Ciena’s Optical Back-To-School Webinar Series 2017 

Live Webinars: September 26 – October 5 | 11:00am ET 

School is back in session.  With these 30-minute webinars, you’ll get the knowledge you need about the various architecture approaches, the attributes of each, and benefits that can be gained by doing your homework BEFORE the true test of your network’s capabilities. 

No need to take the bus. Enroll today! 

Graduate to a Next-Gen Network with OTN
Tuesday, September 26    11:00am ET
Specialist: Paulina Gomez

The transition towards a more programmable optical network has begun and the OTN protocol has evolved to enable a more dynamic and flexible network. Enroll in this session to learn how OTN provides a complete next-gen networking solution. Hear about customer use cases that demonstrate how the power of OTN enables service velocity and differentiation, as well as the ability to future-proof the network way beyond 100G.

Next-Gen DCI – As Simple as 1,2,3
Thursday, September 28   11:00am ET
Specialist: Kent Jordan

Does your DCI network make the grade? Or is it struggling to deliver superior end-customer experiences for the most demanding applications and data services? Enroll in this session to learn how high-capacity, next-gen coherent solutions combined with simple, server-like operations can improve your DCI marks across the board.

The A,B,Cs of Next-Generation Coherent
Tuesday, October 3   11:00am ET
Specialist: Helen Xenos 

What are the important elements of next-generation coherent solutions? How do these translate to new service offerings and network efficiencies? Enroll in this session to learn all you need to know about these new solutions, including examples of savings realized with real-world deployments.

Beyond Chemistry Class: Discovering and Mining the ‘Liquid’ of Optical Networks
Thursday, October 5   11:00am ET
Specialist: Helen Xenos

There’s a need for a new type of optical network—an agile, programmable network that can meet the networking challenges of the next 10 years. Enroll in this session to learn about the little-used ‘liquid’ part of optical networks that operators can mine to extract the most value out of existing network investments, and graduate from resorting to network overbuilds in anticipation of every possible demand that may arise.

Featured speakers:

    Paulina Gomez

    Paulina Gomez
    Advisor, Portfolio Marketing

    Paulina Gomez is currently an Advisor for Portfolio Marketing at Ciena. In this role she works to increase the profile of Ciena’s Converged Packet-Optical solutions and technologies to the market, including Ciena’s WaveLogic Encryption solution, to both internal and external audiences.

    Paulina is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and brings with her a wealth of experience when interacting directly with customers around the world, having spent over 20 years working within the telecommunications industry. Prior to her current role, she worked for Nortel Networks where she held a variety of positions in the optical networking domain including being an Interoperability Brand Engineer that resulted in the establishment of an interoperability brand for Nortel Networks.


    Kent Jordan

    Kent Jordan
    Advisor of Technology Marketing

    Kent Jordan is an Advisor of Technology Marketing at Ciena with a focus on packet/optical networking, products, and industry trends, and has a background of 20 years in the optical field.

    Helen Xenos

    Helen Xenos
    Director, Product and Technology Marketing

    Helen Xenos currently serves as a Director of Product and Technology Marketing at Ciena Corporation. She is responsible for introducing Ciena’s converged packet optical transport solutions and technologies to the market, including Ciena’s industry leading WaveLogic high-capacity coherent DWDM solutions to both internal and external audiences.

    In Ms. Xenos’ 21 years in the telecommunications industry she has held a variety of positions that have included product management for the optical and packet optical portfolio, customer program management, systems engineering and manufacturing test engineering. Ms. Xenos joined Ciena from the Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) acquisition.