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What's in store for Asia Pacific Networking in 20 ...

From 5G to AI to the move to virtualization, Ciena’s Anup Changaroth gives his insights on the major trends that are likely to dr ...

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Quantifying the benefits of tunable coherent mode ...

How do you reduce optical transport costs to compete in an aggressive market? Helen Xenos talks about the economics of tunable co ...

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How pluggables fit into Ciena’s coherent optical ...

Greg Friesen gives an update on Ciena's coherent optical investment strategy and provides some insights into what is next, includ ...

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Deploying coherent plugs – is there more to the s ...

Looking for a reasonable approach to getting started deploying coherent pluggables? Ciena’s Tim Pearson provides the final two st ...

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Year in review: Ciena’s 5 biggest announcements o ...

From an uptick in 400G services to new acquisitions and partnerships, Ciena’s Bo Gowan highlights the biggest Ciena news and anno ...

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Year in review: Ciena’s 7 biggest announcements o ...

As we close out an unprecedented year, let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2020.

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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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Q&A with Ciena CEO Gary Smith on Cyan Acquisi ...

Ciena today completed its acquisition of Cyan, a leading provider of next-gen software and platforms to enable SDN networks.

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Ovum report says optical networks are booming in ...

It is no secret that India is experiencing massive bandwidth demand growth fueled largely by mobile broadband. A recent report by ...

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The SDN Resource Adapter: More than Meets the Eye

While NFV has largely owned the network virtualization industry spotlight of late, there is a rising tide of interest around conf ...

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Coherent optical turns 10: Here’s how it was made

This is the story of how a team of over 100 people in Ciena's R&D labs pulled together an impressive collection of technology inn ...

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Four Reasons You Want a Micro-Services Architectu ...

While the topic of container-based micro-services seems to have become a hot-topic overnight in the networking and telecom space, ...

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Why ROADM architectures make sense for your DCI n ...

Simple, point-to-point data center interconnect networks are the norm, so why are network operators considering ROADM for their m ...

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New tide of technologies tested on Facebook’s MAR ...

Brian Lavallée, Senior Director of Submarine Network Solutions Marketing at Ciena, sat down with Facebook's Steve Grubb, a key me ...

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Hawaiki: from canoes to connected broadband in th ...

Ciena's Brian Lavallée sat down recently with Hawaiki Chief Executive Officer, Rémi Galasso to discuss the firm’s mission to tran ...

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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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Protecting $10 Trillion Worth of Transactions, Ev ...

Back in 2010, under the auspices of the IEEE, the Reliability of Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure (ROGUCCI) re ...

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FlexE: 3 reasons network providers are interested

Have you heard about FlexE? Ciena’s Optical Networking expert Helen Xenos teaches you about the benefits that are driving this em ...

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The Metro gets a brand new 100G architecture opti ...

Traditionally, operators have had to choose between two types of photonic architectures when deploying an optical network: a pass ...

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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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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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Coherent Routing: A rapid evolution to IP/Optical ...

There’s way more to IP/Optical convergence than just a plug in a router. Scott McFeely Ciena’s SVP of Global Products & Services ...

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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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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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