Latest Redefining Optical Networks Articles

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Why data security is more important than ever
Joe Marsella, CTO EMEA at Ciena, discusses the implications of optical fibre hacking and why a holistic security strategy is esse ...

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Countdown to the General Data Protection Regulati ...
Ciena’s Raffi Varoujian, Co-Lead for Global Compliance and Data Privacy, discusses the upcoming GDPR, what it means and how optic ...

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Northern Europe Goes Dark, and It’s a Good Thing
Eastern Light is a Swedish-based company that aims to change how bandwidth is carried around Northern Europe, a hotbed of data ce ...

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Why TLS/SSL encryption techniques are not enough ...
If your in-flight data encryption strategy relies on TLS and SSL, you may not be as secure as you think. That's because these tec ...

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3 Key Video Transport Innovation Trends We Heard ...
At last week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, innovation was a consistent theme. Ciena’s Paulina G ...

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Re-Sodding Cable MSO Brownfields
With an increase in demand for high-speed data, IP video, cloud computing, and business services, cable MSO brownfields need to u ...

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Celebrating 60 Years of Protecting Submarine Cabl ...
The International Cable Protection Committee plays a critical role in protecting the world's subsea cable networks, and it's abou ...

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Packet Cable Landing Stations… Why Not?
As submarine traffic is increasingly dominated by packets going forward, native packet switches will eventually relegate SIE to t ...

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4 Things We Learned at #OFC17
From 400G to DCI to software-enabled optical networks, OFC'17 was full of news and innovation. We surveyed our experts for their ...

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Reducing the High Cost of Coaxial Cable
By driving optical fiber deeper, cable operators can improve performance and reliability, increase capacity, become eco-friendlie ...

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Of Oreos and Optical Networks: Ciena expands Wave ...
Ciena is extending the market reach of its industry-leading WaveLogic coherent modem technology by making it available to a range ...

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5 Benefits Layer 1 Encryption-as-a-Service Brings ...
With all the efforts to lock down data at rest with firewalls, anti-virus software, and intrusion detection, cyber criminals are ...

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Ciena unveils Liquid Spectrum: The future of soft ...
For all the “agile” innovation over the last decade, today's optical networks are still predominantly static. This changes with C ...

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5 awesome new technologies you’ll see on the Cien ...
Next week is the OFC’17 Conference in Los Angeles, and Ciena is bringing our Ciena Innovation Lab filled with all the newest tech ...

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A Perfect Score for WaveLogic Ai from Lightwave I ...
An independent panel of third-party judges has recognized Ciena's new WaveLogic Ai chipset with a perfect score of 5/5 stars in t ...

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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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Ericsson and Ciena support Telstra to lay foundat ...
Telstra has announced it has selected Ericsson, using Ciena’s technology, for a three-year optical transmission network rollout a ...

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Submarine Cable Networks, Open for Business
Open Cables, APIs, and big data analytics have and will continue to change everything going forward, says Ciena's Brian Lavallee, ...

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Your Top 4 Questions Answered About WaveLogic Ai
Our new Ciena WaveLogic Ai coherent chipset has been generating a lot of excitement and interest from our customers. Ciena's Hele ...

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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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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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Our Gift to You: Ciena's Ultimate eBook Holiday B ...
Just in time for the holidays, we've made our three most popular technology eBooks available for download, and added two new refe ...

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How To Hack an Optical Fiber in Minutes… And How ...
Ciena’s WaveLogic Encryption, is the most effective means to protect against a fiber optic tap, as it protects all in-flight data ...

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Keeping Your Options Open: How Ciena Brings Choic ...
Network operators need options and freedom to grow their networks. Kent Jordan details what Ciena has been doing to bring choice ...