Submarine networks are critically important to global communications and when there’s no ‘Plan B’, innovation and constant transformation is a …
SDN: The game changer for today’s networks?
Software-defined networking (SDN) opens up closed network platforms, allowing for greater oversight and more rapid provisioning of new services, writes …
Ericsson and Ciena join forces on IP and optical networking
Ericsson and Ciena have signed a global agreement to develop joint transport solutions for converged IP and optical networks that also use SDN (software-defined networking) features.
The balancing act
Does the business truly understand the complications of balancing new trends with less glamorous legacy applications? Joe Lipscombe investigates the balancing act.
4Gone conclusion
The UAE and KSA may have been behind 10 European operators when they became the first Middle East countries to …
Predictions for 2013
Mervyn Kelly, EMEA Marketing Director, Ciena, predicts network make-overs, 4G mobile, connected TV and more for the Middle East in …
A cloudy forecast
The Middle East currently lags behind other regions in cloud investments, but Ian Harris, Systems Integrator Leader at Ciena, is …
Ciena’s technology truck tours the Middle East
Ciena, the network solutions provider, today announced details of the Middle East tour of its ‘EMEA Mobile Innovation Lab’ – …
Storm that cometh
Virtualisation and cloud technologies are storming their way into enterprise infrastructure deployments. But, what happens to networks and their management, …