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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 ...
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Multi-Terabit Submarine Cables… Too Big to Fail?
Report in 2010 found that nearly 100 percent of the world’s intercontinental electronic communications traffic is carried by the ...
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Moving fast and maximising revenues in the high-s ...
How operators can transform their networks and organisations to bring new 10G, 100G, and 100G+ optical services to market faster ...
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Move Over 200G, 400G is the New Sexy
The 400G era is here, with Ciena's new WaveLogic Ai chipset making news with some of the world's largest service providers. Ciena ...
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More than a photon cannon: What iCAIR, UETN and C ...
iCAIR, UETN and Ciena were recently awarded the Best Long-Distance Performance and Overall Winner of the international Data Mover ...
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Modernizing your Storage Area Network? Don’t negl ...
Flash storage’s sub-millisecond latency uncovers insights by leveraging analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. ...
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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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Metro routing done differently: Unveiling Ciena’s ...
You asked for a different way to build a converged metro network, and we listened. Meet WaveRouter, a reimagined routing platform ...
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Meet the People who brought 400G to Optical
How do you deliver innovation that brings tremendous value to customers 1 year earlier? You use a team that has done it before wi ...
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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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MCP is an Intelligent Network Controller. What do ...
What is an Intelligent Network Controller? Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains the real value that lies behind this new term.
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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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Learn about the technology behind Ciena’s WaveLog ...
In our latest Chalk Talk videos, Ciena’s Joe Shapiro gives you a closer look at our WaveLogic 5 solutions and describes the indus ...
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Latest trends in optical networks- straight from ...
The optical industry came together in Nice for NGON & DCI World last week. Helen Xenos gives you an update on the important topic ...
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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 ...
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Keep it simple – debating coherent plugs versus t ...
Coherent Routing is a hot topic in the industry due to the promise of greater scalability, flexibility, and sustainability in the ...
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Keep ahead of demand with PlannerPlus—another win ...
Hoping for a way to build out network capacity incrementally to get the most return from capex as soon as possible? Marie Fiala e ...
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Is your network putting the brakes on your intell ...
As intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications become more sophisticated, ensuring network uptime has become increasingl ...
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Is your metro network architecture ready to scale ...
Ciena’s 8114 Coherent Aggregation Router, the newest member of the 8100 family, brings providers more capacity for dedicated and ...
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Introducing WaveLogic 6: Another industry first f ...
1.6 Terabit wavelengths. 800G everywhere. 800G pluggables delivering 1000 km reaches. Seems impossible? Don’t ever tell that to a ...
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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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Infusing sustainability into networks at every to ...
Networks across the globe are enabling so much good for our society. As operators continue to invest to meet these growing demand ...
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In Their Words: Gary Smith, Steve Alexander & ...
Gary Smith, Steve Alexander, and Steve Chaddick, three of Ciena’s most recognized names for a rare glimpse into Ciena’s early day ...
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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 ...