Ciena Network Insights

On this podcast, Highline's CTO Matt Hayes and Ciena's CTO of the Americas Kevin Sheehan have an insightful, wide-ranging discussion on everything from the many challenges and opportunities involved in rolling out rural broadband, to operational excellence in networking, to the great potential and worrying risks of generative AI and its machine-learning capabilities.

The demand for data traffic and connectivity has skyrocketed – especially these past few years during the pandemic. On top of this, there is greater concern about the world's climate situation. On this podcast, Geoff Pegg TELUS' Head of Sustainability and Environment and Ciena's Beth Hunter, Director of ESG Communications and Social Impact discuss ways telcos can create more sustainable networks while also meeting subscriber demands for greater connectivity.

On this episode, Dave Lewis and Amanda Molina from broadband solutions consultancy JSI join Ciena's Trey Hall and Vini Santos for a discussion about the opportunities and challenges that network operators are facing at this unique moment in the broadband market. Hear their insights on funding options, network build considerations, and why a disruptive mindset is key to long-term sustainability, monetization flexibility, scalability, and successful business outcomes.

The internet permeates everything we do today – from how we work, to how we play and learn. Yet, for some, affordability can be a problem. On this podcast,Ciena's Director, ESG Communications, speaks with Spark Skinny Jump's Lead, Martin La'a on why providing internet access can be a gamechanger for students and how Ciena and Spark are collaborating to create positive repercussions in the community.

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.

On this episode Kate Mace and Chin Guok from the DOE's Energy Sciences Network along with Stanford's Amadeo Perazzo discuss ESnet6 with Ciena's Rod Wilson. ESnet6 will enable scientists to significantly advance their ability to gain insight from massive datasets produced by experiments that use large scale instruments like genome sequencers, telescope observatories, X-ray light sources and particle accelerators, among many others.

Did you know that around 95% of the world's intercontinental communications traffic is carried over submarine cable networks? What's more, our need for connectivity shows no signs of abating. According to research firm TeleGeography, capacity along the transatlantic corridor alone is forecast to grow by about 77 times between 2015 and 2028. Simply mind-boggling! On this podcast, industry veterans Ed McCormack and Brian Lavallée look back at some of the important milestones in submarine network history and envisage what the future might hold.

800G and beyond, 5G, Greener Network solutions and Submarine buildouts. Host Bo Gowan talks with Ciena CTO Steve Alexander, and Submarine/5G expert Brian Lavallée about the key tech trends and predictions that will shape the industry in 2023.

Ciena's executives were joined by many amazing guests throughout 2022. For our final episode of the year, Bo Gowan, Ciena's social media director and today's host, highlights some of our most listened to podcasts of the year. Tune in to see if your favorite episode was included!

Service providers are tasked with the challenge of decreasing carbon emissions while also meeting surging demands for high-bandwidth services and broadband connectivity. On this podcast, euNetworks' Tetyana Mozhayeva, Senior Director of Sustainability and Ciena's Beth Hunter, Director of ESG and Social Impact, join host Sara Atkinson to discuss the importance of working toward a more sustainable network architecture. Tetyana shares ways that the Network Construction Carbon Calculator developed by euNetworks has helped to assess the impact of network construction projects and provide transparency around the emissions impact of euNetworks' solutions.