SDN & NFV: The transformation of your network starts with software

Ciena CTO Steve Alexander and Kevin Sheehan, VP of Global Operations for Ciena's Blue Planet division, discuss the increasingly important role of software-based technologies like SDN and NFV in the network and how Ciena Blue Planet can play a leading role in the journey to an open, programmable and automated network.

In this session was originally broadcast in October 2015 during the launch of Ciena's new Blue Planet architecture. The hour long session include a 30 minute overview presentation followed by 30 minutes of audience Q&A.

You can read more about that launch here: http://www.ciena.com/connect/blog/Ciena-Blue-Planet-unveils-the-dawn-of-service-orchestration.html

Steve and Kevin cover 4 key technologies accelerating the adoption of SDN/NFV service orchestration platforms:

* Rapid customization through a container-based micro-services architecture

* Self-service programmability and reduced vendor lock-in via TOSCA service templates

* Support for end-to-end service orchestration and automation through an open, multi-domain design

* Simplified and streamlined OSS integration through Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN)

The Internet of Things, mobile apps, and over-the-top content are changing end-user behavior; and the network must change as a result.

But operators have been hindered by a lack of standards, network complexity, vendor lock-in, operational inefficiencies, and more.

Not any longer. Finally, the technologies and open-source components needed to build disruptive service orchestration and network virtualization software are here.

Enter Blue Planet. Purpose-built for network operators like you, this network virtualization, orchestration and management software lets you automate services—from creation to delivery—across physical and virtual domains with a single, vendor-agnostic platform.