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IT + Network: Now A Powerhouse Combination

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:21 +0000

Your digital transformation is not optional. In order to stay on your feet, you need a prizefighter — a silo smasher in your corner, unleashing the powerhouse combination of your IT and Network. Ciena's Blue Planet Intelligent Automation helps you unlock unrivaled IT business agility. Step into the ring, and unleash the power of your operations.

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In the age of the content economy, demand isn’t just exploding.
It happens everywhere, all the time. Your digital transformation is not optional.

So you’re rollin’ with the punches. But, in order to stay on your feet, you need a prizefighter. A silo-smasher in your corner.

How about software that unleashes the powerhouse combination of your IT and network?

Ready?

That’s where Blue Planet comes in. Our intelligent automation software defies limitations. Blue Planet accelerates your shift from manual operations to intelligent automation, realizing untapped network potential, and unlocking unrivaled IT business agility.

Sense, Automate, Optimize. Adapt.

Step into the ring and unleash the power of your operations. Welcome to the new world of intelligent automation. Blue Planet.

Chalk Talk: WaveLogic 5 For 400GbE At Any Distance With Programmable 800G

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:20 +0000

Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme provides tunable bandwidth from 200G-800G so network providers can maximize capacity, automate, and evolve to 400G-interface switches and routers with efficient 400GbE client connect across any distance—from across the metro to across the Pacific.

The Adaptive Network: Australian Service Providers' Pivotal Opportunity

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:20 +0000

Matt Hayes, Head of Engineering & Technology, Australia & New Zealand, Ciena, talks about Australia's competitive telecommunications industry, and how the Adaptive Network(TM) can help service providers succeed.

Ciena WaveLogic 5. Now You're Ready For More.

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:19 +0000

Ciena has unveiled the next generation of our WaveLogic coherent technology – WaveLogic 5, raising the bar in coherent optical technology by providing the scale, flexibility and intelligence for building the Adaptive Network. With WaveLogic 5 we are introducing two new solutions that can deliver coherent technology however our customers need it – from integrated systems to pluggable form factors – addressing the complete set of technical and economic requirements they have across a range of network applications.

Troubleshoot Faster With Blue Planet Route Optimization And Analysis

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:19 +0000

In this demo video, we show how you can quickly troubleshoot service delivery issues using custom dashboards and Routing Path Lookup features in Blue Planet Route Optimization and Analysis product.

Kim Roberts Named 2019 Tyndall Award Recipient - OFC 2019

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:19 +0000

The Optical Society (OSA) and the IEEE Photonics Society have named Kim Roberts of Ciena the 2019 John Tyndall Award recipient. Roberts is recognized “for pioneering contributions to the development of practical coherent communication systems." This video is from the award ceremony on March 5 at OFC 2019 in San Diego, California.

For more on Kim Roberts and his contributions to the optical industry, read this blog: https://www.ciena.com/insights/articles/Honoring-Cienas-Kim-Roberts---recipient-of-the-2019-John-Tyndall-Award.html

CienaNext: How Big Can You Dream?

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:18 +0000

Nowshin Khan talks about her experience during her summer internship at Ciena, and how it has turned into a new career with the company.

Automated Edge Cloud

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:18 +0000

At MWC 2019, Blue Planet, along with technology leaders Affirmed Networks, Akamai, Equinix, Tiledmedia and Wind, showcased “Automating Mobile Video Services over Next-Gen Wireless Distributed Infrastructure and Edge Cloud”. The team demonstrated how edge compute and automation technologies can successfully drive efficiency, bandwidth cost reduction, improve services, and open new market opportunities.

Chalk Talk: WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Footprint-Optimized Coherent Optical Solutions

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:17 +0000

Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how the role of coherent technology is evolving across networks, and provides insights into Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano footprint-optimized 100G-400G solutions.

Light Reading Interview: Converged Interconnect Network, DAA, And The Path To The Adaptive Network

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:17 +0000

At Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies, Fernando Villarruel, from Ciena talks about Converged Interconnect Network, DAA, and the path to the Adaptive Network.

Transforming To Closed-loop Automation With Blue Planet Intelligent Automation

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:17 +0000

Service providers globally are looking to transform into Digital Service Providers. However, they are hampered by manually intensive, legacy OSS architectures that are fragmented by business function. What is needed is a holistic, closed-loop approach that intelligently automates key business processes that span both IT and network functions, versus operating in silos.

Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio & Engineering for Blue Planet, details these challenges in managing their network, and how Blue Planet Intelligent Automation can help.

Demo: Application Performance Troubleshooting With Blue Planet Route Optimization And Analysis

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:12:16 +0000

When problems arise in your network, you can't resolve what you can't see. In this demonstration, you'll see how Blue Planet's Route Optimization and Analysis (ROA) gives you a birds-eye view into traffic paths across your entire network to correlate and resolve application performance issues in minutes, not hours.

Demo: Cloud Application Performance Troubleshooting With Blue Planet Route Optimization & Analysis

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:32 +0000

When problems arise in your network, you can't resolve what you can't see. In this demonstration, you'll see how Ciena's Route Optimization and Analysis (ROA) gives you a birds-eye view into traffic paths - end to end across different networks and domains - to correlate and resolve cloud application performance issues in minutes, not hours.

Demo: Service Level Management With Blue Planet Route Optimization And Analysis (ROA)

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:31 +0000

Getting ready to update a network route or deploy a new cloud service? What if you could model network or workload changes on an exact, real-time replica of your network to see the impact before you make the change? See how Ciena's Route Optimization and Analysis (ROA) enables your service management.

Demo: Blue Planet Layer 3 Service Assurance

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:31 +0000

Routing events can disrupt customer services and when they do, network operators need to know what happened and why. In this demo video, we show how a service provider uses Blue Planet Layer 3 Service Assurance solution’s correlated visibility into routing path analytics and network performance metrics to quickly troubleshoot and resolve a service delivery issue.

Our Story

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:31 +0000

Learn more about our purpose and promise at Ciena.

Demo: Blue Planet Ethernet Service Activation Solution

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:30 +0000

Traditional Ethernet service delivery processes are slow, error-prone, and expensive, resulting in a multi-week order to service interval, high order fallout, and sky-high operations costs that negatively impact CSP competitiveness and profitability.

This video demonstrates the state-of-the-art Blue Planet Ethernet Service Activation solution, which overcomes the challenges posed by antiquated order to service operational practices by automating Ethernet service design and provisioning end to end, across multiple domains and multi-vendor elements.

The solution is ideal for forward-looking network providers that offer Carrier Ethernet business services, wholesale access, or wireless backhaul to reduce costs and speed time to revenue, and you can sign-up for a free trial at the end of the video.

Blue Planet Bandwidth On Demand Solution Demonstration

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:30 +0000

The Blue Planet Bandwidth on Demand solution enables customer self-service for immediate and scheduled on-demand OTN and Ethernet services, letting clients control the capacity and connectivity they need—exactly where and when they need it—while paying for only what they use. Watch this demo to learn more about our open, state of the art solution that can be easily implemented with current network infrastructure, operations, and IT environments.

Life At Ciena

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:29 +0000

As a student or new graduate, you have the opportunity to work and learn with likeminded colleagues every day! If you’re looking for a career where you are challenged, constantly learning and keeping up with the newest technology, you may just be a fit for Ciena! Apply today https://www.ciena.com/about/careers/

Intelligent Network Planning For Service Providers: Blue Planet ROA Demo

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:29 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if you could leverage the true current-state of your IP network to model “what-if” planning scenarios before you make changes to your live network? Watch this short demo to see how Blue Planet ROA can enable offline modeling on a real-time model of your IP network even enabling you to select the time of day and day of week to simulate network changes across different traffic patterns.