…At EMC World, Ciena will demonstrate interoperability with EMC’s VPLEX Metro and VPLEX GEO virtualization solutions for enterprise cloud storage over metro and long-haul distances. Ciena and EMC have jointly qualified VPLEX Metro to work with Ciena’s ActivSpan 4200 Advanced Services Platform…

…  Today, the company issued a slew of announcements focused on its VPLEX line, which enables the movement of applications, virtual machines and data between data centers – even at distance.   The new VPLEX GEO allows for storage federation across distances of even thousands of miles…

…both on the show floor area (booth #511) and in sessions.  On Monday at 10am, Ciena will host a session on "Cloud Networking with Ciena and EMC VPLEX", and on Wednesday at 2:45pm a session on "Data Center Networking to the Cloud."   The partnership between EMC and Ciena is a natural one. …

…center (Ciena booth #537) and provider cloud (Ciena’s Innovation Lab at booth #637), using Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform, EMC® VPLEX™ virtualization solutions and a Brocade® 5300 SAN Switch. Attendees will also get a glimpse of how businesses and service providers can benefit…