Case Study: Ciena achieves faster time-to-market and predictable costs with CenturyLink colocation and MPLS networking

CenturyLink offered a broad dimension of services that Ciena needed and reliable services

Ciena, a fast-growing networking technology provider, needed to scale IT services to support rapid product development and customer demands while controlling costs, improving reliability, and simplifying infrastructure management. Its in-house "build and run" model added complexity and made predictable performance and cost planning difficult, prompting a search for a more flexible, managed approach.

Ciena migrated its production environment into CenturyLink colocation facilities and leveraged CenturyLink’s MPLS network and consulting assessment to ensure a smooth, non-disruptive move and ongoing hands-on tuning. The shift delivered predictable costs and SLAs, faster access to new hardware/software, improved time-to-market and operational tempo, and streamlined compliance—while Ciena expands the arrangement to test/dev, disaster recovery and cloud services.

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