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The evolving coherent optical networking landscap ...

Ciena’s Helen Xenos explains how network providers are now at an inflection point and must evaluate innovative approaches to elev ...

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Doubling down on domain control with real-time in ...

Would you like the ability to complete your operational tasks quicker and more accurately, across multi-layer, multi-vendor netwo ...

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Back to school: Attend Ciena’s Optical Network Ma ...

Ciena’s popular ‘Back to School’ Webinar series is back! Don’t miss this opportunity to attend four free sessions, learn from our ...

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Break away from the pack: How service providers c ...

A surge of new services, content, and applications are being created and consumed at the edge of the network by both business and ...

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The benefits of an integrated C&L-band photon ...

Network providers are looking for new alternatives to unlock additional network capacity. Ciena’s Kent Jordan explains how upgrad ...

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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 ...

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Ciena’s Ultimate eBook Holiday Bundle is Back: 20 ...

Looking for some casual light reading this holiday season as you kick back in your favorite chair drinking eggnog? Well, look som ...

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12 Questions Answered about Submarine Data Center ...

As the recent news that Microsoft and Facebook plan to build a subsea cable across Atlantic demonstrates, the need to optimize in ...

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Q&A with Joe Marsella, Ciena's CTO for Europe

We sit down with Joe Marsella, Ciena's CTO for the European region, to get a status update on the European market and his sense o ...

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Following the 3-pillar approach to effective secu ...

Large-scale data breaches are reported in the press almost daily, with devastating consequences for the organizations and individ ...

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VodafoneZiggo is revolutionizing the Netherlands’ ...

VodafoneZiggo is leveraging Ciena’s programmable 400G technology to power the Netherlands’ ‘network of the future’. Leo Geert van ...

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Behind the scenes with Ciena’s new Blue Planet ar ...

Hear the technology experts that have been working directly on our new Blue Planet architecture over the last year.

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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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Apply BPMN to Enable Network Transformation at th ...

It can be easy to gloss over how complicated it is to integrate new SDN and NFV functionality into an existing OSS. But this inte ...

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3 videos about next-generation 400G networking yo ...

Don’t miss these 3 videos that explain what the next-generation optical networking is, how it works, and how it was developed.

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North Sea Pathways: Digital Oilfields to Ultra-Se ...

Tampnet, a Norwegian based global operator, uses Ciena gear to support the operation of the largest offshore multi-terabit, low l ...

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3 unique network provider perspectives on IP/Opti ...

What are network providers thinking about IP/Optical Convergence? Representatives from Microsoft, Telia Carrier and Cox Communica ...

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Fourth Generation 100GbE is the real deal. How we ...

Ciena’s Ivana Lemos explains how with Ciena’s new 8140 Coherent Metro Router you can meet new 100GbE requirements and satisfy you ...

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Hero Optical Bundle2 | Ciena

What if you could apply the collective knowledge of some of the world’s best and brightest optical minds to your network? You can ...

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Detecting undersea earthquakes with cross-industr ...

Is it possible to detect undersea earthquakes and tsunamis without sensors attached to wet plants, old and new? Yes, by detecting ...

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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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Automate or Die: What Telecom Must Learn from the ...

This is the first in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.

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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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Weekly roundup | Ciena network insights | Septemb ...

This week, we're sharing 5 things from a CX Award judge, helping you ensure your network analytics solution can drive intelligent ...

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