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Industry's 1st 448G PAM4 Driverless Optical Trans ...
McGill University, Ciena, Hyperlight and Keysight demonstrate industry's 1st 448G PAM4 driverless optical transmission over 500m ...

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Optical networks: Powering AI innovation for neos ...
Neoscalers are rising as a new class of network operators—at the forefront of the AI revolution with unique challenges and opport ...

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AI is rewriting the rules of networking: What it ...
AI is redefining the way operators of all kinds design, scale, and operate their networks. Ciena’s Brodie Gage explores how optic ...
Data Sheets
Waveserver E200 | Ciena
Waveserver E200 extends OTN to the edge with flexible aggregation, 24 ports, and pluggable options—cutting cost, space, and power ...
Infobrief
Data center out-of-band management
Discover how to simplify OOB management with a PON-based solution, enhancing remote access efficiency, security, and scalability ...

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Wave Services: Powering the future of connectivity
From hyperscaler growth to AI-powered networks, wave services are the unsung heroes enabling tomorrow’s connectivity. Explore wha ...
Webinar
Future-Proofing networks & business: compute & in ...
In this on-demand webinar, Ciena’s experts decode how telecom operators can evolve their networks and business models to meet the ...
AI network trends in Australia
We surveyed data centre experts in 13 countries—including Australia—about the future of AI. Learn about our most compelling, regi ...

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What’s next for pluggable coherent optics
As Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Nano nears commercial availability, it is an ideal time to provide our outlook on the growing market for p ...

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1.6 Tb/s is here: What it means for networks and ...
The next era of networking is here: 1.6 Tb/s. Ciena’s Helen Xenos explains the technology breakthroughs that made this possible, ...

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It's time for a new interconnection model for the ...
Today, connectivity and cloud onramps are typically offered in fixed bandwidths, and the workloads get bound by the provisioned b ...

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Southern Cross Video | Ciena
Southern Cross’s Laurie Miller and Ciena’s Steve Alexander discuss how Southern Cross NEXT is primed to meet the demand for globa ...

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Helping Kiwis work, play and connect – Vodafone N ...
Vodafone New Zealand’s Tony Baird shares the service provider’s vision to build out New Zealand’s best mobile network, opportunit ...

Podcasts
Episode 51: Debunking 5 big myths about data cent ...
Mountain’s Frank Scalzo shares insights on DCI—the technology that data centers use to talk to each other—and Iron Mountain’s app ...

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What “the edge” means for telcos
Telecom operators must prepare for the accelerated distribution of processing capabilities toward the network edge. To do that, t ...

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Whirlwind tour: How 800G is already benefiting ne ...
Did you know that Ciena has shipped more than 25,000 800G modems to 140 unique operators around the world? How is this transformi ...

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Distribute, virtualise, and optimise your datacen ...
More enterprises than ever are distributing their datacentre infrastructure across multiple locations to boost their agility and ...

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Helping the planet and driving better economics, ...
Not all ZR plugs are created equal. They might all be standards-based, but that’s where the similarities end. What would signific ...

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Ciena has joined Google Cloud’s 5G/Edge ISV Progr ...
Google Cloud is growing the number of independent software vendors (ISVs) it is teaming with on hundreds of partner-focused appli ...
Infobrief
An Edge Data Center Approach
Ciena’s Adaptive Network framework can help ensure that the performance of an Edge Cloud model can scale and adapt to meet the ev ...
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Enabling On-Demand Wave Services for Edge Cloud E ...
Communications Service Providers (CSPs) can leverage their optical network assets at the metro edge through Ciena's on-demand Edg ...

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Why ROADM architectures make sense for your DCI n ...
Simple, point-to-point data center interconnect networks are the norm, so why are network operators considering ROADM for their m ...

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New contenders join the race for lowest cost and ...
With all the buzz around 800G and 400ZR in the market, you might assume only large cloud and content providers see a need for the ...

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Chalk Talk: What is Flex Ethernet (FlexE)?
Sebastien Gareau, Hardware Systems Architect at Ciena, talks about the industry effort to introduce flexibility at the Ethernet s ...