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From fragmented visibility to coordinated, effective action
Dean Brewster explains why the next phase of network optimization is not just seeing clearly, but acting faster, using AI-enabled process automation to turn fragmented visibility into coordinated action across modern networks. This is the third in a series of three blogs exploring network optimization strategies.
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Start small with AIOps – and build from there
Does it feel like you’re trying to boil the ocean with AIOps? You may have piloted AI within your organization and seen some efficiency gains. But how can you operationalize the usage of AI to rethink and streamline your processes? In this blog, Ciena’s Marie Fiala describes a practical path forward to demonstrate compelling operational improvements, gain organizational acceptance, and generate momentum to explore more business-impacting use cases.
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Episode 97: Building AI-Ready Networks — From India to the Rest of the World
Lightstorm’s Vinay V. joins Ciena’s Gautam Billa to discuss how the Asia-Pacific connectivity provider is scaling to meet surging hyperscaler, neoscaler, and AI-driven demand, leveraging MOFN, NaaS, and operating at AI speed.
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WaveLogic 6 Nano: Scaling 800G pluggable connectivity
In this video, discover how WL6n supports interoperable 800ZR for metro DCI and 800G ZR+ connectivity up to 1,000 kilometers, with extended reach at 600G. You’ll also learn how higher-performance modes extend 800G pluggable connectivity across more network links.
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Reducing operational drag in multi-vendor and multi-generation networks
Explore how AI-enabled process automation and cross-domain coordination improve operations in multi-vendor, multi-generation networks.
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AI is everywhere. But its value only flows where networks can carry it.
AI is scaling beyond the data center into distributed inference across clouds and the...
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Ciena and Meta achieve world record 800 Gb/s across 16,608 km on transpacific submarine cable
As AI-driven demand accelerates, Ciena and Meta have set a new world record — achievi...
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Waveserver E-Series: Cost-Efficient Multi-Service Transport for the Edge
Ciena’s Waveserver E-Series platforms are simple-to-deploy edge demarcation devices e...
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Demo of industry's first 1.6 Tb/s coherent solution
Ciena's Heng Foo describes live demonstration of the world's first 1.6Tb/s coherent s...
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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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