…makeover.  The decked-out 18 wheeler truck that crosses North America to attend industry trade shows and customer events now has a new look, having been updated with Ciena?s new branding and messaging on the inside and out.  And also on the inside, the truck now carries the latest and greatest product…

…Today’s cloud IaaS users are not coping very well with existing network restrictions, which have them sending information via truck instead of electronically. Truck transfers introduce their own security concerns as well as obviously long latency values. Like Amazon, Ciena has calculated that relatively…

…called out. Will Ciena be demonstrating WaveLogic 3 next week at OFC/NFOEC? * Yes, WaveLogic 3 will be part of the demos inside Ciena?s Innovation Lab truck on the OFC/NFOEC show floor. * Ciena will also be hosting a live WaveLogic 3 event from the show floor next Tuesday at 11:00am PT.  A live streaming…

…inside a 16 meter (52 feet), 18-wheel big rid truck – complete with slide-out sides, air conditioning and a wireless network.  Similar to “Big Red” (the nickname for our lab-on-wheels in North America), this new mobile demo truck will wander the roads of Europe while making stops…

…Ciena?s newest demo lab.  But as the Voyager name implies, this lab goes where the action is.  That?s because Voyager 4 is a modified big-rig truck, decked out with the latest Ciena products and solutions, and capable of traveling across Europe to customer events and industry trade shows. …

…the wheel.  While at COMPTEL, I was able to interview Travis about the truck and everything involved in taking this lab around the country -- including the time he came out of the Baltimore tunnel with a little less truck than he went in with.  Click on the below video for our conversation.

…year.   Ciena will be at MWC in a big way, too.  Big as in a 32 metric tonne networking lab on wheels (I?ll have more details on the new truck with tomorrow?s post).  And big as in "big pipes" -- the kind that we are providing for mobile operators like Mobily, XplorNet, and others on our…

…took a ton of pictures of Ciena?s Mobile Innovation Lab last year (the one in NA and the one in EMEA), but my favorite was this one, with the EMEA truck parked in front of London?s famous Tower Bridge (see the album here). ====================== Fiber Maze This picture was taken during Ciena Vectors…

…Innovation Lab allowed us to do some really cool things, including a live video stream from the truck, a dedicated Facebook page for the event, and a neat interview with the driver of the Innovation Lab truck.   Best guest post: Fight Night: Mike Brown?s boxing story As the year went on, this blog…

…requires configuration changes to multiple elements throughout the network. Capacity can be wasted as network resources are stranded in the process. Truck rolls are often required, and each failed activation results in longer time-to-revenue and reduced customer satisfaction. Solution Increased network…