…I was on a plane to Ottawa to attend an employee event celebrating "One Ciena" and the completion of the Nortel MEN acquisition.  As Ciena?s new social media guy and with my brand new Ciena Insights blog up and running, my job was to provide a view to the event via our social media channels (which…

Last week I made my way up to Ciena?s corporate headquarters in Linthicum, MD, which is just outside of Baltimore.  I took advantage of my time up there to visit Ciena?s local product lab.  Ciena?s Linthicum Lab is used for product testing, to stage demo equipment, host customer visits, and…

…here on the Ciena Facebook page.   “Suiting up for the bout, I felt in denial that I was actually about to go into the ring and perform in front of hundreds of people,” said Mike about the build-up before the fight.  “The adrenaline was running so fast through my veins I couldn?t…

…  You may remember that I made a few resolutions for 2011 as well (see My 2011 New Year?s Resolutions).  I think we did pretty good on those 2011 resolutions, but here?s a quick review: * Give you access to more Ciena experts: This was a key focus for us in 2011, and we generally delivered on…

…afternoon) we post a new picture ranging from a Ciena event going on somewhere around the world to an old picture from our archives.  It has been a big hit, and we?ll be continuing this throughout 2012. From those thousand pictures, I?ve picked my five favorites.  I?ve also taken into account…

…first day of the “new Ciena” after the acquisition of Nortel’s Optical and Carrier Ethernet businesses.  Today could also be considered Day 1 of this Ciena Insights blog, Ciena?s official news blog.    This is also Day 1 for me at Ciena.  My name is Bo Gowan, and I will…

…I met up with Steve Alexander, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer.  Steve was nice enough to sit down and answer a few questions around his thoughts on the acquisition of Nortel’s MEN business, and where he sees the industry heading.  Below is my conversation with Steve.   Q…

…next year?s event.   After talking to a few of my Ciena teammates on the R&D side of things and walking through the demos on the Ciena booth, I think I may have found that hidden gem. It?s called colorless optical networking, and Ciena had a prototype demo of it on their closed booth at the…

…trio of new products unveiled as part of Ciena?s expanded Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) portfolio was the ActivEdge 3931. A large part of my interest came from the fact that I was given an advanced viewing of the product last Fall while I was up in Ciena?s Ottawa labs for Vectors Summit. …

…search for his successor. “With Ciena’s return to profitability and steady progress toward a normalized operating model, it is time for me to make the change I’ve contemplated for some time,” said Chinnici. “I decided to announce my intentions in order to allow sufficient…