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Our involvement with AT&T’s 400GbE trial and ...
AT&T has successfully trialed 400GbE across its production network. Helen Xenos details how Ciena helped make it happen, and what ...
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What’s new from Ciena in optical? The breadth of ...
Once again Ciena is breaking barriers across both performance and footprint-optimized coherent optics, learn about our latest opt ...
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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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The power behind 800G with WaveLogic 5 Extreme re ...
Wonder about the innovative technology behind Ciena’s 800G solution that allows for step level increases in network capacity and ...
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Traveling Farther Just Got Smarter with 300G 8QAM ...
Ciena, CANARIE and StarLight collaborate on a 300G trail over a live research network using 8QAM modulation.
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When Moore Is Not Enough – Why Our Growing Networ ...
The demand for communications bandwidth is expanding faster and faster each year, and we’re entering a stage where just Moore’s L ...
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New Cignal AI report looks at past, present and f ...
Cignal AI has published a new report, “Tracking the Deployment of Third Generation Coherent”. Download and learn the latest trans ...
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The journey to 1.6T: Understanding the technologi ...
Helen Xenos explains how the technology choices behind Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme 1.6 terabit coherent optics translate to optim ...
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Next-generation networks help DOT’s deliver quali ...
Converged packet-optical technology enhances Department of Transportation’s intelligent transportation systems while paving the w ...
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Understanding why CDC with flexible grid is so po ...
As Colorless-Directionless-Contentionless (CDC) with flexible grid (CDC-F) is becoming a reality for some network operators do yo ...
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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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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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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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The key ingredients you need to be the master che ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains how operators can benefit from following the right recipe to automate the photonic layer.
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How coherent optics improve capacity, performance ...
In this Q&A, Fernando Villarruel, Chief Architect of Ciena’s MSO Practice, highlights the strategic importance of coherent optics ...
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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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WaveLogic Encryption brings effortless in-flight ...
Ciena's new WaveLogic Encryption solution brings simple, in-flight data encryption to 100G and 200G speeds.
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The implications behind service and content provi ...
As coherent technology plays an increasingly critical role in the network, Ciena’s Helen Xenos delves into the details behind wha ...
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Optical Network Expert Series: Leveraging network ...
Ciena's David Boertjes explains how analytics can help monitor and control the the signal-to-noise ratio margin and David Côté ex ...
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Optical Network Expert Series: How near-zero marg ...
Ciena’s Paulina Gomez introduces our “Optical Network Expert Series: A guide to improving future network economics with near-zero ...
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How 3 technology advancements provide new options ...
To meet growing bandwidth demands, network providers do not always have the option to acquire or turn-up new fiber resources. Cie ...
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No network left behind: How network as a sensor d ...
The mission must continue – and that means networks must be up and secure, no matter what. Now more than ever before, networks ca ...
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The Evolution and Revolution of Networking Servic ...
This is the second in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.
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Virtualization is nothing without infrastructure: ...
The increasing demand for capacity is driving the need to build open, intelligent, physical infrastructure for R&E