GEC NEWS WIREPowerful new solutions deliver expansive bandwidth, efficiency and agility
Growth in cloud computing, network virtualization and openness has created a new web-scale dynamic that is significantly changing the evolution of today’s network architectures. To address this dynamic, Ciena is introducing new capabilities that allow service providers, Internet content and cloud providers to deliver richer application experiences to their customers and connect massive amounts of users to content. These innovations embrace the web-scale IT philosophy, delivering increased bandwidth and improved economics through greater efficiency, network automation and agility, and include extending the reach and capacity of submarine networks, simplifying and cost reducing metro and regional networks, and speeding deployment of small cell backhaul to improve coverage in an increasingly mobile-first world.
“Networks are now facing the realities of the‘web-scale effect.’Cloud services, on-demand networking and virtualization are becoming more ubiquitous and businesses expect connect, compute and storage services to be available 24/7. With Ciena’s newcoherent chipsets, metro architecture and backhaul solutions, our customers can arm their networks with thebandwidth, efficiency and agility that is required in today’sweb-scale world”, comments Steve Alexander, Senior Vice President and CTO, Ciena
