey: Advanced Support Services enables ser ...

IDC estimates that CSPs worldwide have approximately 16 hours of downtime per year at a cost of $1.4M per hour. Having the right ...

Read more

Articles

Legacy TDM migration: Creating certainty out of u ...

TBR analyst Chris Antlitz details how a tier 1 service provider achieved a successful and cost-effective transition from legacy T ...

Read more

Articles

Two services to drive more performance from the n ...

Ciena's Joe Frendo highlights two performance-enhancing measures that should become routine best practices in your network lifecy ...

Read more

Articles

Navigating vendor equipment swaps: Minimizing ris ...

Vendor equipment swaps are typically complex from a technical as well as an operational standpoint due to the need to ensure netw ...

Read more

Articles

How well do you (really) know your network?

What would it mean to have another set of eyes―human eyes as well as automation―enabling visibility into every aspect of your net ...

Read more

Articles

Year in review: Ciena’s 7 biggest announcements o ...

As we close out an unprecedented year, let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2020.

Read more

Articles

5 reasons why it’s time to evolutionise your netw ...

We’ve reached a tipping point. Carrying on with legacy network infrastructure is no longer a long-term option. Here's five reason ...

Read more

Articles

For network operators, modernization is the path ...

Network operators continue to modernize their infrastructure to achieve the benefits that webscale enables. Here's how network op ...

Read more

Articles

A new, more efficient (augmented) reality for net ...

The bigger your network, the bigger the field engineering and troubleshooting challenges, and too many manual interventions and t ...

Read more

Articles

Top 5 ways to maximize the value of your network ...

Here are five key areas where leveraging a professional services partner with deep knowledge of your products and services can he ...

Read more

Articles

Managed Services and the art of making molehills ...

Managing your network can quickly become a mountain of effort and resources. Ciena’s Tim Wilson looks at a way to reframe the dis ...

Read more

Articles

Fixed to Flex migration: a proficient way to mode ...

Migrating from a fixed-grid to flex-grid optical infrastructure delivers greater capacity while also reducing cost per bit. But m ...

Read more

Articles

A service provider’s comprehensive guide for a su ...

Identifying the value of a reference architecture when deploying broadband service.

Read more

Articles

Fast-track and de-risk your network modernisation ...

Achieving your network modernisation objectives is easier than ever, and that’s mostly because of the smart network technologies ...

Read more

Articles

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 ...

Read more

Articles

New decade, new challenges – your success will de ...

Technologies like 5G, IoT and streaming everywhere are bringing monumental change to your network. You need a trusted partner wit ...

Read more

Articles

Change is Good: How Ciena Services is evolving wi ...

From a dedicated and localized support team to an improved customer resource portal, Ciena's VP of Global Services, Greg Friesen, ...

Read more