…BizConnect partners gathered at Ciena’s campus as part of our 2nd annual Ciena Champions Global Forum.  Ciena Champions are individuals identified as “the best of the best” technical advocates from within our BizConnect partner companies. Almost 50 attendees representing 30 partners from…

…I?ve been in Carlsbad, California, for Ciena?s Americas Partner Summit, an event that brings together Ciena?s channel partners from North, Central, and South America to talk to Ciena executives.  This is the fifth ever Ciena Partner Summit, and the second since the acquisition (the last event was…

…partners gathered on Maryland’s eastern shore for two days of interactive discussions on our latest technology and to hear about trends in government’s use of networking technology. The annual Ciena Government Solutions, Inc (CGSI) Partner Summit is held each spring as a venue for partners…

This week I will be in beautiful Carlsbad, California, to attend Ciena?s Americas Partner Summit.  This annual event brings together Ciena?s channel partners from North America and CALA (a European event is later this Spring).   This year promises to be an interesting event with so much happening…

…Partner Summit.  The event brings together Ciena?s BizConnect channel partners from North and South America (separate events for other regions will be held next month). Last year I was able to attend the event, seeing first-hand how our partner team worked closely with our BizConnect partners…

…BizConnect channel partner team.  The team has hosted separate events for Ciena regional partners in the Americas and EMEA, a partner event specifically for our U.S. federal government partners, and an annual meeting of our Partner Advisory Council (PAC). At each of the three partner summits, Ciena recognized…

…partners for the 2012 EMEA Partner Summit.  The annual meeting brings together Ciena execs and experts with the BizConnect channel partners that help Ciena compete in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Like the Americas Partner Summit held last month (see Ciena welcomes BizConnect partners at…

This week I have traveled to Ottawa for one of Ciena’s biggest annual events, Ciena Vectors Summit. Unlike traditional industry trade shows that last a few days or a week at most, CVS spans five weeks in September and October as customers from around the world come to see live in-depth demonstrations…

Last week at Ciena?s annual Americas Partner Summit in Boca Raton, Florida, Ciena hosted a gathering of our BizConnect channel partners from North and South America. One of the highlights of the three-day event was an awards ceremony to present the winners of Ciena?s 2011 BizConnect Awards for the Americas…