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Omdia: Taking IP/Optical network visibility and a ...

In this paper, Omdia explains why converged IP and optical domain control are a key operational goal for many CSPs by highlightin ...
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SDN control – 3 rules for successful deployment

When implementing SDN control in service provider optical networks, what works and what are the key architectural decisions on th ...
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How open standards in optical networks lead to de ...

A tongue-in-cheek saying is: ‘The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from’. Yet open standards play a ...
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IP Over Optical Transport—Delivering Optimal Resi ...

There exists a practical implementation of IP over optical convergence—proper shared risk management and alarm correlation to ach ...
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Accelerate integration testing with Ciena’s Emula ...

Ciena’s Emulation Cloud moves testing and integration of products and applications to the cloud.
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The frosting on the multi-layered cake – an aweso ...

Communications networks are like those multi-layered cakes, and over-the-top applications are the frosting. Without intelligent n ...
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7 invaluable ways to keep your submarine network ...

How can real-time analytics unlock new benefits to help you build and manage an ultra-resilient submarine network that exceeds yo ...
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MCP Applications Use Case: Prevent optical networ ...

This video shows how MCP Applications simplify, accelerate, and automate operations to help you prevent optical network capacity ...
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MCP Applications Use Case : Troubleshoot Data Com ...

MCP Applications gives you the intelligent network control you need to troubleshoot DCN issues.
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Analyst Insights: Multi-layer SDN with enriched a ...

IP and optical network layers are converging, providing new challenges to the operations teams tasked with managing them. To get ...
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Heavy Reading: Simplifying Operations with Multi- ...

The adoption of SDN domain controllers improves network management and should be a central element in an IT-based digital transfo ...
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Coherent Optics: 100G, 400G, & Beyond

This white paper provides the industry’s most in-depth look at the current state and future trajectory of coherent optical transm ...
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MCP Applications Use Case : Pinpoint fiber faults

MCP Applications gives you the intelligent network control you need to pinpoint and resolve fiber faults quickly.
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Intelligent multi-layer operations with Navigator ...

Learn how Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite provides a single point of control to visualize and optimize multi-layer networ ...
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MCP is an Intelligent Network Controller. What do ...

What is an Intelligent Network Controller? Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains the real value that lies behind this new term.
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Coordinated IP/Optical Control: Next Generation C ...

The momentum for converged multi-layer operations has begun, and industry innovators are discovering the benefits. There is chang ...
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Navigator NCS use case: Manage multi-layer networ ...

With Navigator Network Control Suite, service providers gain intelligent, multi-layer network control to coordinate lifecycle ope ...
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MCP Applications use case: Manage multi-layer net ...

With MCP Applications, service providers gain multi-layer, intelligent network control to manage the full lifecycle of coherent r ...
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Keep it simple – debating coherent plugs versus t ...

Coherent Routing is a hot topic in the industry due to the promise of greater scalability, flexibility, and sustainability in the ...
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Interoperability and innovation go hand-in-hand: ...

We’re pleased to announce that Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller has been awarded TIP’s Bronze Badge for c ...
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Deploying coherent plugs – is there more to the s ...

Looking for a reasonable approach to getting started deploying coherent pluggables? Ciena’s Tim Pearson provides the final two st ...
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Pluggable coherent optics – What is the best mana ...

Ciena’s Tim Pearson explains why multi-layer controllers are best suited to help you plan, operate, and optimize optical performa ...
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Intelligent Data - Driven Operations with AIOps

In this white paper, Heavy Reading focuses on artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) and the emerging role of AI in mu ...
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Navigator Network Control Suite (NCS)

With Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite™, providers gain a single point of control to visualize the performance of their mul ...