Episodios

  • Episode 94: Submarine Cables in the AI and Cloud Era

    Episode 94: Submarine Cables in the AI and Cloud Era
    Mar 6 2026
    Want to learn more about how some of the oldest submarine cables are still playing a key role in the AI era? In this episode, FLAG's Chief Network Officer, Brad Kneller and VP of Product & Marketing, Nadya Melic join Ciena's Gautam Billa, VP of Sales Engineering & CTO, APJI, to share insights on some of the factors contributing to the continued viability and sustainability of a submarine cable. The three discuss how FLAG is complementing its new cable buildouts by extending the lifespan of its existing cables, using advanced technologies, proactive monitoring and intelligent data analysis. As part of FLAG's Vision 2030 strategy, the private submarine cable operator is taking bold steps to optimize its network to support growing capacity demands driven by AI, cloud and other bandwidth-intensive applications.
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    24 m
  • Episode 93: Blue Planet Customer Conversation Highlights

    Episode 93: Blue Planet Customer Conversation Highlights
    Feb 10 2026
    Service providers globally are looking intently toward achieving fully autonomous networks in the near future. Kailem Anderson, Vice President for Global Products & Delivery shares some of the conversations we have been having with our Blue Planet customers around what they are doing to reach network autonomy.
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    16 m
  • Episode 92: Powering Global Connectivity: The Future of Research Networks with CANARIE and REANNZ

    Episode 92: Powering Global Connectivity: The Future of Research Networks with CANARIE and REANNZ
    Jan 29 2026
    Join Ciena's Chief Technologist of Research Networks, Rodney Wilson, as he sits down with Amber McEwen, CEO of REANNZ, and Michael Tremblay, CEO of CANARIE, to explore how national research networks power scientific discovery and global collaboration. They unpack the massive data demands of modern science, the innovations required to support data intensive research, and the unique challenges their networks face across New Zealand and Canada. The conversation highlights real-world AI driven applications, from surgical robots enabling precise remote healthcare to other breakthroughs made possible by high-speed, high-performance networks.
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    27 m
  • Episode 91: Verizon’s AI strategy to power next-gen AI demands

    Episode 91: Verizon’s AI strategy to power next-gen AI demands
    Nov 6 2025
    Victor Moreno, Associate Director, Network Planning at Verizon joins Ciena's Nicola Benvenuti, Vice President, Product Line Management and Mark Bieberich, Vice President, Portfolio Marketing to discuss Verizon AI Connect, an integrated suite of solutions and products designed to enable hyperscalers, cloud providers and global enterprises to run resource-intensive AI workloads at scale. They also share insights into the 30+ year collaboration between the two companies, including a recent metro network trial that marked a major technology milestone – achieving speeds of 1.6 Tb/s of data on a single-carrier wavelength using Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical solution. Together, Verizon and Ciena are pushing the limits of what's possible over fiber to meet the needs of the AI era, delivering the required higher capacity and performance, while also increasing network reliability and energy efficiency.
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    20 m
  • Episode 90: Telstra International Introduces an Autonomous Network Future

    Episode 90: Telstra International Introduces an Autonomous Network Future
    Oct 10 2025
    Telstra International has unveiled its highly Autonomous Network vision, part of the company's ambitious five-year plan to drive connectivity and innovation across Asia-Pacific. Head of Telstra International Networks, Wayne Lotter joins Blue Planet's Vice President for Global Products & Delivery, Kailem Anderson to discuss Telstra International's AI strategy and how Blue Planet is powering the foundation of its highly autonomous network.
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    21 m
  • Episode 89: Preparing Submarine Cables for the Next Wave of Innovation

    Episode 89: Preparing Submarine Cables for the Next Wave of Innovation
    Aug 25 2025
    Bandwidth demand continues unabated, and AI is expected to be a likely driver for increased bandwidth demand, overland and undersea. In this episode, Southern Cross's CEO Laurie Miller and CTO Dean Veverka speak with Brian Lavallée, our resident submarine expert, about how the submarine cable operator is preparing for the AI wave and its plans for connecting the Pacific.
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    25 m
  • Episode 88: Mastering MOFN—Lumen and Ciena experts share their insights

    Episode 88: Mastering MOFN—Lumen and Ciena experts share their insights
    Aug 1 2025
    Have you been hearing the term Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN) more and more lately? In this episode, Lumen Technologies' Alison Greenwood, Vice President of Hyperscalers, and Martin Reilly, Director of International MOFN at Ciena, join Kent Jordan of Ciena Product Marketing for an in-depth discussion about all things MOFN. You'll learn about MOFN's benefits, business models, and emerging trends, and hear about Lumen's experiences, successes, and lessons learned.
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    23 m
  • Episode 87: How Meta Reimagined OOB Management in the Data Center

    Episode 87: How Meta Reimagined OOB Management in the Data Center
    Jul 10 2025
    On this episode, Mike “MJ” Joseph, who manages the infrastructure network engineering team at Meta, joins Ciena's Mark Bieberich to discuss innovation in out-of-band (OOB) management networks, which are essential for initial device commissioning, disaster recovery, remote troubleshooting, and secure lifecycle management. MJ and Mark explore Meta's decision to adopt passive optical networking (PON) for OOB management, highlighting the collaborative effort with Ciena to create an ultra-scalable, cost effective PON-based solution. They also discuss the positive outcomes Meta has achieved by streamlining and automating its OOB network operations in the data center—and the lessons learned along the way.
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    19 m