AsiaPac CSPs are racing to keep up with the digital economy

AsiaPac service providers are looking to evolve their offerings and operations to address the challenges from disruptive competitors. Ciena's Anup Changaroth details how intelligent automation paves the way to the future. This article was originally published in Disruptive Asia.

How regional providers can increase customer satisfaction with smarter IP troubleshooting

The data network has become the lifeline for businesses – so speed and accuracy in diagnosing application or service-affecting network issues is critical to provide excellent service. Learn how route analytics can be deployed easily to speed triage and diagnosis of network issues.

Operations on the move at DTW 2019

Traditionally, OSS has been seen as lagging when it came to software innovations, playing catch-up after new technologies have well progressed on the adoption curve. That was far from the case at last week’s Digital Transformation World, where the talk was of ‘Intelligent Operations for a 5G World’. Also on the agenda: AI, automation, block-chain, cloud. Blue Planet’s Marie Fiala describes how OSS is now in lock-step with new software technology, driving network evolution and business outcomes.

Avoid outage outrage: Why AI-assisted operations is the next big thing for networks

Blue Planet is introducing a comprehensive solution built around AI and advanced analytics that solves the major operational burden of troubleshooting and resolving issues in today’s complex networks. Kailem Anderson details the challenge and how Blue Planet Preemptive Network Maintenance can help.

The practical road to intelligent automation

The journey to network automation begins with a single step…Big bang OSS transformation projects are slow, expensive and disruptive. Why not consider taking a ‘brick-by-brick’ approach that delivers value faster and sets you up for future success?

Breaking Down the Barriers Between IT & Network

AI Ops: Let the data talk

The catalysts and ROI of AI-powered network analytics for automated operations were the focus of discussion for service providers at the recent FutureNet conference in London. Blue Planet’s Marie Fiala details the conversation.

Discussing Network Automation, Service Assurance and more in Paris

Today's customer requires IT operations to move away from siloed stand-alone products to a single, end-to-end solution that covers all aspects of today’s modern network. Blue Planet's Customer Symposium in Paris will give insights on how an end-to-end service ready network can enable faster order-to-service and trouble-to-resolve processes.

Network Analytics and AI: How to choose a solution that best aligns with your adoption strategy

Integrating AI and advanced analytics into your network processes and operations can seem like a daunting task. Here's three guidelines for choosing a solution that best fits your company’s unique requirements.

Moving beyond orchestration to full transformation

Adan K. Pope, Chief Information Technology Officer and CSO, Ciena Blue Planet, shares his views on how combining orchestration and federation accelerates digital transformation.

Aligning Blue Planet with the future of intelligent network automation

Ciena’s Blue Planet is being evolved into a more independent division focused on intelligent automation. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson explains how aligning your IT and network operations via Blue Planet unleashes a powerhouse combination for digital transformation.

The network gets personal

In a competitive environment, with so much emphasis on the need for communications service providers (CSPs) to offer more personalized services to increase customer loyalty, the network plays a crucial role, explains Kent McNeil, Vice President of Software for Blue Planet. While the connection between network infrastructure and the customer relationship isn’t obvious, it is actually what drives personalization of services and competitive edge.

A Guide to Avoiding Automation Islands

Autonomous networking appears to be all the rage. A recent Google search for the term ‘network automation’ delivered 314,000,000 results. Networking vendors have spent the last year touting their automation visions, and service providers have spent their time creating and delivering automated processes. Everyone seems to be all in. But, I would like to ask – in our haste to replace, are we creating “automation islands”?

Two tools to help visualize and simplify your data-driven operations

Amidst the rising complexity of networks, and influx of data, service providers are striving to keep operational complexity under control. Blue Planet’s Kent McNeil explains how they can turn this challenge into a huge opportunity, and in fact reduce operational effort by exploiting state-of-the-art graph database visualization and delta-based federation technologies.

Delivering high-bandwidth, revenue-generating services in minutes, not months

Frank Miller, CTO EMEA at Ciena, explains how operators can automate service provisioning and turn-up to boost efficiency, and speed up time to market and revenues, from months to minutes.

Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché

AI use by telcos and providers can potentially improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively identifying problems. Kailem Anderson examines whether this is all hype, or if can AI deliver benefits to the enterprise. This article was originally published in Network Computing.

Year in review: Ciena’s 8 biggest announcements of 2018

As we close out another year, we look back at Ciena's biggest news and announcements of 2018.

What's in store for Asia Pacific Networking in 2019

From 5G to AI to the move to virtualization, Ciena’s Anup Changaroth gives his insights on the major trends that are likely to drive the Asia Pacific telecom landscape in 2019.

Outpacing Bandwidth Demands with an Open, Intelligent Network – Right to the Edge

Ciena just walked away with 3 awards from the Telecom Asia Readers' Choice & Innovation Awards. Willie Low details how the three solutions that were recognized are helping service providers across Asia create more open and intelligent networks.

Accelerating Access to Cloud Connectivity

Tyler Coates, Senior Vice President for Enterprise at Zayo, details the company’s efforts to speed and simplify enterprise access to public cloud resources using tools like Ciena’s Blue Planet Multi-Domain Service Orchestration.

Ciena Completes Acquisition of DonRiver

Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of DonRiver. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these new capabilities into our Blue Planet portfolio will help our customers in their journey to the Adaptive Network.

6 ways to boost your success with network orchestration and automation

In the third and final post in our series on the Adaptive Network and how it can help overcome today’s tough network management conditions, we explore network orchestration and automation. Software is a critical asset for operators looking to support exponential traffic growth and deliver complex IoT and 5G use cases. But software for future networking isn’t just about SDN controllers. It’s also about robust orchestration, automation, and analytics capabilities, says Karim Dembri, Sales and Business Development Manager, Ciena.

Multi-Layer Networks? Intelligent Multi-Layer Orchestration Has Arrived

There are many challenges that service providers must deal with in multi-layer networks. A majority of them stem from the lack of coordinated visibility and orchestration across the optical and IP/MPLS layers. Ciena’s Kailem Anderson details these challenges and the benefits that multi-layer orchestration can bring. For even more details, also be sure to attend our upcoming Light Reading webinar.

Ciena Completes Acquisition of Packet Design

Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of Packet Design. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these new capabilities into our Blue Planet portfolio will help our customers in their path to the Adaptive Network.