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Getting Real with 100GbE: Three Early Deployment ...
It may be surprising, but there is already consumption demand for bandwidth at 100GbE speeds. Here are three early deployment sce ...
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Get Ready for Generation ‘Z’
Ciena's Wayne Hickey explains these generational differences and how you can modernize your network assets to bridge the generati ...
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GEN15: What the heck is a hackathon?
Interview with John Hawkins one of the industry’s foremost experts on Carrier Ethernet technology.
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Gearing-up Cable MSOs for the move up-market
U.S. MSOs were experiencing double-digit business services growth; however, did you know that growth has slowed in recent years? ...
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Game on! Universal aggregation for the residence
As an avid gamer, it’s always game on for Ciena’s Wayne Hickey, even as he details Ciena’s latest residential broadband ONU.
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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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Fiber densification without complexity the goal o ...
To support the bandwidth demands on already taxed networks, providers are looking for solutions that can provide step-level impro ...
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Fiber Deep: Bringing bandwidth to the edge
In today’s highly competitive market MSOs need to put the necessary foundation in place to offer the best customer experience pos ...
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Extending the 100G Edge
Introducing Ciena’s new 5171 Service Aggregation Switch and Service Aggregation Platform, bringing more capacity closer to the ne ...
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Everything old is new again: why broadband is the ...
Learn how – and why – one utility cooperative is delivering scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.
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Ethernet vs. Carrier Ethernet: The New Network Pa ...
Ethernet is everyone's favorite networking technology. Its ubiquity and popularity have pushed it outside the LAN and across almo ...
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Ethernet Adventures: Turning Enterprise Networkin ...
In the first installment of this 3-part series, we begin the story of one hero’s road to streamlined enterprise networking operat ...
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Ethernet Adventures: Making Progress with an Old ...
In the second post of this 3-part series, we unravel one hero’s journey on the road to streamlined enterprise networking operatio ...
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Ethernet Adventures: Learning to Thrive in a New ...
Ciena’s Chris Sweetapple describes how Our Hero embraces business Ethernet to shed complexity and simplify operations, creating a ...
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Entering the promised land of IP and optical conv ...
Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin talks about the new era of IP and optical convergence. What is different this time around? And ho ...
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Dynamic MPLS-TP in the Metro Network… Why?
Ciena's Wayne Hickey gives a primer on the plethora of network routing protocols, and why the efficiency and flexibility of MPLS- ...
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Does universal aggregation hold the skeleton key ...
Ever wonder if there’s a better way to accelerate your edge fiber network, increase growth, and improve your bottom line? Charles ...
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Diving deep on 10G-Pluggables for high speed PON
In 2020, Ciena introduced our pluggable 10G PON offering to help network operators address key opportunities in next generation C ...
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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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Delivering true 5G: are we ready?
We discussed with Ciena’s Joe Marsella how mobile and wholesale network operators are gearing up to capitalize on the benefits an ...
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Dealing with packet networking complexity? It’s t ...
Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how new significant enhancements to Ciena’s Packet Networking portfolio will help you to accelerat ...
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DAA takes center stage at SCTE Cable-Tec 2018
Did you miss SCTE Cable-Tec Expo? Were you running from meeting to meeting and missing sessions? Ciena’s Darren McKinney has you ...
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D-NFV for enterprises: 5 key benefits
Learn why D-NFV's speed and simplicity might make it the next evolution of how enterprises deploy new network services.
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D-NFV - Big Opportunity for Service Providers
A recent Ovum study shows that more than 95% of enterprise customers are aware of NFV and expect it to increase network flexibili ...