Steve Alexander, CTO, to deliver keynote on Tuesday, April 18

At MPLS SD & AI Net World 2023, taking place April 18–20 at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, Ciena will feature the company’s latest innovations in coherent routing and converged multi-layer architecture at booth #104. Ciena’s experts will be on site to discuss how network providers can go beyond IP to achieve a simpler, more scalable, and sustainable future.

Other Ciena highlights at the event:

Demonstrations:

  • WaveRouter, a coherent metro router (Ciena booth #104): showcasing the recently introduced WaveRouter, an industry-first platform architecture that unites the best of traditional chassis and leaf-spine design with Ciena’s WaveLogic coherent optics and intelligent multi-layer control and automation for a high-performance, easy-to-operate, and greener coherent routing solution.
  • Intelligent multi-layer network operations demo (Ciena booth #104): demonstrating management of Ciena’s WaveRouter within a metro coherent routing network, simplified multi-layer network visualization, and streamlined multi-layer control and PCE via Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) Applications to unlock more network capacity and accelerate converged IP/optical operations.
  • Coherent metro routing demo (Ciena booth #104): revealing how service providers can take IP/optical convergence to the next level with dense 100G and 400G coherent metro routers that help lower costs, achieve scale, and improve network sustainability.
  • Optimizing service performance in SRv6 and SR-MPLS networks demo (Ciena booth #104): showing the latest in segment routing and IP services for performance measurement, traffic engineering, and network slicing, as well as transport interworking for technologies including SRv6 and SR-MPLS.
  • Blue Planet® automation software demo (Ciena booth #104): showcasing end-to-end network slicing across multiple domains, along with dynamic observability and automation for multi-vendor IP/MPLS networks.
  • EANTC MPLS SDN Interoperability Test 2023 (EANTC booth): exhibiting interoperability of SDN, clocking, segment routing, and EVPN solutions.

Speaking Sessions:

  • From Disaggregation to Convergence pre-conference workshop: Monday, April 17, from 13:30 to 17:30 CET (Palais des Congrès de Paris) – featuring the latest disaggregated yet converged technologies for sustainable, multi-layer IP/optical networks.
  • Keynote: Tuesday, April 18, from 11:00 to 11:15 CET – Steve Alexander, Chief Technology Officer, will speak about IP and optical convergence for a multi-cloud world.
  • Additional speaking and panel sessions: Ciena’s subject matter experts are participating in 10 sessions at the conference; see here for agenda details.

For more information about Ciena’s participation at MPLS SD & AI Net World or to request a meeting, visit https://www.ciena.com/next-steps/events/mpls-2023 or contact pr@ciena.com.

About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a global leader in networking systems, services, and software. We build the most adaptive networks in the industry, enabling customers to anticipate and meet ever-increasing digital demands. For three-plus decades, Ciena has brought our humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation. Prioritizing collaborative relationships with our customers, partners, and communities, we create flexible, open, and sustainable networks that better serve all users—today and into the future. For updates on Ciena, follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, the Ciena Insights blog, or visit www.ciena.com.

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