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Encryption Testing and Certification

This document describes the concerns surrounding encryption solution testing, and the external certification processes available ...

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Why 5G Is More Than Just A Wireless Network Upgra ...

If you think about a mobile network holistically this paper offers tips to help you prepare your network for 5G.

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The Network Modernization Imperative

To meet growing bandwidth demands, carriers need networks that can adapt to new business models, scale on demand to support new s ...

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Harness the Power of Automation through Intent-ba ...

This webinar discusses the importance of intent-based policies, how Ciena is investing in Blue Planet’s policy capabilities to he ...

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Lifecycle Service Orchestration: Moving from Prom ...

Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) helps providers meet challenges and begin navigating the path toward operational automation ...

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A Guide to Achieving the New Packet Edge

Here are 5 reasons why network providers are feeling the pressure of unpredictable traffic volume.

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Senza Fili: From Automated to Autonomic Networks

This paper discusses the transition from static automation to new, the new autonomic networks that 5G networks will require.

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Scaling for the Next Giant

In the recent Light Reading webinar entitled, Ciena's Senior VP and CTO, Steve Alexander, examined three real-world case studies ...

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Executive Summary - Analysys Mason: Converging IT ...

This paper assesses the value of a cloud-native platform for operational automation, which can be shared by IT and networking org ...

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Start the Journey to The Adaptive Network

In a recent webinar produced with Light Reading, Kevin Sheehan, Ciena’s CTO of the Americas, looked into how providers are utiliz ...

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The Adaptive Network Vision webinar recap

Network providers face an unprecedented number of decisions about how to design their networks to support them well into the futu ...

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Building K-12 Networks to Teach the Leaders of To ...

New digital education tools have the potential to transform America's classrooms and prepare students for the global information ...

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MCP Applications Services

As a network operator, you face many challenges to keep up as you adopt new technologies like 5G, NFV, SD-WAN, and AI into your n ...

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Ciena Services for Navigator Network Control Suite

Enterprises and consumers are demanding high quality, high bandwidth services that are always available, everywhere.

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Analysys Mason Executive Brief: From Autonomous t ...

This executive brief aims to set a clear vision for future ‘adaptive’ wide area networks and their operations. It provides an ada ...

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Delivering GDPR Compliance with Holistic Security

This paper details how a holistic network security strategy can help minimise cyberthreats and streamline compliance in the era o ...

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Liquid Spectrum. Let the Benefits Flow.

Improved visibility. Automated processes. And increased network capacity and service availability from any given WDM investment. ...

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How to Deliver Gigabit Fiber Service to Consumers

The demand for gigabit services to residential consumers is growing by leaps and bounds. To satisfy their subscribers, Cable Mult ...

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Video Surveillance: Eye on the Edge

Many applications are driving the need for more bandwidth at the network edge, but none more so than video. Higher-resolution dev ...

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WAN Automation: SDN-based Service Creation and Ne ...

Blue Planet WAN automation reduces the complexity and cost associated with end-to-end service delivery across multi-vendor and mu ...

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Three Steps to Clear the Mobile Backhaul Bottlene ...

The web-scale world means massive mobile consumption. What happens when demand for a product or service continues to grow exponen ...

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Network Virtualization Glossary

This glossary, brought to you by Ciena's Blue Planet, has all the terms, acronyms, and definitions you need to know to navigate N ...

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Checklist for Packet Performance

This paper includes a list of factors driving the evolution of metro networks today, and solutions that can lower costs and reduc ...

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The Dawn of Automated Network Services

The infobrief shows how facing skyrocketing service demands is making CIOs, CTOs, and network operators are working hard to embra ...

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