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Automate or Die: What Telecom Must Learn from the ...
This is the first in a series of blog posts focusing on SDN and NFV-based on-demand services.
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Open Grid Europe Enhances Network with Ciena and ...
Open Grid Europe is working with Ciena in consultation with Kapsch CarrierCom, to deploy a dedicated communications network backb ...
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The History of Carrier Ethernet
Ethernet has been around for decades and has claimed the title of the superior Local Area Networking (LAN) technology of choice.
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Ciena Appoints Matt Vesperman as Managing Directo ...
Industry veteran to help drive the shift to on-demand networks and transform capacity into capability in the region
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Announcing Emulation Cloud: The Ultimate DIY Play ...
If you’re fed up with sluggish development, disjointed software pieces and endless API cloud integration issues, then we have som ...
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5 tips for a successful SDN deployment
A recent IDC report predicts the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise and cloud service provider segments could grow from $960 ...
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Ciena Waveserver and 5430 get high marks with Lig ...
Ciena brought home high marks from the Lightwave Innovation Awards. Both the Waveserver Data Center Interconnect and 5430 Packet- ...
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Ciena Brings Latest Web-Scale Solutions to OFC 20 ...
Ciena demonstrates recent advancements on 6500 Packet-Optical Platform family, Waveserver and Blue Planet software.
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Ciena unveils new 6500 T-Series platform with 24 ...
Ciena today unveiled Ciena 6500 T-Series, a new higher density version of our cornerstone 6500 Packet Optical Platform, providing ...
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Ciena Helps Service Providers Tackle Insatiable W ...
Ciena is extending the benefits of its market-leading 6500 Packet-Optical Platform to significantly increase network scalability ...
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CORD hits all the right chords with ONOS
Just like how a good song sticks in your head, CORD is hitting all the right notes for network operators looking to re-architect ...
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More Than Two-thirds of Asian Enterprises Demand ...
Survey sponsored by Ciena reveals that disaster recovery and the need to support virtualization are the most common drivers for n ...
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What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) offloads network functions into software that runs on industry-standard hardware and can be ...
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Women@Ciena join forces to celebrate Internationa ...
March 8, 2016 is International Women’s Day.At Ciena, we run an initiative called ‘Women @ Ciena’. This is an internal networking ...
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A closer look at CenturyLink’s Programmable Servi ...
Recep Ozdag details the work the Blue Planet team is doing with CenturyLink as part of their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB) ...
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Ciena Appoints Four New Members to Government Adv ...
Ciena appoints four new members to its Government Advisory Board.
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Virtualization Momentum Builds in Asia Pacific: T ...
Survey sponsored by Ciena finds that more than 30 percent of Asian enterprises have already implemented software defined networki ...
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Ciena Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2016 Financial ...
Delivers 8% adjusted operating margin and $0.18 adjusted EPS
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Survey: Network operators still see silos with SD ...
Perceived vendor silos are still an issue for network operators looking to move to SDN/NFV for service virtualization. That’s jus ...
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Ciena Appoints Keri Gilder as Vice President and ...
Ciena veteran to help service providers and businesses prepare networks for today’s web-scale demands
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A Guide to Raising your Carrier Ethernet IQ
Long-time Carrier Ethernet expert and MEF guy John Hawkins gets you up-to-speed on the latest Carrier Ethernet tech with a free 6 ...
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QSC Introduces New Hybrid Cloud Services with Cie ...
QSC is launching new, hybrid cloud services leveraging solutions from Ciena® and Kapsch Carrier Solutions. Powered by Ciena’s Wav ...
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Applying the “Chicken or the Egg” theory to TOSCA ...
I was recently with a group of colleagues discussing network automation for an upcoming webinar, clearly a top-of-mind topic for ...
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Blue Orbit: Best-of-Breed Building Blocks
Ciena Blue Planet has today added six new members to our Blue Orbit Ecosystem. Unlike other partner programs, 100% of the partner ...