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Ciena is well known for our pedigree in subsea, long-haul, and metro optical networks, but what about taking our innovations in and around the data center?
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What’s next for pluggable coherent optics
As Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Nano nears commercial availability, it is an ideal time to provide our outlook on the growing market for pluggable coherent optics, the widening range of applications they serve, and what it takes to maximize the value of pluggable deployments.
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Episode 84: Part 2- Quantum secure communications: Quantum Key Distribution and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Explore how Quantum Key Distribution and Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms help safeguard critical data in the quantum era and shape the future of secure communications by addressing the threat of quantum computing.
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Demo of Industry's 1st 1.6 Tb/s Coherent Solution
Ciena's Heng Foo describes live demonstration of the world's first 1.6Tb/s coherent solution, WaveLogic 6 Extreme, that enables highest capacity connectivity. WL6e is generally available on both Waveserver and 6500 platforms.
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Making IPoDWDM a Reality
The commercialization of 400G coherent pluggable optics in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors has sparked a resurgence of interest in integrated colored optics in routers, known as IP over DWDM, or IPoDWDM. To date, IPoDWDM is dominated by hyperscalers, but some leading-edge communications service providers (CSPs) have followed the hyperscalers’ lead. Longer term, the real opportunity among CSPs is with high performance coherent pluggable variants generally referred to as ZR+. The ZR+ pluggable optics provide greater reach and the ability to run over telecom operators’ reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM)-based line systems.
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What is a network digital twin? And why is it relevant to AIOps?
Ciena’s Mark Bieberich explores how network digital twins are even more relevant in t...
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All the benefits of multi-vendor, converged networks without the operational headaches
The IP/Optical convergence trend is in full swing, yet there continue to be challenge...
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Chalk Talk: Coherent Routing
Marc Doucette, Director of PLM, explains the business benefits of evolving to a coher...
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Demo of Industry's 1st 1.6 Tb/s Coherent Solution
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AIOps with Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite
This video shows how Navigator Network Control Suite provides AI-driven insights to h...
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Chalk Talk: Programmable photonics, get more capacity and resiliency from your open line system
Ciena’s photonics expert David Boertjes explains how Ciena’s programmable photonics e...
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Advantages of Managed Spectrum Service vs Dark Fiber + DIY in the Enterprise Market
As network capacity increases, the monthly OPEX for the managed 100G wave service to...
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On Demand: Your best route to IP/Optical convergence
Hear what makes Ciena’s Coherent Networking approach successful.
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