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Scaling routing and traffic engineering for the AI era

As network operators face AI-driven traffic growth, stricter SLAs, and pressure to scale efficiently, Flex-Algo is emerging as a practical way to deliver differentiated network services. Ciena’s Jahanzeb Baqai explains how this can be accomplished without requiring rip-and-replace of existing infrastructure or adding complexity through external controllers.

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Episode 98: Strengthening Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI

Ciena’s cybersecurity leaders discuss the importance of building cyber resilience in an evolving threat landscape in the AI era. They explore how AI is reshaping cyberattacks and defense strategies, why resilience is now a business imperative, and how organizations can strengthen their technology, people, and culture while preparing for emerging risks such as quantum computing.

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EonFibre Prepares New Zealand for the AI Era

EonFibre's CEO Richard Mooney discusses the evolution of the digital economy to the AI era and what’s next for New Zealand after its fibre build-out. Working with Ciena, EonFibre has achieved world-leading fibre penetration rates, marking a shift in focus from extensive construction to delivering high-capacity solutions. This video tracks how the market is moving past the initial infrastructure phase to prioritize advanced network performance.

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ABI Research ranks Ciena #1 in OLS for DCI scale-across

See why ABI Research ranks Ciena #1 in open line systems for data center interconnect scale-across, with top scores for innovation and implementation.

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When speed changes the physics of data center connectivity

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When speed meets physics of data center connectivity

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Don't start a network deployment with an outdated map. Here's why.

Knowing the true condition of your fiber before deployment can reduce risk, avoid sur...

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The next evolution of Ciena’s DCOM: OOB management for diverse data center needs

Ciena's proven DCOM solution is already helping hyperscalers simplify out-of-band (OO...

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Waveserver E-Series: Cost-Efficient Multi-Service Transport for the Edge

Ciena’s Waveserver E-Series platforms are simple-to-deploy edge demarcation devices e...

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Demo of industry's first 1.6 Tb/s coherent solution

Ciena's Heng Foo describes live demonstration of the world's first 1.6Tb/s coherent s...

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AIOps with Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite

This video shows how Navigator Network Control Suite provides AI-driven insights to h...

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Chalk Talk: Programmable photonics, get more capacity and resiliency from your open line system

Ciena’s photonics expert David Boertjes explains how Ciena’s programmable photonics e...

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