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Altibox Carrier’s NO-UK Submarine Cable: Open. Gr ...

A few weeks ago, Altibox Carrier announced that the NO-UK submarine cable system achieved record-breaking 800Gb/s line rate with ...

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A smarter way: how analytics apps are solving you ...

Data is coming fast and furious for network providers – how can they understand what is happening so they can make smarter decisi ...

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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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A peek inside CenturyLink’s National 100G Ultra L ...

CenturyLink began using Ciena’s 6500 platform in 2013 to modernize and upgrade its national network and offer high-speed services ...

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A closer look at CenturyLink’s Programmable Servi ...

Recep Ozdag details the work the Blue Planet team is doing with CenturyLink as part of their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB) ...

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A (Miserable) Day in the Life of a Submarine Fiel ...

Meet Erik. Erik is a submarine network field technician. Erik has a tough job. Let's look at all the challenges he faces in tryin ...

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9 questions answered about Ciena Blue Planet

Ciena answers 9 questions about its Blue Planet

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800G is here: pushing the boundaries of what your ...

The wait is over. 800G has been tested and proven in real production networks with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme. Learn about how t ...

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800G adoption soars in 2020

With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution in market this year, how fast have customers been embracing it? Ciena’s Hele ...

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7 key considerations when evolving your R&E N ...

Ciena's Vini Santos shares a list of fundamental pillars to consider in R&E network evolution planning. These pillars are importa ...

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500G transpacific. Yep, we did that!

The news from SubOptic? Let’s start with our successful single-wavelength 500G field trial over a 9,000km transpacific cable. Cie ...

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5 Ways DCI Growth is Driving New Innovations in T ...

New technologies and capabilities, driven by data center interconnect (DCI) applications and capacity growth, are now available. ...

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5 tips for a successful SDN deployment

A recent IDC report predicts the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise and cloud service provider segments could grow from $960 ...

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5 questions to evaluate OTN switching for your ne ...

Paul Littlewood, principal engineer in Ciena's CTO office and co-author of the

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5 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About In-Flight ...

Ciena's Paulina Gomez sheds some light on the story of in-flight data and how to protect it with these compelling encryption fact ...

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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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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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400G Industry Adoption is Taking Off

The adoption of 400G is ramping up. Ciena’s Helen Xenos takes a look at how this compares with adoption rates of technology in th ...

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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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4 reasons not to miss Ciena’s Optical Summer Webi ...

Yesterday’s speeds and feeds just can’t cut it in today’s environment, let alone tomorrow’s. How do you meet a future of growing ...

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4 New OTN Use Cases for Today’s Networks

Optical networking dynamics are changing. Read the 4 new OTN use cases for today’s networks.

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4 EdTech Mega-Trends Driving Change in the Classr ...

Ciena’s Daniele Loffreda looks at new trends in education technology, and the challenge of integrating them into the classroom.

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4 critical requirements for the next-gen photonic ...

Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains the four critical photonic layer requirements to ensuring a successful network transformation.

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3 Ways Software will Change Data Security as We K ...

Much of today's conversation around network security and SDN/NFV revolves around identifying possible security risks when moving ...

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