Network transformation
Rely on an experienced, trusted partner to modernize your network
A direct path to achieving your business objectives
The challenge
Your network infrastructure underpins business growth. Any changes must be well planned to ensure you meet business objectives, minimize disruption, and maximize ROI. Having an experienced partner to guide you is critical to ensuring success, even when we’re not part of your network.
Our approach
Are there a few trouble spots in your network or are you thinking of a comprehensive network transformation? We collaborate with you leveraging your business insights and our transformation experience. Our team combines data analytics and tailored automation tools with our proven methodology to ensure an effective network transformation that meets your desired outcomes.
The benefits
We eliminate the guesswork and minimize risk, shrinking the time it takes for you to deliver the quality experience your customers expect. By ensuring you have the most agile network engineered to your current and future business needs, we focus on helping you drive revenue growth and meet sustainability goals.
Five steps to a successful network transformation
Ciena’s five-step network transformation process takes a comprehensive view of your business strategy, priorities, and goals and creates and executes a plan to ensure you minimize disruption and maximize ROI. Learn more about our Transformation Methodology.
Our network transformation services
Consulting
Sometimes the hardest part about network transformation is getting started. Our Consulting Service works with you to ensure we deliver the right solution with the greatest ROI.
Implementation
Our Implementation Service teams plan, design and deploy networks, leveraging an automation framework and 30+ years’ of experience to reduce risk and ensure quality.
Lifecycle services
Lifecycle services include Maintenance Service, Managed Services, Optimization Service, and Learning Service to ensure your network runs at peak performance.
Ciena Services
We leverage decades of expertise and innovation to help you build, operate, and improve your network and achieve your business objectives.
[F]or the mission-critical services we provide to public emergency communication sectors, such as NG-911… we are assured of utmost network reliability.
Case studies
Case Study
Global Cloud Connectivity Provider Deploys Advanced Optical Technology with Modernization Partner Ciena Services
This case study outlines how a global cloud connectivity provider brought in Ciena Se...
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Leading Telecom Provider Asks Ciena to Consolidate and Transform its Costly, Fragmented, Legacy Network
Lacking in-house expertise for the complex project, the service provider selected Cie...
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Ciena Transforms Tier 1 Service Provider's Multi-Vendor Network and Operational Processes
A service provider selected Ciena Services as its trusted, independent partner for a ...
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Network Transformation
Ciena Services helps maximize network agility, responsiveness, and investment efficie...
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Network Transformation Suite
Your network infrastructure underpins business growth. Changes must be well planned a...
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Network transformation: Decommission use case
Improve network operations and reduce costs.
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Network transformation: Site exit use case
The escalating cost of real estate is increasingly becoming a factor in the communica...
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Network transformation: Technology upgrade use case
Targeted technology upgrades are an effective way to enhance network reliability and ...
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Network transformation: Network consolidation and migration use case
Transform your network now to take advantage of new revenue opportunities, reduce ope...
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Verizon, Ciena and Network Modernization
With Ciena, Verizon was able to build a parallel network — minimizing disruptions and...
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Network Transformation, Here and Now
This eBook helps answer that question by exploring the challenges and barriers that o...
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Top 4 reasons to transform your network now
From the hidden risks of legacy gear to the drive to support ambitious new sustainabi...
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