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This week, we're discussing how the explosion of gaming and esports is driving the need for network evolution, diving into the Ciena Open Submarine Cables Handbook, and sharing our vision of submarine networking at SNW 2019.
How the explosion of gaming and esports is driving the need for network evolution
The popularity of online gaming and esports is booming, and a host of network operators and online giants are beginning to take notice. Here's what that means for the future of networks.
Dive into the Ciena Open Submarine Cables Handbook
What are open submarine cables? What are the benefits of this model and do you know what you need to consider when designing or purchasing a new submarine cable? Brian Lavallée introduces our Submarine Cables Handbook that explains all of this, and much more.
Ciena’s vision of submarine networking at SNW 2019
Will you be at Submarine Network World 2019 in Singapore next week? Find out what topics have us excited – and how you can learn about the state of the submarine industry.
The Ciena Insights Podcast - Episode 23: How Gaming is Going Beast Mode
Tune in to hear from special guest Craig Levine, ESL’s Global Chief Strategy Officer, along with Ciena’s Steve Alexander and Joe Cumello as they discuss the explosive growth in the gaming and esports industries and how the network plays a key role in creating an immersive and entertaining experience.
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Learn more about esports and the future of networking in Ciena's latest podcast
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Ciena’s Steve Alexander sat down with ESL’s Craig Levine, a pioneer of the esports industry often called the “Godfather of esports,” to talk about esports and the future of gaming—and what it means for tomorrow’s networks.
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How ESL grew from a group of gamers to the world’s largest and oldest esports company
The factors contributing to gaming growth, including services that gamers of the future will expect network providers to support
How networks will need to adapt and future-proof for what’s ahead
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5 Ways DCI growth is driving new innovations in transport networking
New technologies and capabilities, driven by data center interconnect (DCI) applications and capacity growth, are now available. Here are five new innovations to support growing DCI demands, and how industry analysts see the DCI market taking shape.
Getting real with 100GbE: Three early deployment scenarios
Think 100GbE is too big a pipe? It may be surprising, but there is already consumption demand for bandwidth at 100GbE speeds.
Ciena unveils WaveLogic 5: 800G and so much more
In today’s content economy, end-customers are demanding more from their network providers – more content, more video, more devices – and the list goes on. As a result, providers need more from their underlying optical networks.
Why Adaptive is the biggest story in networking
The long-desired goal of network automation is coming closer to reality. Joe Cumello explains why autonomous networking alone is not enough, and introduces Ciena’s Adaptive Network™.
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This week, we're discussing Airtel’s new infrastructure to prepare for 5G services in India, the move by MSOs to Converged Interconnect Network (CIN) and Distributed Access Architectures (DAA), and how banks can ensure that their IP/MPLS networks are agile enough to support new digital services.
Digital-First India: Building a future proof and Adaptive Network for Airtel
How did Airtel build a new infrastructure that can dynamically adjust and keep up with ever-changing user demands in India? Ciena’s Rajesh Nambiar explains.
Cable plays nice: Service convergence on the CIN
SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO starts in 1-week! Moving to 10G, Distributed Access Architectures and associated technologies such as the Converged Interconnect Network (CIN) will undoubtedly garner a lot of ‘air time’ during the sessions and on the exhibition show floor.
When time is money, banks can’t afford a network outage
To deliver a higher quality customer experience, banks of all sizes are deploying innovative digital applications and partnering with FinTechs to bundle new services.
What is Network Analytics?
Utilizing artificial intelligence and automation technologies, network analytics helps operators make smarter, data-driven operational and business decisions.
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2019 IHS rankings. Top 10 tech leaders.
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When evaluating technology leaders, who can you trust for an unbiased complete assessment?
IHS Markit's annual Optical Network Hardware Vendor Scorecard is essential to help you discern who's the best. For a second year in a row, Ciena easily retains its leader position in the number one spot.
This one-of-a-kind objective industry report card assesses and ranks vendors’ market position accurately and fairly—with direct feedback from buyers. A world leader in critical information, analytics, and solutions, IHS Markit takes the guesswork out of choosing the right technology partner.
We worked with IHS Markit to offer you a free excerpt of this year's full report. Inside, you'll get a detailed analysis, scoring methodology, and a chart of where each vendor lands among the top players across several categories, including:
Optical network systems
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Choose the leader in innovation to empower you to be a leader in your own market. Read Ciena's blog and download the report summary now.
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If you're a network operator looking for a better way to answer the demand for new services, the quickest path is with Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
Watch Ciena's Chalk Talk: What is SDN? to learn how to harness the power of this groundbreaking technology to help support:
Faster delivery of new on-demand services
Self-service programmability and reduced vendor lock-in
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Say goodbye to vendor lock-in and say hello to openness and business agility.
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This week, we're sharing highlights from SCTE Expo 2019, explaining why the foundation of asuccessful automation strategystarts with fixing your legacy inventory systems and processes, redefining the metro edge withpacket and coherent optics, and giving you 8 top technologies for modern DCI networks.
SCTE Expo 2019 – the importance and opportunities of latency, PNM and 5G
Did you miss SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in the ‘Big Easy’? Were you running from meeting to meeting and missing sessions? Ciena’s Darren McKinney has you covered.
Are broken inventory systems stalling your automation strategy?
Automating your network’s operational processes is the goal, but you can’t automate what you can’t see. Blue Planet’s Andy Youé explains why the foundation of a successful automation strategy starts with fixing your legacy inventory systems and processes.
Redefining the metro edge with packet and coherent optics
Packet platforms, coupled with optical transmission over fiber, was a game-changing technology combination when first introduced many years ago.
8 top technologies for modern DCI networks
As the number of data centers has grown and the DCI market has evolved, network operators have had to deploy new capacity rapidly to keep up with the growing demand. Learn how the industry has responded to these challenges with new, highly scalable technologies and products.
Better inventory visualization slashes costs and accelerates new technology introduction
Blue Planet’s Andy Youé details how one major CSP transformed its operations by moving to a single federated inventory environment that provides a complete and current visualization of their network.
What Is Programmable Infrastructure?
Programmable infrastructure is a highly instrumented packet and optical infrastructure that securely manages a dynamic pool of virtual and physical resources, accessed and configured via common, open interfaces.
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Episode 14: Telstra and Ericsson discuss key trends like 5G, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and their impact on today’s network
It's no secret user demands are skyrocketing, the volume of devices and data is exploding, and legacy systems are incapable of keeping up. There's only one way to meet massive growth.
In Ciena's latest podcast, special guests Telstra and Ericsson share their views and discuss the evolution of today's networks. This episode features Australia's largest telecom company and leading telecom supplier and their take on the hot trends in 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and 400G.
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Episode 14: Telstra and Ericsson Discuss Key Trends Like 5G, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and their Impact on Today’s Network
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Tune into Ciena's Network Insights podcast each month for an in-depth discussion on how networks push the boundaries of programmability and intelligence.
Some of the latest episodes cover everything from the Adaptive Network™, cyber security, automation, and the innovators and thinkers who are building the infrastructure for our future—so you're always in the know.
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Meeting the insatiable demand for content with DCI
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The demand for instant access to content and cloud services has ignited a data center evolution. And growth is expected to quadruple by 2023. How will DCI affect your business?
Ciena’s Data Center Interconnect Essentials eBook introduces DCI and covers everything, including:
Trends driving data center growth
Technologies to resolve DCI challenges
Applications and deployment scenarios
Benefits of using open APIs
What to look for when choosing a DCI solution
With the right tools and intelligence, you can readily adapt and accelerate business growth. Find out all you need to know now.
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This week, we talk to CoreSite’s Matt Senderhauf in a podcast on multi-cloud, explaining how mobile backhaul is a key growth driver to fuel fiber investments, and we explore the evolution of managed wave services in the era ofthe Adaptive Network.
Podcast: Living in a multi-cloud world – why automation is paramount
Special guest Matt Senderhauf, CoreSite’s director of product management, joins Kailem Anderson, Blue Planet’s VP of portfolio engineering, to discuss the cloud, barriers data center operators face, and how automation is key in today’s multi-cloud era.
Mobile backhaul: a key growth driver to fuel fiber investments
Francisco Sant’Anna explains how regional providers can leverage carrier wholesale demand to enable profitable and sustainable fiber investments.
Expanding business models of managed wave services with Adaptive Networks
From speeds of 400G to spectrum sharing and programmable capacity, Ciena’s Niloufar Tayebi details the evolution of managed wave services in the era of the Adaptive Network.
How GeoMesh Extreme Works
GeoMesh Extreme is a network architecture that brings together hardware, software, and professional services to enable submarine cable operators to scale information-carrying capabilities, protect terabits of traffic from inevitable cable faults, and lower the total cost of network ownership to protect both revenues and margins.
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This week, Ciena’s Kaniz Mahdi outlines an initiative with ENCQOR focused on developing a self-optimizing fabric for the omni-connected systems enabled by 5G, we look back at last week's SDN NFV World Congress, and we discuss Carrier Ethernet servicesmarket trends in Latin America.
A Self-Optimizing Fabric for the 5G era
As the industry prepares for the rapid and wide-scale deployment of 5G, Ciena’s Kaniz Mahdi outlines an initiative with ENCQOR focused on developing a self-optimizing fabric for the omni-connected systems enabled by 5G.
Move over technology, it’s all about customer experience
At last week’s SDN & NFV World Congress, the event that ushered in SDN and NFV technologies back in 2012, it was acknowledged that software control and virtualization have matured to the point that they are now considered table stakes in today’s world of hyper-scale computing and networking.
Lead with innovation: Carrier Ethernet services market trends in Latin America
The popularity and increasing demand for Carrier Ethernet is driving adoption throughout Latin America and globally, while also creating new opportunities for Ciena partners.
What Is 5G?
5G is the next generation of mobile networks, which promises significantly faster data rates and far lower latency than 4G.
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This week, Ciena’s Brian Lavallée is taking some time to explain unrepeatered submarine cables, we're sharing how Rakuten mobile is disrupting the market in Japan, and learning how to break down the barriers betweenIT and network operations for greater automation.
Disruptive innovation possible even in the most mature economies
How do you disrupt one of the most mature markets in telecom? By not following conventional wisdom. Ciena’s Rick Seeto explains.
To repeat, or not repeat, that is the question
Are you familiar with unrepeatered submarine cables? As Ciena’s Brian Lavallée often gets asked about this lesser-known technology, he took some time to explain what they are, when to use them, and why they’re important.
From the archive: Breaking down the barriers between IT & network
Improving the operational agility between IT and network operations may not be sexy, but it has potentially significant cost-saving benefits.
What Is Federation?
The vast majority of network providers around the world have a common problem: inefficient network operations due to too many, fragmented Operational Support Systems (OSS). The same can be said for large enterprises or utility companies that operate sizable networks.
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This week, we're discussing if automation is enough for digital transformation, closing the loop with Ciena's acquisition of Centina, and sharing how Japan is paving the way for our next digital frontier.
Is automation enough for digital transformation?
Complex decision making at super-human speeds requires intelligent automation, machine learning, and AI, all of which are fundamental for controlling and operating communications networks of the future.
Closing the Loop: Ciena closes acquisition of Centina
Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio and Engineering for Blue Planet, details the crucial set of capabilities Centina brings that allow Blue Planet to fully execute on its closed-loop automation vision.
Podcast: Spotlight on Japan: Driving Innovation at a Breakneck Speed
From new ways of broadcasting sumo wrestling to navigating the supply chain of Japan’s agriculture, Ciena’s Rick Seeto discusses ways Japan is paving the way for our next digital frontier.
5 Facts That Test Your Knowledge of Data Security
Unfortunately, traditional in-flight data encryption solutions are fraught with tradeoffs and inefficiencies. The following questionnaire explores some of those pitfalls, and how to overcome them.
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This week, Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how Adaptive IP is delivering IP differently, we're sharing the importance of recent 400G industry-first milestones, and highlighting how Ciena’s 5171 can help solve key networking business challenges.
Because you asked. Adaptive IP.
Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how Ciena’s breakthrough solution, Adaptive IP, is delivering IP differently by leveraging automation, openness, and simplicity to give our customers the competitive edge they need from access to metro.
Ciena’s role in recent 400G industry-first milestones
Haven’t we been talking about 400G deployments for several years now? Well, yes and no. To understand the importance of recent announcements, you need to take a closer look.
How does Ciena’s 5171 help solve key networking business challenges?
Ciena’s 5171 platform delivers the capacity network operators need, where they want it – the network edge. In our popular Chalk Talk series, Wayne Hickey provides a more in-depth look at this award-winning platform and how it helps network operators.
Uncovering the path to 5G connectivity
The race to deliver new, high-value 5G services is all about how quickly you can evolve your existing 4G infrastructure into a scalable, ultra-reliable, high-performance 5G network.
Uncovering the path to 5G connectivity: part 2
Regardless where you may be in your 4G to 5G evolution journey, the huge expected growth in connected devices, data rates, and data volumes associated with 5G will result in a step-change in networking requirements and performance.
IP delivered differently
Automated, open, lean. Because you asked. Ciena's Adaptive IP™
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Back by popular demand! Ciena's 2019 eBook holiday bundle
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Our end-of-year eBook bundle is back by popular demand! This year’s bundle is bigger than ever and features a curated collection of some of our best network resources. Stock up now so you’re ready to start 2020 right.
This bundle, brought to you by the experts at Ciena and only available for a limited time, includes:
Data Center Interconnect Essentials Get an introduction to DCI covering everything from applications and deployment scenarios to finding the right DCI solution
2019 IHS Markit Optical Network Hardware Vendor Scorecard Evaluate and compare the top optical network equipment vendors with this scorecard
Open Submarine Cables Handbook Discover key considerations when designing or purchasing a new submarine cable, open or otherwise
Getting Your Network Ready for Gaming Gain insights into the exploding gaming phenomenon and how you can evolve your network to dynamically respond to its exponential demands with this series of analyst reports and use cases
Cable's Move to Network Automation See findings from interviews with 25 cable executives and how cable MSOs can use this information as they pursue increased network automation to build the Adaptive Network™
Dynamic Inventory: The Foundation of Intelligent Automation Dive into this TM Forum report that looks at the role dynamic inventory plays in making every other process and system more accurate, and therefore easier to automate
That’s six incredible resources—all free, all for you, all right now with a single download.
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This week, Ciena’s end-of-year eBook bundle is back, we're discussing unifying legacy and modern packet-based services, where MSOs are focusing now to generate business services growth, and sharing how planners, operations teams and executives can use Ciena’s Insights Service.
Ciena’s 2019 Holiday Bundle is now available!
We know you have been waiting for it! Ciena’s end-of-year eBook bundle is back. Find out what presents are included this year.
Unifying legacy and modern packet-based services
Within the last decade, TDM to IP modernization is no longer a question of “if” but rather “when”, as converging legacy and modern services onto a common packet-based network simplifies service delivery while reducing costs to retain existing and attract new customers.
Gearing-up Cable MSOs for the move up-market
U.S. MSOs were experiencing double-digit business services growth; however, did you know that growth has slowed in recent years? Ciena’s Darren McKinney explains where MSOs are focusing now to generate business services growth.
How planners, operations teams and executives can use Ciena’s Insights Service
With Ciena’s Insights Service, providers can turn their data into powerful, easy-to-use network intelligence to support strategic and tactical network performance objectives.
How well do you know Coherent Optics?
Simplicity, efficiency and operational flexibility are no longer nice-to-haves. They’re competitive requirements. But how much more can we do with light? It’s fixed. It goes on, it goes off. End of story. Right?
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As we close out another year (and the decade), let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2019.
Ciena unveils WaveLogic 5 to enable 800G
Back in February, Ciena unveiled WaveLogic 5, the latest generation of our WaveLogic coherent technology.
New Ciena 5171 brings 100GbE to the network edge
Also in February, we introduced the new 5171 platform, which integrates high-density aggregation with high-capacity temperature hardened coherent optics in a modular, scalable two rack-unit device.
Ciena acquires Centina Systems
In October, Ciena announced the intent to acquire Centina, and the acquisition closed in November. Centina, a leading provide of service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions, was integrated into our Blue Planet division.
Blue Planet evolves into a more independent division of Ciena
The above Centina acquisition was the icing on the cake for a growing Blue Planet software business that had been in the works since Ciena first acquired Blue Planet (via Cyan) back in 2015.
2019: Our favorite pictures from the last year
It has been a great year at Ciena, filled not only with exciting announcements and accomplishments, but also team building, community service projects and fun. Nothing highlights this better than the pictures that our employees share with us.
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This week, we're discussing how the next sports phenomenon doesn't require a ball or a helmet, it requires the network.We're alsotaking a look at Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey Report, and sharing how Ciena Services can help with the monumental changes coming to your network.
The next sports phenomenon requires the network
The latest sports craze doesn’t involve a ball or a helmet, it’s esports, and it is filling arenas and drawing millions of online fans. Ciena’s Kevin Sheehan tells the story of his recent experience at ESL One, and how massive online events like these require a network that defeats all challengers.
Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey – 87% Plan Aggregation in Outside Plant
As part of the annual “Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey Report”, Heavy Reading surveyed over 200 respondents to get insights on Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) and the Converged Interconnect Network (CIN).
New decade, new challenges – your success will depend on having the right services partner
Technologies like 5G, IoT and streaming everywhere are bringing monumental change to your network.
Is your network ready to adapt to the future of gaming?
By 2021, there will be an estimated 2.57 billion—with a B—gamers globally. Can’t grasp that? How about this: the online game-universe of Call of Duty has grossed more revenue in 16 years than the entire Stars Wars franchise has earned in its 40-plus-year history.
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This week, we're sharing how you can accelerate and de-risk your network transformation with Lifecycle Management, how automation is transforming managed SD-WAN services, and discussing why multi-layer networks pose a unique challenge in moving to network automation.
How you can accelerate and de-risk your network transformation with Lifecycle Management
Successful network transformation is about delivering the right business outcomes, not just deploying new kit.
How automation is transforming managed SD-WAN services
The rapid rise in the popularity of SD-WAN has many service providers scrambling to operationalize and integrate new SD-WAN solutions into their existing managed business services portfolios.
Multi-Layer Networking: Unifying IP and optical network management
Multi-layer networks pose a unique challenge in moving to network automation, as the IP/MPLS and optical layers in a multi-layer network are typically managed by independent network operations (NOC) teams working in silos.
The Ciena Network Insights Podcast
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Get ready for the next big sports phenomenon with the Adaptive Network
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Esports is booming and gamers are earning as much as professional athletes.
During esports tournaments, gamers and their fans expect flawless gameplay, ultra-low latency, and no downtime.
Ciena takes you inside one of these tournaments—ESL One—where the stakes are high for a network that’s providing the platform not only for the event, but for the millions of fans live-streaming the action.
In this video, we’ll go behind the scenes to understand the requirements and pressure esports tournaments like ESL One are putting on the network. We’ll talk to industry experts and network architects about what it takes to adapt today, and what’s ahead for esports tomorrow.
Want to learn more about ESL One and the massive scale of these events? Read Kevin Sheehan’s first-hand account of his time at ESL One.
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This week, Steve Alexander looks at the future of networks in 2020 and beyond, we're discussing what’s on the submarine network technology horizon, and from the archive, SD-WAN gets (more) real for service providers.
Predictions: Ciena CTO Steve Alexander looks at the future of networks in 2020 and beyond
Ciena’s CTO Steve Alexander discusses key trends that will shape the industry in 2020 and beyond including, 5G, edge computing, and AI.
The submarine network seascape in 2020
Ciena’s submarine networking expert, Brian Lavallée, highlights key focus areas for submarine networks in 2020.
From the archive: SD-WAN gets (more) real for service providers
The trend toward managed SD-WAN services is good news for service providers. Kevin Wade details recent developments in the SD-WAN market, and how Blue Planet supports some of the industry’s largest SD-WAN services providers.
Infographic: How Does a Smart City Get Smarter?
As tech breakthroughs give rise to smart cities, service providers are looking to take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to better meet the ever-increasing expectations of those they serve.
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This week, we're discussing how new technologies are changing the way we do business, giving you a peek into IHS Markit’s service provider survey, and from the Ciena Network Insights Podcast, 2020 Predictions for making networks faster, closer, smarter and safer.
The future is near. Is your business network ready to adapt?
New technologies are changing the way we do business, so enterprises cannot be limited by network performance. Learn why your IP network should adapt to support your business’ needs, and not the other way around.
IHS Markit’s Optical Vendor Survey is out: Ciena dominates
Want to know what service providers really think of optical equipment vendors and their solutions? Here is a peek into IHS Markit’s service provider survey that provides those unique insights, as well as a free download of the excerpts report.
Podcast: Where do we go from here? 2020 predictions for making networks faster, closer, smarter and safer
Ciena’s CTO Steve Alexander discusses key trends shaping networks in 2020 and beyond, including 5G, edge computing, and AI.
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This week, we have exciting news to share - we've introduced several new products and capabilities to our 5G Network Solutions. Find out all about how we are helping customers benefit from a more open, automated, and adaptable 5G wireline network.
When it comes to 5G, the only path that matters is yours
The closed and proprietary mobile networks of the past aren’t welcome any longer. Find out how Ciena is helping customers benefit from a more open, automated, and adaptable 5G wireline network.
Automation: Take the fast lane on the path to 5G
For years we’ve been hearing that 2020 would be the year that 5G networks would begin to be deployed. Well, it’s finally here, and MNOs are indeed starting to roll out 5G services.
Podcast: Will 5G be a game-changer for business?
Tune in to hear 5G Americas’ Chris Pearson and Ciena’s Brian Lavallée discuss real-life 5G business use cases for several industries including healthcare, gaming, and utilities.
Submarine networking – be adaptive, not reactive
Over a packed 5-days at PTC 2020 last month the industry’s top experts, including Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager of EMEA, Jamie Jefferies, came together to shine a light on what’s coming next in submarine networking.
What Is Network Slicing?
Network slicing is a method of creating multiple unique logical and virtualized networks over a common multi-domain infrastructure.
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This week, It''s time for Ciena''s annual Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series, we''re discussing how today''s virtual world is making inroads into the 5G world, and sharing why it''s more important than ever to build networks that can adapt to anything and everything the world will throw at them.
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Don't miss your chance to register for any of our 30-minute, fast-paced webinars to find out what's new and important in the wonderful world of packet networking.
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Today's virtual world is making inroads into the 5G world
Over the last months, we've all adapted to new ways of working, socializing, and living, as coronavirus pandemic precautions have been instituted across the globe.
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Adapting your network to a changing global landscape
With unprecedented new demands being placed on our network infrastructure, it's more important than ever to build networks that can adapt to anything and everything the world will throw at them, says Ciena's Joe Cumello.
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Network Modernization, from Vision to Reality
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Network planning in times of acceleration and uncertainty
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Celebrating the 3-year anniversary of Ciena Insights
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Q&A with LightRiver''s Travis Ewert: Enhancing multi-vendor, multi-layer visibility and automation
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4 reasons not to miss Ciena's Optical Summer Webinar Series
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Evolve your network for better business outcomes.
Ciena's Adaptive Network: Agile networks deliver better business outcomes
Exponentially growing user demand continues to challenge the entire networking industry. Ultra-mobile users are consuming high-definition content. Billions of people and devices are connecting via the Internet of Things (IoT), while the need for instant access to services anywhere, any time creates unpredictable demand. And 5G will only continue to increase network pressure.
The pressure is real. Networks need to adapt.
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Ciena''s Adaptive Network utilizes automation-guided by analytics and intent-based policies-to rapidly scale, self-configure, and self-optimize by constantly assessing network pressures and demands.
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This week, we''re discussing how the cable industry is deploying Distributed Access Architectures (DAA) and extending fiber closer to the customer, sharing the latest trends in learning and EdTech, and highlighting the benefits of opening the Radio Access Network (RAN).
Cable operators - the move to edge compute
Almost 60% of cable executives surveyed by Broadband Success Partners said improved customer experience or enablement of new revenue streams is the most important driver at their company for moving to edge compute. Learn more about the research in this Q&A.
EdTech update: Networks for the future of education in Australia
Ciena''s Andrew Roberts talks about the latest trends in learning and EdTech. This is the first of a three-part blog series on the networks for the future of education in Australia.
Driving towards an open and smarter RAN
What are the benefits of opening the Radio Access Network (RAN) and what is the industry doing to drive this change? Ciena's Brian Lavall?e explains.
How well do you know Coherent Optics?
Simplicity, efficiency and operational flexibility are no longer nice-to-haves. They're competitive requirements. But how much more can we do with light? It's fixed. It goes on, it goes off. End of story. Right?
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This week, Ciena and TELUS bring 800G to Canada, we''re accelerating troubleshooting network issues by 47% with Blue Planet, and sharing insights from our initial 800G customer deployments.
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Ciena and TELUS bring 800G to Canada, break worldwide transmission record
Ciena's Helen Xenos had a front row seat as TELUS and Ciena turned up the first single-wavelength 800G in Canada across TELUS's network, and at a record-breaking distance.
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TIME dotCom accelerates troubleshooting network issues by 47% with Blue Planet
To provide a more reliable service to connect Asia with the rest of the world, Malaysia's leading internet service provider upgrades its network with Blue Planet software.
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800G - nothing but the facts
If you have been following Ciena, you know 800G adoption is underway. With that comes a lot of interest and questions. Ciena's Helen Xenos sat down to share insights from our initial 800G customer deployments to help you understand the facts.
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IDC survey finds AI as a top priority for Asia-Pacific carriers, but only one aspect of network adaption
Service providers in the Asia-Pacific region are facing aggressive new challenges as demands for connectivity reach new levels.
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Exploring the cloud, overland and undersea
Ciena's submarine networking expert Brian Lavall?e discusses how the move towards Edge Cloud will affect submarine networks and how traffic patterns will change as end-users, humans and machines, increasingly require storage and compute closer to where it''s consumed - at the network edge.
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East Meets West: How Submarine Cables and Data Centers Deliver Resilient Connectivity
Our thriving digital economy requires a variety of networks to ensure consumers have access to high-quality content with no delay and many providers are turning to the reliability of submarine networks and the colocation conveniences of data centers.
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How An Adaptive Network Helps the Colorado Department of Transportation Make Travel Safer and More Convenient
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Rethinking NaaS as a journey to openness and automation
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How well do you (really) know your network?
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This week, we''re sharing the key ingredients you need to be the master chef of your photonic network, discussing the impacts and opportunities 5G will bring for regional wireline service providers, and explaining how Ciena's new coherent technology redefines what's possible in optical transport with WaveLogic 5 Extreme.
The key ingredients you need to be the master chef of your photonic network
Ciena's Paulina Gomez explains how operators can benefit from following the right recipe to automate the photonic layer.
5G is your business - even if you are in the wireline business
5G is not just about updating handsets, radios, and antennas. Learn about the impacts and opportunities 5G will bring for regional wireline service providers.
Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme - The Network Efficiency Story
Watch this interactive video by Helen Xenos, Sr. Director Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, as she explains in simple terms how Ciena's new coherent technology redefines what's possible in optical transport with WaveLogic 5 Extreme.
How Does a Smart City Get Smarter?
As tech breakthroughs give rise to smart cities, service providers are looking to take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to better meet the ever-increasing expectations of those they serve. The challenge?
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The Adaptive Network gets your network ready for anything.
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Solve real network challenges with the Adaptive Network
In this new series of Adaptive Network use cases, we examine additional business challenges and opportunities network providers are facing today: extracting the full value of optical network assets, monetizing 5G services, and providing service assurance across multi-layer networks.
These new Adaptive Network use cases offer unique approaches to help network providers solve real-world challenges with a predictive, self-optimizing network.
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Optimize photonic performance- extract the full value of your optical network assets with an agile, intelligent photonic layer that predicts and resolves problems
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Guarantee 5G end-to-end service performance- mobile network operators can offer network slices to meet a variety of application requirements and grow revenue with tiered performance and pricing
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Unify fault layer management- gain full visibility of your multi-layer network to improve service assurance and streamline network management
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This week, Ciena's Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for, we''re sharing how the new Blue Orbit partner program brings more than just technology to digital transformation, and explaining why partnership is critical to progress.
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What we can all be grateful for
Ciena's Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for and how his team came together this year to help their communities.
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New Blue Orbit partner program brings more than just technology to digital transformation
The path to digital transformation and network automation is about more than intelligent software - you also need intelligent people to help guide you through this complex journey.
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Our mission: to expand opportunities for students through digital inclusion
Ciena''s Sam Paone explains why partnership is critical to progress.
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Early-in-career experiences from Ciena engineers
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800G adoption soars in 2020
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Linking the packet network edge, metro, and core
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In submarine networking, change is the only constant
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Telehealth: The virtual doctor is in!
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This week, Blue Planet? is stepping up its ONAP collaboration, we''re discussing how intelligent automation can help state governments boost network performance, and highlighting how network operators are applying technology and changing their corporate cultures to make modernization work.
Blue Planet opens to ONAP
Blue Planet is stepping up its ONAP collaboration in an effort to help leading CSPs accelerate their adoption of open, automated network operations and policy-driven orchestration.
Intelligent automation can help state governments boost performance of current network infrastructure while containing costs
As the need to deliver a higher quality of experience to network customers collides with budget constraints, Ciena's automation solutions may help.
For network operators, modernization is the path to webscale
Christopher Antlitz, Principal Analyst at TBR, highlights how network operators are applying technology and changing their corporate cultures to make modernization work.
How Does a Smart City Get Smarter?
To boldly modernize, cities and communities need a network that can constantly and reliably adapt to fast-changing demand. They need Ciena's Adaptive NetworkT.
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This week, we''re sharing unique insights into your submarine network, discussing how Ciena's services help government agencies, and why being at the beach helps the Cloud be more edge-y.
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Unique insights into your submarine network
What if cable operators could leverage software-based advancements to improve the operation and maintenance of their submarine networks?
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The art of the possible: how Ciena's services help government agencies
John Israel, Regional Director, National Security at Ciena Government Solutions, outlines how the company's services ensure that government agency networks run seamlessly.
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How being at the beach helps the Cloud be more edge-y
A new generation of cloud-native 5G applications are arriving that are more compute-intensive and latency-sensitive. Ciena's Mitch Simcoe details where in the network this shift will occur and how some players will capitalize on their "beachfront" property.
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Optical Network Expert Series: Applying AI to maximize capacity and QoT in optical networks
This is the final installment in a four-part series highlighting a strategic opportunity to maximize the delivered capacity of an optical network.
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Universal aggregation for Cable MSOs
In the second part of Wayne Hickey's series on universal aggregation, he takes a look at Cable MSO networks, what they are, and how they should sell converged network services on a common transport network.
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Building Digital Resiliency - Tips from Vodafone and IDC
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Preparing coherent pluggables for prime time: practical deployment considerations
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Optical Network Expert Series: Leveraging network analytics for unprecedented control and monitoring
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What's making the cloud so edge-y?
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Covid 19's impact on the network, 5G and Edge Cloud
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This week, we''re shining a spotlight on 5G midhaul networks, discussing how to simplify today's network for tomorrow's demand, and from the archive, sharing the key ingredients you need to be the master chef of your photonic network.
Spotlight on 5G midhaul networks
In the second part of Brian Lavall?e's series on xHaul networks, he takes a look at midhaul networks, what they are, and how they'll evolve to support 5G networks.
How to simplify today's network for tomorrow's demand
The traffic growth curve has always been steep, but the likes of 5G, IoT, and Edge Computing mean it's going to get even more so.
From the archive: The key ingredients you need to be the master chef of your photonic network
Ciena's Paulina Gomez explains how operators can benefit from following the right recipe to automate the photonic layer.
Webinar - Get Ready for 5G by Delivering IP Connectivity Differently
Network operators are getting ready to support the new applications and use cases that 5G will enable.
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This week, we''re discussing the benefits and challenges when providing submarine network services based on Spectrum Sharing, laying the foundation for 5G in Asia-Pacific, and putting the spotlight on 4G/5G fronthaul networks.
Unleash a full spectrum of submarine network services
What are the benefits and challenges when providing submarine network services based on Spectrum Sharing? Our latest eBook helps you to better understand Spectrum Sharing so you can make more informed business and technology decisions.
Laying the foundation for 5G in Asia-Pacific
How can Asia-Pacific telecom service providers ensure that their modernization efforts towards 5G will meet business needs and customer requirements for the next decade (or two)?
Spotlight on 4G/5G fronthaul networks
Not sure what xHaul is or why it''s critical to the success of 5G? How should operators, MNOs and wholesalers alike, converge 4G and 5G fronthaul traffic onto a common transport network?
Think you know Submarine Networking?
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This week, we''re discussing how governments can solve layer 3 network complexity, sharing 4 requirements for networks supporting education, and 5 tips to scale your network, not your complexity in 2020 and beyond.
How governments can solve layer 3 network complexity
What if government agencies could monitor and analyze their IP networks to ensure peak efficiency and service continuity-all while trying to modernize the network, balance cost, performance, and resiliency?
EdTech update: 4 requirements for networks supporting education in Australia
Ciena''s Andrew Roberts details the bandwidth requirements for the latest EdTech applications.
5 tips to scale your network, not your complexity in 2020 and beyond
For years, increasing your capacity to meet growing demand meant adding more and bigger hardware-based platforms to your infrastructure as you needed them.
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This week, we''re discussing what cable executives think about edge compute, introducing our new 10G PON solution, and exploring coherent DSP design and its significance for network transformations.
Cable MSOs and edge compute: what are executives thinking?
How will the cable industry embrace edge compute? Broadband Success Partners asked cable operator executives about this and more, here is a sneak peek into their preliminary research results.
Improving universal edge access with flexible and pluggable 10G PON
The network edge is where content lives, and to operators, where successful business outcomes are determined. With Ciena's new 10G PON solution, we're bringing more value to the network edge - via both access and aggregation.
Building the Adaptive Network - starting with silicon
The journey to the Adaptive Network for network operators is not a linear path and involves managing the deployment of a range of new technologies. Patricia Bower explores coherent DSP design and its significance for network transformations.
What is SDN?
SDN enables consistent management of the network, which may be made up of complex technology parts.
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This week, we''re discussing how to get TDM migration going for your government network, sharing how to transform your business with our field-proven TDM-to-Packet solutions, and discussing the rapidly evolving digital economy, the services driving it and how the edge is emerging as the new battleground.
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How to get TDM migration going for your government network
Keeping critical systems running on TDM technology while planning a move to modern infrastructure can be a delicate balancing act.
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No network modernization job is too big or too small
Ciena's Wayne Hickey details how to transform your business with our field-proven TDM-to-Packet solutions.
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The Digital Economy - What Does It Take to Survive and Thrive?
New demands are being put on the network with the rise of 5G, cloud, IoT and other exciting technologies.
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Ciena's Optical Summer Series 2020
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How governments can solve layer 3 network complexity
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Ciena's 2020 TDM-to-Packet Network Modernization Contractor Series Bundle
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An Avalanche of Data - Colorado's Roadways of the Future
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Networks for the Future of Education in Australia
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This week, we''re discussing how Ciena''s innovative portfolio drives leadership position, talking with the COO of LightRiver Software, and sharing 4 reasons not to miss our Optical Summer Webinar Series.
Omdia's 2020 Optical Network Hardware Vendor Scorecard highlights Ciena's continued optical innovation, new portfolio introductions and expansion of Blue Planet capabilities as reasons for the company's success in this year's report.
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Q&A with LightRiver''s Travis Ewert: Enhancing multi-vendor, multi-layer visibility and automation
Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson talks to Travis Ewert, COO of LightRiver Software, about how the combination of Blue Planet and LightRiver netFLEX to enhance visibility and automation across multi-vendor, multi-layer networks.
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4 reasons not to miss Ciena's Optical Summer Webinar Series
Yesterday's speeds and feeds just can't cut it in today's environment, let alone tomorrow's. How do you meet a future of growing unpredictable demands?
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Ciena's 2020 TDM-to-Packet Network Modernization Contractor Series Bundle
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A Path to a Modern and Versatile Government Broadband Network
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No network modernization job is too big or too small
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Answering the phone even before the customer calls
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With great fiber count comes great responsibility
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Unleash the powerhouse combination IT + Network
IT + Network: A powerhouse combination.
In today's content economy, demand isn't just exploding. It happens everywhere, all the time. To keep pace, you need operations that are dynamic and agile, while maintaining rock solid reliability. Your manual-intensive and siloed legacy systems won't get you there.
Your digital transformation is no longer an option. But it doesn't need to be costly or complicated. .
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Ciena's Blue Planet? can accelerate your shift from manual to intelligent operations, by combining real-time inventory with analytics, route optimization and assurance, and multi-domain orchestration to unleash the power of your operations.
Watch this quick video, IT + Network: Now a Powerhouse Combination, for a brief overview on the unrivaled IT business agility you can access with Blue Planet.
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This week, Ciena's Vinicius Santos explains why the associated IP networks must evolve, we''re discussing how 5G Automation is helping two mobile network operators plan their own path to 5G success, and sharing a proficient way to modernize your network.
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Planning for 5G Success: A Tale of Two Operators
The industry is moving forward with 5G deployments, motivated by differentiated service offerings. Blue Planet's Soumen Chatterjee describes how 5G Automation is helping two mobile network operators plan their own path to 5G success.
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5G will require a new way to deliver IP connectivity
User demands are changing. The next generation of mobile networks requires far more than capacity upgrades. Ciena's Vinicius Santos explains why the associated IP networks must evolve to become more streamlined, adaptive, and cost-effective to facilitate your unique 4G to 5G journey.
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Fixed to Flex migration: a proficient way to modernize your network
Migrating from a fixed-grid to flex-grid optical infrastructure delivers greater capacity while also reducing cost per bit. But moving from Fixed to Flex grid can be a complex challenge.
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Get Ready for 5G by Delivering IP Connectivity Differently
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It's time for Ciena's annual Packet Networking Summer Webinar Series!
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Today's virtual world is making inroads into the 5G world
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Adapting your network to a changing global landscape
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Solution Snapshot: Blue Planet 5G Automation
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This week, we''re preparing coherent pluggables for prime time, leveraging network analytics for unprecedented control and monitoring, and discussing how Covid-19 has forced the world to rely on the network for remote work, school, entertainment and more.
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Preparing coherent pluggables for prime time: practical deployment considerations
Through continued innovation, the use of coherent optical technology has expanded to support new networking applications and in new ways with coherent pluggable modules. Ciena's Patricia Bower explains features, design challenges and considerations for real-world deployment.
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Optical Network Expert Series: Leveraging network analytics for unprecedented control and monitoring
This blog is the third in a four-part series highlighting an innovative approach that is being considered for the economic viability of future optical networks which maximizes the delivered capacity of an optical network.
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Covid 19's impact on the network, 5G and Edge Cloud
In this podcast we revisit some of Steve Alexander's 2020 predictions and Joe Madden from Mobile Experts joins to discuss how Covid-19 has forced the world to rely on the network for remote work, school, entertainment and more.
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What do DAA, Network Slicing, Scaling Optical Networks, Edge Cloud, and SD-WAN Automation have in common.?
Learn about all that Ciena has planned for the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2020 Virtual Experience and the forward-looking topics that will be discussed.
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What's making the cloud so edge-y?
A new generation of cloud-native applications are arriving that are more compute-intensive and latency-sensitive.
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Advances in Data Center Interconnect
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Universal aggregation for wholesale network operators
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Designing programmable infrastructure to achieve near-zero margin networks
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Embrace the full vision of NaaS
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MeriTalk: The Evolution of Federal Network Modernization
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This week, we''re explaining universal aggregation for wholesale network operators, discussing programmable infrastructure needed to achieve a near-zero margin network, and embracing the full vision of NaaS.
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Universal aggregation for wholesale network operators
Not sure what MNVO, MNVA, MVNE, or MNO wholesale is? How should MNOs and MNVx alike sell converged network services on a common transport network? Wayne Hickey explains in part 1 of a 3-part series on universal aggregation.
Ciena's optical network expert, David Boertjes discusses the programmable infrastructure needed to achieve a near-zero margin network, including the key attributes of flexible line equipment and programmable coherent modems.
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Network predictions and trends. Where do we go from here?
Faster, closer, smarter, and safer. That's the future of networks.
It's hardly surprising that the explosion in video streaming-and now digital social interaction resulting from a worldwide pandemic-will shape networks for years to come. Whether a mobile device or smart TV, network speed, along with the agility to adapt to surges in demand, will continue to be a high priority.
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With bigger revenue than the movies, online gaming currently has 2.5 billion users and is growing daily. This growth, coupled with virtual reality, is driving latency issues to the forefront. Edge computing will bring the cloud closer to improve the user experience.
Join Ciena's CTO Steve Alexander for the podcast, Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Networks Beyond 2020. You'll hear:
Predications based on conversations with hundreds of Ciena customers and what's currently trending
Assessments on AI, smarter networks, and safety in a world where security is ever important
Discussion ranging from edge compute, video streaming, and 5G to network automation, AI, and much more
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This week, we''re giving you more speed for5G with Zero-Touch Network Slicing, reviewing the advances made in electro-optical component design, and detailing how intelligent automation can solve the many complexities of MPLS service activation.
More speed for 5G with Zero-Touch Network Slicing
The network slicing capabilities in 5G networks promise to open a plethora of new use cases around guaranteed speeds, low latency, reliability, and more.
Designing for programmable infrastructures - advancements in electro-optic components
In this article, Patricia Bower reviews the advances made in electro-optical component design, the other critical constituent of a coherent optical modem enabling programmable infrastructures.
How quickly can you activate new MPLS services?
MPLS tunnels are the go-to technology to deliver network services. But provisioning and activation can take days or even weeks. Blue Planet's Mitch Auster details how intelligent automation can solve the many complexities of MPLS service activation.
Cross-pollination of land, sea, and cloud-based technologies
Ciena's Submarine Networking expert Brian Lavall?e takes a look at how the ongoing cross-pollination of terrestrial and data center technologies is benefiting next-generation submarine networks.
What is coherent optics?
Coherent optics provides the performance and flexibility to transport significantly more information on the same fiber.
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This week, we''re sharing the best from this summer, how 3 technology advancements provide new options for scaling your optical network, 5 tips to scale your network, Midhaul networks, what they are, and how they'll evolve to support 5G networks, and much more.
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How 3 technology advancements provide new options for scaling your optical network
To meet growing bandwidth demands, network providers do not always have the option to acquire or turn-up new fiber resources.
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5 tips to scale your network, not your complexity in 2020 and beyond
For years, increasing your capacity to meet growing demand meant adding more and bigger hardware-based platforms to your infrastructure as you needed them. Eventually, this creates a complexity that's no longer economically sustainable.
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Spotlight on 5G midhaul networks
In the second part of Brian Lavall?e's series on xHaul networks, he takes a look at midhaul networks, what they are, and how they'll evolve to support 5G networks.
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With great fiber count comes great responsibility
Spatial Division Multiplexing (SDM) cables are a key focus area for submarine network innovation in 2020.
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How to get TDM migration going for your government network
Keeping critical systems running on TDM technology while planning a move to modern infrastructure can be a delicate balancing act. Now you can move to that new network and also keep those legacy components running-all with a single set of technology.
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Want to simplify and automate your Department of Transportation MPLS network? Try Segment Routing.
As intelligent transportation technologies evolve in sophistication to improve safety and reduce congestion, Ciena's Daniele Loffreda explains how the network that connects thousands of these digital devices must also evolve.
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Planning for 5G Success: A Tale of Two Operators
The industry is moving forward with 5G deployments, motivated by differentiated service offerings.
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Vocus Group Delivers Simple Customer Experiences in a Complex World
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This week, we''re rethinking NaaS with Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson, helping you take your network operations to the next level, and discovering how well you (really) know your network.
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Rethinking NaaS as a journey to openness and automation
NaaS can feel like an abstract concept, and various misconceptions abound on what it is and what is possible. But as Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson explains, NaaS has measurable and quantifiable benefits that are achievable today.
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Are you missing a major opportunity to take your network operations to the next level?
Modern IP MPLS networks are highly dynamic, which is great news in terms of handling incidents and keeping your customer-facing services online.
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How well do you (really) know your network?
What would it mean to have another set of eyes?human eyes as well as automation?enabling visibility into every aspect of your network?
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Get Ready for 5G by Delivering IP Connectivity Differently
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This week, we''re sharing how to simplify and automate your MPLS network with Segment Routing, highlighting 5 consistent best practices operators should consider when designing and planning their networks, and revisiting some of our favorite Ciena Insights Podcast episodes.
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Want to simplify and automate your Department of Transportation MPLS network? Try Segment Routing.
As intelligent transportation technologies evolve in sophistication to improve safety and reduce congestion, Ciena's Daniele Loffreda explains how the network that connects thousands of these digital devices must also evolve.
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Network planning in times of acceleration and uncertainty
Behavioral and economic changes that were already underway have been drastically accelerated, and technology is at the core enabling many of those shifts. Communication and digital services have been instrumental in responding to the crisis and adapting to the new scenarios.
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Celebrating the 3-year anniversary of Ciena Insights
Tune in as we revisit some of our favorite episodes from the past 3 years. We've covered a plethora of hot topics like esports, AI, 5G, digital transformation/remote working and of course how optical networking and software fuel our digital world.
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