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Published on: December 01, 2008
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Unknown
Length: 8 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:
Corporate networks are in a new phase of change today. Innovative network and bandwidth-intensive applications, such as disk mirroring and disaster recovery, have become essential parts of Wide Area Network (WAN) architectures. In the race to build new networks and upgrade legacy systems, enterprise IT departments have solved several immediate problems. However, network complexity and hardware, maintenance, and management costs have increased, leading operators to seek a solution that addresses budget, maintenance, and management needs as the demand for greater performance, security, and new applications increases.

This paper examines how Ciena's unique FlexSelect Architecture forms a the framework for an adaptive network that lowers connectivity costs and reduces the amount of maintenance and management required of more hardware-intensive WAN solutions. Learn how assured, adaptive networks can deliver the highest performance, scalability, and flexibility at the lowest possible cost.