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How Integrated Photonics Enhances Capacity and Sc ...

This paper explores a technical solution that will eliminate out of date equipment, drive content closer to the user and removes ...

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IDC Executive Insights: Transitioning Toward a So ...

The results of the IDC Asia/Pacific WAN and Communications Survey, 2015, show that enterprises see the need for network to be not ...

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IHS Markit 2017 Optical Equipment Vendor Leadersh ...

IHS Markit’s annual optical leadership survey is an attempt to quantify the opinions of service providers. Download the report su ...

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IHS Markit Optical Network Hardware Vendor Scorec ...

IHS Markit’s annual optical network hardware vendor scorecard (2018) is an attempt to quantify the opinions of service providers. ...

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IHS Markit: 2019 Optical Equipment Vendor Leaders ...

This year’s survey report covers and elaborates on hot topics within the industry like Data Center Interconnect, optical network ...

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IHS Markit: 2019 Optical Vendor Scorecard Ciena E ...

This IHS Markit Scorecard evaluates the top global optical network equipment vendors. This particular 2019 ‘excerpt’ report was p ...

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Impact of 5G on Wireline Networks in Asia-Pacific

Understand why MNOs in the Asia-Pacific region need to take action now on an integrated wireless/wireline planning approach to so ...

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Improving the Enterprise Network

This paper explores the value proposition of Carrier Ethernet, as expressed by carriers, as it applies to government and enterpri ...

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Increasing Fiber Capacity with L-band: A comparis ...

Networks with high bandwidth applications and sustained bandwidth growth are quickly facing capacity exhaust on routes between ke ...

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Intelligent Automation: Driving Digital Transform ...

Service providers are striving to outpace their competition to meet the ever-increasing expectations from end-customers for diffe ...

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Intelligent Data - Driven Operations with AIOps

In this white paper, Heavy Reading focuses on artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) and the emerging role of AI in mu ...

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Interconnecting Data Centers to Support the New W ...

Read this paper and learn how digital health is placing new demands on data center connectivity and how a few steps can help impr ...

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Introducing the Adaptive Network Vision

Users’ ever-increasing expectations—and the technology breakthroughs that continue to feed them—have created an unprecedented lev ...

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Inventory as a Cyber Security Foundation

This paper examines some ways organizations attempt to manage inventory. It reviews three primary methods, their strengths and we ...

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Is an Organization's WAN the Weakest Link in its ...

Research from Telindus and Ciena shows that more than half of organizations could be vulnerable to data breaches and GDPR non-com ...

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Laying the 5G Foundation with an Evolved Mobile T ...

Mobile Network Operators are embarking on a phased deployment of 5G. This paper discusses how to build the foundation, what it mu ...

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Leveraging Rich APIs for a New DCI Operational Pa ...

The explosion of traffic driven by on-demand video streaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) has been the driving force for a ne ...

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Maximizing LTE Benefits Using Carrier Ethernet Ba ...

Backhaul providers are in a prime position to capitalize on the growing market for delivering Carrier Ethernet services to MNOs.

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Maximizing Reach-capacity in Optical Networks wit ...

Advanced algorithms implemented in coherent optical Digital Signal Processor (DSP) design. This paper explains the algorithms dev ...

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Modernizing India’s Networks to Meet 21st Century ...

Skyrocketing mobile device use and data traffic growth projections are driving unprecedented demand for connectivity across the I ...

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Modernizing Media & Entertainment Networks to ...

This paper characterizes the motivations for network modernization and describes approaches Media and Entertainment companies can ...

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MSOs Take Ethernet Business Services By Storm

This paper discusses the rise of EBS as an appealing alternative to traditional business services.

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Multi-service Substation WAN Backbone: Ready for ...

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially du ...

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Network as a Sensor

Ciena works in partnership with agencies to define network requirements and tailor a network-as-a-sensor solution to each unique ...

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