Webinar Archive: The value of open and rich APIs in the age of the Cloud

Do you need innovative applications that redefine your operational model? How about fast creation and delivery of new services to market? Accelerated DevOps and web-scale IT integration?

These are the benefits of open platforms that are enabled with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

APIs provide a simple and easy way to manage network resources while ensuring a smooth integration with IT tools and efficient utilization of IT resources.

Interested in learning how to shift your application development into high gear? Watch this webinar and you’ll learn about the following key topics:

  • Development APIs and how they allow a new operational paradigm
  • The benefits of using Rich APIs in DCI applications
  • How to build customized and innovative applications using Ciena’s Emulation Cloud™

Register now and learn how APIs enable you to build software tools and applications tailored to meet your specific needs.

Ciena's Featured Speaker:

    Fady Masoud
    Fady Masoud, Senior Advisor, Technical Marketing, Ciena Portfolio Solutions

    Fady Masoud is a senior advisor for Technical Marketing at the Ciena Portfolio Solutions group. His area of expertise focuses on the architecture and requirements of next-generation optical platforms. During his more than 18 years in the telecommunications industry, Fady has held various positions in the optical networking domain at Nortel and now Ciena.

    He started as a hardware test engineer on the first OC-192 (10 Gbps) systems and then as a systems engineer on optical metropolitan products, all combined with hands-on experience. Fady holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and a master’s degree in systems technology (simulation of optical networks) from the Superior School of Technology (Montreal, Canada).

    He has written publications on next-generation optical networking, including 40G, ROADMs, intelligent network evolution strategies and architecture, and on many other key topics.