Ciena®
Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that Virgin
Media Business is deploying Ciena’s converged
packet optical solutions to provide Data Centre Interconnect
services to Redstation,
a UK data centre operator and cloud service provider. This deployment
showcases how Virgin Media Business can deploy high capacity managed
services to satisfy growing demands from customers like Redstation for
server virtualisation, distributed storage and data backup, cloud
computing and big data.
Key Facts:
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With high-performance capacity scalable to 100G per wavelength, Virgin
Media Business can grow its revenue by enabling customers such as
Redstation to deliver hosted IT and cloud services to improve their
end-customers’ business operations. Redstation will also be able to
avoid data bottlenecks during peak traffic times, so its customers
don’t need to be concerned about downtime or temporary loss of access
to data.
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Ciena’s 6500
Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with third generation WaveLogic
Coherent Optical Processors and advanced ROADM bridge features,
will allow Virgin Media Business to quickly and efficiently extend
100G managed wavelength services from its network core to end
customers. ROADM functionality ensures full agility for the addition
and routing of new wavelengths, providing the flexibility to dial up
services as needed to meet Redstation’s specific requirements.
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Virgin Media Business will also leverage Ciena’s advanced management
solutions, including the OneControl
Unified Management System, for simplified low-touch service
management, which provides rapid service delivery, comprehensive
service visualization, and robust network monitoring.
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Redstation is expected to introduce its high-capacity network in its
two Hampshire-based data centres before the end of 2013.
Executive Comments:
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“Today’s businesses are becoming more reliant on cloud computing,
mobile broadband and networks that support faster and more reliable
data transfer between sites. With Ciena’s technology, we are able to
offer high capacity services that enable Redstation to support its
customers' growing demand for more bandwidth.”
- Jason King,
head of business partners at Virgin Media Business
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“Enterprise demand for bandwidth is increasing daily, and service
providers need a flexible, scalable infrastructure in place to meet
customer demand. Our OPn architecture and industry-leading
packet-optical solutions give operators like Virgin Media Business the
ability to modernize and monetize their networks to not only meet
demand, but to quickly and cost-effectively introduce new managed
services to enable cloud computing and server virtualization that help
drive new business and revenue opportunities.”
- Nick Walden,
regional managing director, Northern Europe at Ciena
Technology Background:
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Ciena was recently named as the worldwide leader in Optical Packet
Platforms in the recent Optical
Transport Quarterly Report issued by analyst firm Dell’Oro Group.
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Architected for network
modernization, Ciena’s 6500 converges comprehensive Ethernet, TDM
and WDM capabilities into a single platform to support cost-effective
delivery of emerging and existing services—from the access edge to the
backbone core.
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OPn
is Ciena’s approach for building open and programmable next-generation
networks with flexible architectures and service offerings, providing
differentiated network operator benefits for a myriad of applications,
including: wireless backhaul, data center connectivity, cloud networks
and private network builds.
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Ciena is the pioneer and market leader of coherent optical technology
with 27,000 coherent 40G/100G line interfaces shipped to over 150
customers across the globe, with more than 25 million coherent
kilometers deployed.
Supporting Resources:
About Virgin Media Business
Virgin Media Business is the largest business-to-business Virgin brand
and part of the Virgin Media group, the UK’s first provider of all four
broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services. The division prides
itself on delivering innovative, high quality solutions that break down
the barriers facing UK organisations today.
Businesses and public sector organisations around the country are using
the Virgin Media Business network and skilled service teams to deliver
far more than just high speed connectivity.
Staff are located at 40 offices across the country, meaning Virgin Media
Business really is closer to its customers. Organisations working with
Virgin Media Business include Knight Frank, Telefonica, London Grid for
Learning, Hampshire Fire and Rescue and Cambridge County Council.
It has the UK’s only nationwide fibre optic network, carrying 35 per
cent of all business broadband traffic and is already able to reach 85
per cent of businesses in the UK.
Virgin Media is a part of Liberty Global plc, the world’s largest
international cable company. Together Virgin Media and Liberty Global
serve 25 million customers across 14 countries, helping connect people
to the digital world and enabling them to discover and experience its
endless possibilities.
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About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide
to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally
change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep
expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software
automation to deliver solutions in alignment with OPn, its
approach for building open next-generation networks. We enable a
high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified,
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Note to Ciena Investors
Forward-looking statements. This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and
assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are
based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and
Ciena's actual results could differ materially from those stated or
implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business,
which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q,
which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
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