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The Advent of Open Submarine Networks

Even as many of today's networks are moving to open architectures, submarine cable networks have remained closed and proprietary. ...

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The Adaptive Network: Why automation alone isn’t ...

The technology behind the data collected about us enables information to be collected, analysed, and actioned to provide us with ...

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Survey: Network operators still see silos with SD ...

Perceived vendor silos are still an issue for network operators looking to move to SDN/NFV for service virtualization. That’s jus ...

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Survey says - service providers are ready for the ...

What are service providers looking for when it comes to IP/Optical convergence? Heavy Reading asked 220 service provider executiv ...

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Strengthen your advantage with Emulation Cloud an ...

In this final blog of the 4-part MCP Applications series, Marie Fiala describes the resources at your disposal to integrate, depl ...

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Spotlight on 4G/5G fronthaul networks

Not sure what xHaul is or why it's critical to the success of 5G? How should operators, MNOs and wholesalers alike, converge 4G a ...

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Software-Defined Control – Brought to You by the ...

SDN is an enabling technology for network transformation, but it is not a one-size-fits-all model. Models vary based on the curre ...

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Service Orchestration: The Cure for Vendor Silos ...

In order to fully orchestrate services from end-to-end, across both the physical and virtual domains, network operators will now ...

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SDN: a not-so-secret ingredient for transforming ...

Software-defined networking or SDN is the key to opening up ICT change programmes.

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SDN control – 3 rules for successful deployment

When implementing SDN control in service provider optical networks, what works and what are the key architectural decisions on th ...

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SD-WAN: Threat or Opportunity?

Kevin Wade of Ciena's Blue Planet team says SD-WAN in its purest form can be considered a threat to a service provider's traditio ...

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SCTE Expo 2019 – the importance and opportunities ...

At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this year there were a few aspects of moving to 10G that stood out: the importance of low latency, the ...

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SC17: Super Networks for Super Computers

The SC17 conference provides a perfect opportunity to experience the intersection of high-performance computing with high-perform ...

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Retail Digitization… Friend or Foe?

The online world is acting as a disruptor to the retail industry. But the same tools that allow consumers to become increasingly ...

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Remember the big picture when scaling your network

Today’s customers are truly asking for a change, putting new demands on the network. The service provider that is able to evolve ...

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Q&A with Sven Freudenfeld of Lanner: Ciena’s ...

Ciena’s Brian Lavallée talks with Sven Freudenfeld of Lanner, Ciena’s newest Blue Orbit partner, about the company and the evolut ...

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Q&A with Ron Kline: Predicting the Pace of Ch ...

Ciena's Ron Kline shares his perspective on the many factors that affect the pace of change in our industry and how companies mus ...

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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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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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Q&A session: Blue Orbit and Service Provider ...

Ciena's new Blue Planet DevOps Toolkit is creating a buzz with our customers and partners. Two of our experts explain what it is ...

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Preview our Top 5 online courses to celebrate Nat ...

September 15 is National Online Learning Day, and Ciena is joining with others to celebrate the opportunities and advances that o ...

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Predictive analytics: the key to optimizing your ...

How are network providers using analytics and automation to evolve their networks? Ciena’s Paulina Gomez explains – and you can h ...

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Predictions: Ciena CTO Steve Alexander on the key ...

Steve Alexander, Ciena SVP and CTO, talks through his predictions for the future of technologies like 5G, AI, software automation ...

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Predictions: Ciena CTO Steve Alexander looks at t ...

Ciena’s CTO Steve Alexander discusses key trends that will shape the industry in 2020 and beyond including, 5G, edge computing, a ...

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