Hundreds of Ciena employees and local media gathered yesterday at Ciena’s Ottawa campus to hear Ciena execs and local government officials announce a joint agreement focused on technology investment in Ontario.   Sandra Pupatello, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade…

…held Catena Networks, Inc. With offices in Ottawa, Ontario and Research Triangle Park, N.C., Catena is a leader in the broadband access market. “The combined companies will have a very attractive solutions portfolio,” said Bill Smith, chief technology officer at BellSouth, which has deployed…

…will have to register at the Ciena guard desk, on the first floor. Our offices are located on the third floor of the North tower. Accommodations near the Office 1 * Novotel (514) 337-3222 (Located 2 minutes away from the office) * Marriott Courtyard (514) 339-5333 or (888) 339-5339 * Marriott Residence…

…Ottawa, Canada and Harlow, England. Dr. Smith holds both a B.Sc. in Engineering and a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Steve Alexander Background With more than 20 years of telecom experience, Mr. Alexander, 46, has served as Ciena?s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer…

…Frodsham joined Ciena as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development in May 2004.  Prior to Ciena he served as Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ottawa-based Innovance Networks, with responsibility for a variety of strategic planning and operations activities. Prior to Innovance, Mr. Frodsham…

  This week I?m traveling from the still warm confines of my Texas office up to Ciena?s Ottawa campus (where temperatures are expected to dip below freezing several times during the week).  While in Canada?s capital city, I?ll be covering various activities that are planned this week as part…

…throughout metropolitan Ottawa, Ciena’s multiservice solutions now enable us to deliver carrier-class SONET, WDM and storage services to target a new set of customers,” said Jacques Taillefer, acting chief operating officer and vice president of sales, Telecom Ottawa. “Government communications…

…reaction to the acquisition and the future direction of Ciena.  As an aside, today the Ottawa Business Journal also has this nice article that interviews Gary and Philippe on Ciena?s newly expanded presence in Ottawa with the MEN acquisition. ================================ Q: You’ve announced deal…