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GEN15: What the heck is a hackathon?
Interview with John Hawkins one of the industry’s foremost experts on Carrier Ethernet technology.
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Ciena Drives High Performance Computing at SC15
Ciena demonstrations show how advanced networking and software capabilities can accelerate global scientific research and collabo ...
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Petabytes in motion: A look at next-gen networks ...
The event will be hosted by our very own Rod Wilson, and the panel will include guests from ESnet, University of Amsterdam, Texas ...
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Ciena Demonstrates Benefits of On Demand, Agile N ...
Ciena will showcase its packet networking and Blue Planet software solutions at the MEF’s GEN 15 event.
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Four Reasons You Want a Micro-Services Architectu ...
While the topic of container-based micro-services seems to have become a hot-topic overnight in the networking and telecom space, ...
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ESnet Taps Ciena for 400G Research and Education ...
Network to support growing demand for data-intensive transfer and research on high energy physics, climate science and genomics
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What is the “Right” Approach to Open Source?
So, here we go again. We in the telecom industry are looking at how to transform our networks with SDN, NFV and orchestration. Bu ...
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AquaComms Selects Ciena for New Trans-Atlantic Su ...
To support surging demand for trans-Atlantic connectivity, Aqua Comms Limited selected Ciena to facilitate 100G connectivity on i ...
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Survey: Tight IT budgets challenge security & ...
A new survey of 180 public sector professionals from all levels of government highlights that while government agencies are well ...
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Behind the scenes with Ciena’s new Blue Planet ar ...
Hear the technology experts that have been working directly on our new Blue Planet architecture over the last year.
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CenturyLink announces network virtualization plan ...
Ciena's Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator is a key part of CenturyLink’s plan to virtualize 40% of its global IP core network location ...
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Saudi Telecom Company Deploys High-Capacity Inter ...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is deploying a resilient, next-generation network (NGN) based on Ciena’s converged packet-optical pla ...
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Apply BPMN to Enable Network Transformation at th ...
It can be easy to gloss over how complicated it is to integrate new SDN and NFV functionality into an existing OSS. But this inte ...
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TOSCA and YANG? It’s not either/or...it’s both
Ciena's new Blue Planet architecture leverages a number of information models and orchestration tools – including TOSCA and NetCo ...
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DOCOMO PACIFIC Taps Ciena for First 200G Network ...
Asia provider builds advanced packet-optical network to deliver high-speed services
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Ciena Blue Planet unveils the dawn of service orc ...
Today Ciena’s Blue Planet division unveiled an entirely new architecture. Joe Cumello goes through each of them in this blog post.
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Ciena Delivers Self-Service Programmability and R ...
Ciena® (NYSE: CIEN) unveiled key enhancements to its Blue Planet network orchestration software designed to help operators expand ...
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Ciena Introduces Global Family Leave Policy
Highly competitive plan to attract and retain top talent globally
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The Reality of Applying SDN WAN in R&E Networ ...
Many R&E networks are at the forefront of SDN deployments, but now risk replacing hardware silos with software silos via a multi- ...
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Ciena obtains JITC certification, paves the way f ...
The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for our layer 2 Ethernet access and aggregation solutions gives DoD ...
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Ciena to Showcase Blue Planet Software at SDN &am ...
Experts discuss how service providers can improve agility for efficient, flexible networks with Blue Planet Software at SDN Open ...
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Ciena Unveils Industry’s First Stackable Long-Hau ...
WaveLogic optics and advanced software combine to maximize bandwidth for any network distance
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Don’t sell it short: 200G can extend far past the ...
Data Center Interconnect (DCI) isn't just about the metro anymore. That's why today we’re unveiling new capabilities that extend ...
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GBI Extends Relationship with Ciena
Network upgrade validates commitment to innovation and infrastructure investment