OFC 2016 Executive Interview: Ciena

Ciena Vice President of Product Marketing Mike Adams discusses the impact that webscale data center operators are having on optical communications requirements. Ciena has developed several hardware and software platforms to address the "webscale effect," as Adams describes.

Apr 13th, 2016

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Ciena Vice President of Product Marketing Mike Adams discusses the impact that webscale data center operators are having on optical communications requirements. Ciena has developed several hardware and software platforms to address the "webscale effect," as Adams describes.

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