Enterprises of all sizes are facing a perfect storm of network capacity and infrastructure challenges. Increased reliance on real-time information by their enterprise end-users—coupled with internal and government compliance issues—is driving an unprecedented demand for both network-based storage and transport capacity. As a result, enterprises are seeking network transport solutions that provide the greatest performance, scalability, cost effectiveness, and—perhaps most importantly—flexibility to adjust their networks. This flexibility allows enterprises to react to and even anticipate changes in their business, without being forced into cost-intensive network redesigns.

Challenges

This rapid increase in storage and transport capacity means enterprises have to utilize and over-subscribe network capacity too quickly to properly maintain existing applications or plan for new ones. Additionally, enterprises reacting to colossal increases in capacity demand typically build separate transport networks to support different requirements for each application. This reaction leads to an increase in hardware, software, maintenance, and management costs—a far cry from what most enterprises hope to achieve with their networks.

Solution

Dark fiber private networks are becoming the preferred choice to satisfy capacity and cost demands. These networks transport real-time application data with near-zero latency and aggregate multiple protocols and applications onto one network. However, many enterprises are apprehensive about choosing a dark fiber solution due to the work and number of resources required.

Ciena's offerings

Ciena, in partnership with NEF, has taken the tedious and resource-intensive discovery and pricing work out of locating a dark fiber network for your business. Ciena’s FiberFinder—a unique service powered by NEF and delivered by Ciena—saves time and resources when locating dark fiber. Our team offers the expertise and product line to reduce research and implementation costs associated with sourcing private optical network infrastructure. Enterprises strained for resources, time, and capacity can leverage the expertise and knowledge base assets of both Ciena and NEF to implement a private dark fiber network solution quickly, without additional stress.

Getting Started is simple. Use our online form to answer a few simple questions. A local representative will contact you within 72 hours to discuss your needs and provide you with a fiber map, much like the example below, of the areas in which you are considering connectivity.

Benefits

• Ultimate scalability—no more long implementation times
• Complete operational network control—roll-outs convenient to your schedule
• Long-term cost control—as capacity demands increase, costs stay the same
• Service flexibility—the network can evolve as business requirements change, without budget-breaking upgrade costs
• Network customization—move, add, change, delete, and/or configure, based on individual business needs