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How quickly can you activate new MPLS services?

MPLS tunnels are the go-to technology to deliver network services. But provisioning and activation can take days or even weeks. Blue Planet’s Mitch Auster details how intelligent automation can solve the many complexities of MPLS service activation.

More speed for 5G with Zero-Touch Network Slicing

The network slicing capabilities in 5G networks promise to open a plethora of new use cases around guaranteed speeds, low latency, reliability, and more. Ciena’s Grace Petrucci details these new opportunities, as well as how zero-touch slice

Automation: Take the fast lane on the path to 5G

For years we’ve been hearing that 2020 would be the year that 5G networks would begin to be deployed. Well, it’s finally here, and MNOs are indeed starting to roll out 5G services. But beyond new phones and RAN technology, it’s going to be those

What Is Network Slicing?

Network slicing is a method of creating multiple unique logical and virtualized networks over a common multi-domain infrastructure. Using Software-Defined Networking

How automation is transforming managed SD-WAN services

The rapid rise in the popularity of SD-WAN has many service providers scrambling to operationalize and integrate new SD-WAN solutions into their existing managed business services portfolios. Lee Doyle, principal analyst at Doyle Research, details

Multi-Layer Networking: Unifying IP and optical network management

Multi-layer networks pose a unique challenge in moving to network automation, as the IP/MPLS and optical layers in a multi-layer network are typically managed by independent network operations (NOC) teams working in silos. Bill Kaufmann details how

Is automation enough for digital transformation?

Many leading service providers are already concluding that automation is not enough to drive complete digital transformation. Complex decision making at super-human speeds requires intelligent automation, machine learning, and AI, all of which are

Closing the Loop: Ciena closes acquisition of Centina

Ciena has officially closed the acquisition of Centina Systems, which will be integrated into our Blue Planet division. Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio and Engineering for Blue Planet, details the crucial set of capabilities Centina brings that

Move over technology, it’s all about customer experience

At last week’s SDN & NFV World Congress, the event that ushered in SDN and NFV technologies back in 2012, it was acknowledged that software control and virtualization have matured to the point that they are now considered table stakes in today’s

Are broken inventory systems stalling your automation strategy?

Automating your network’s operational processes is the goal, but you can’t automate what you can’t see. Here's why the foundation of a successful automation strategy starts with fixing your legacy inventory systems and processes.

Better Inventory Visualization Slashes Costs and Accelerates New Technology Introduction

Legacy inventory systems can be a major inhibitor to service provider operations. Blue Planet’s Andy Youé details how one major CSP transformed its operations by moving to a single federated inventory environment that provides a complete and current

When time is money, banks can’t afford a network outage

To deliver a higher quality customer experience, banks of all sizes are deploying innovative digital applications and partnering with FinTechs to bundle new services. Learn how Ciena’s Blue Planet Route Optimization Assurance (ROA) product can help

Automation for the Enterprise: Blue Planet and Brillio accelerate Digital Transformation with CLIP CONNECT

Cloud adoption can be challenging for enterprises, as the use of different tactical tools to support cloud migration and operations result in fragmented views that increase operational complexity and hamper fault isolation. Kailem Anderson details

What Is Federation?

“Federation” refers to creating a single, unified view of a network provider’s information, which is spread across multiple, disparate IT systems, without the need to

When the lights go out: How utilities can better assess the impact of outages on their network assets

Do you have access to real-time data and an end-to-end network view to know what network resources are impacted during a power outage? Mitch Simcoe explains how utilities can get a single dynamic view of the current state of their network and

How to bend the IP cost curve in your favour, using software

The most pressing problem to solve for IP networks today is not scaling bandwidth alone, but achieving sustainable operations. That's where Adaptive IP can help, says Weng Cheong Loke, Director of Packet Network Business, Asia Pacific & Japan,

On-Demand Services for our On-Demand World

Anand Santhanam, Vice President, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Americas, of Infosys and Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson, Vice President of Software and Services, discuss the value that on-demand services bring to network operators, and to the

Q&A with Akamai: Automating Multi-Access, Multi-Service Edge Computing with Video Distribution

Marc Fiuczynski of Akamai Technologies sits down with Blue Planet’s Rob Tomkins to discuss the automation of multi-access, multi-service edge computing including video distribution.

3 steps for delivering network automation at scale

To maximize the impact of network automation across all areas of your business, you’ll need passionate, skilled people, an agile development approach, and smart technologies that can map, orchestrate and automate your environment at scale,” says

Boost your bottom line with automated service delivery

By automating service provisioning and turn-up across your multi-vendor network, you can reduce time-consuming manual processes and staffing costs, and speed up order to cash. All it takes is a little network intelligence from Ciena, says Dan
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