Brilliant Together
True partnerships are all about doing more and becoming greater together, and Ciena and Zayo achieve better outcomes because of their partnership. Ciena delivers market intelligence and geoanalytics to profile multiple accounts and thousands of contacts, training programmes, workshops, and sales materials that enable Zayo teams across Europe to grow new opportunities.
This page brings together all the great content you’ll need to build on our successes.
Visit these links and see how Ciena and Zayo can align, engage, and build on an outstanding partnership.
Visit the sales training portalSales training portal
Ciena and Zayo have partnered to provide sales teams with customised training programs. Here’s your one-stop-shop for better customer conversations, increasing your productivity and adding more value.
Visit the portalCiena partner portal
Find all the training, tools, and insights you need for success with Ciena.
View the deckSolution decks
Explore common challenges in adopting cloud services and defining cloud strategies and storing, transferring, and analysing data. Learn how Zayo solutions help overcome them.
View the resourcesCorporate Visions resources
Discover how Ciena shares Zayo’s vision for success and explore sales and marketing resources to help you build on our successes for 2023.
Explore our certificationsCertifications
Get hands on experience with our solutions and achieve 360 design certifications, including competency-based assessments, online credentials, course pathways, and a brand-new physical lab (with remote access). Become an expert in optical or DCI.
News and information
Our powerful partnership has grown rapidly over the last three years—see the latest news from the Ciena team to keep you up to date with our progress.
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The Zayo—Ciena Partnership: Driving European Network Expansion TogetherRead article
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A connection for the futureRead article
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Quarterly video blog update for Zayo EMEA accountWatch video
Explore IP/Optical convergence and Ciena’s solutions.
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When it comes to IP/Optical convergence – can you see the forest for the trees?
Are you finding yourself getting stuck in all the noise and details surrounding IP/Op...
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Own the Edge: Ciena’s leaders discuss the role of IP/Optical convergence
Ciena's leaders talk about how IP/Optical convergence can transform your metro and ed...
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IP/Optical Convergence: Are you ready?
Discover some of the biggest barriers to IP/Optical Convergence and how Ciena can hel...
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A Framework for IP/Optical Convergence: Building from Existing Networks
IP/Optical convergence can play a key role in helping CSPs address these, but where d...
DownloadLearn about Ciena’s next generation optical networking and what the edge means to enterprises and telecom operators.
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3 videos about next-generation 400G networking you must watchDon’t miss these 3 videos that explain what the next-generation optical networking is, how it works, and how it was developed.
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Don’t miss these 3 videos that explain what the next-generation optical networking is, how it works, and how it was developed.
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Chalk Talk - The Future of NetworksCiena CTO Steve Alexander provides his insights into the future direction of critical communications networks to support ever increasing and changing application and service demands.
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Ciena CTO Steve Alexander provides his insights into the future direction of critical communications networks to support ever increasing and changing application and service demands.
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What “the edge” means for telcosTelecom operators must prepare for the accelerated distribution of processing capabilities toward the network edge. To do that, they need to strategize for the edge cloud. ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis details the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
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Telecom operators must prepare for the accelerated distribution of processing capabilities toward the network edge. To do that, they need to strategize for the edge cloud. ABI Research’s Dimitris Mavrakis details the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
Explore how optical transport networking can do more your optical network.
6500 Reconfigurable Line System
The 6500 Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) is a compact, simple-to-deploy, photonic la...
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What is OTN?
OTN—or Optical Transport Network—is a telecommunications industry standard protocol— ...
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5 questions to evaluate OTN switching for your network
Paul Littlewood, principal engineer in Ciena's CTO office and co-author of the
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Primer: A Guide to 400G Optical Networks
This guide covers all you need to know about 400G, the technology that supports it, a...
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Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Footprint-Optimized Coherent Optical Solutions
Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how coherent technology ...
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In the Lab: Ciena's 6500 T-Series: Terabit switching
Ciena’s Tony Bernola gives an overview of the new switching hardware on Ciena’s 6500 ...
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John Wiggins
Job Role at Ciena: Account Director, Hometown: Leicester, United Kingdom, Email: jwiggins@ciena.com
Will Rhodes
Job Role at Ciena: CMS Consultant, Hometown: Hertford, United Kingdom, Email: wrhodes@ciena.com
Maria Balasova
Job Role at Ciena: Advisor, Field Marketing, Tel: +44 207 012 5660, Email: mbalasov@ciena.com
Geoffrey Robinson
Job Role at Ciena: Senior Sales Engineer, Hometown: Hatfield, United Kingdom, Email: gerobins@ciena.com
Mark Burton
Job Role at Ciena: UK & Western Europe Managing Director, Hometown: London, United Kingdom, Email: markburt@ciena.com
Kevin Elliot
Job Role at Ciena: Consultant, Sales Engineering, Email: kevellio@ciena.com