…design team that formulated the initial design of CoreStream, a 96-channel DWDM system introduced in 1999. In 1999 his team also introduced 10 Gbit/sec channel support, increasing system capacity by another factor of 4. Over his first 5 years at Ciena, from 1994 until 1999, Steve’s contributions…

…incrementally up to 192 10G or 80 40G wavelengths for ULH applications and 80 wavelengths for regional applications. Network Automation CoreStream Agility is supported by Ciena’s embedded software, which reduces overall network OPEX and improves network utilization and availability. The embedded software…

…add/drop channels at intermediate nodes within a CoreStream Agility network. With single channel granularity, the C-OADM is capable of dropping any mix of wavelengths within a single CoreStream band. Multiple C-OADMs can be supported in a CoreStream Agility network; C-OADM can also be mixed with Select…

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) today announced a comprehensive agreement with TyCom Ltd. (NYSE: TCM) for TyCom?s purchase of Ciena?s market-leading intelligent optical switching and transport systems for deployment in the TyCom Global Network. The two-year agreement, which covers TyCom?s purchase of…

…relationship with Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN) as its supplier of optical transport systems to help increase the capacity of its long-haul network that spans 30 French cities. A subsidiary of Groupe Cegetel, Télécom Développement is deploying Ciena?s MultiWave CoreStream™ 96-channel…

NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXLK), one of the world?s fastest growing providers of broadband communications services, and Ciena Corp. (CIEN), today announced they have signed a five-year contract, with an initial phase worth an estimated $120 million, for deploying Ciena?s LightWorks&trade…

…Eric Sèle, Ciena’s managing director for southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, explains that the new agreement builds on the eight-year working relationship between Cegetel and Ciena in France. Ciena’s long-haul transmission platforms, including its CoreStream® Agility Optical…

…out via Twitter at @bogowan. The first ever Ciena product, our MultiWave 1600, being shipped back in 1996. Pat Nettles and others at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Ciena?s new corporate HQ. Gary Smith at the NASDAQ in 2002. Rows of CoreStreams in the Ciena Lab. An old picture from our manufacturing facility…

…data-efficient, end-to-end network management system. The CTM software is an Element Management System (EMS) that monitors and manages both the CoreStream Agility, and FlexSelect 40G Shelf. The CTM software builds on the embedded intelligence of Ciena?s FlexSelect OS to identify and resolve problems…