This episode features Lumen’s CTO Andrew Dugan and Ciena’s Steve Alexander. The two industry veterans discuss Lumen’s recent 400GE network enhancements and how wavelengths enable Lumen customers to modernize and scale their Core Digital Network so that their data, applications, and workloads can be distributed securely between their IT instances residing in data centers and public cloud. In addition, they discuss ways Lumen is uniquely positioned to help enterprises modernize their network infrastructure and what customers are looking for from a Digital Experience standpoint.
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Episode 62: Lumen’s 400GE network evolution and approach to enable a better digital experience
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