Ciena Targets Low Latency

LINTHICUM, Md. -- Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced an expanded portfolio of ultra low latency solutions including both 1GbE and 10GbE cards for its CN 4200® FlexSelect® Advanced Services Platform. Combining Ciena’s ultra-low latency hardware, latency-optimized optical line systems, specialized professional services and ability to provide detailed performance metrics per wavelength at all locations for proactive service management results in a fast, reliable network with unrivalled execution speed.

With the recent availability and updates to the 2RS 1GbE and Quad 10-T 10GbE cards on the CN 4200, Ciena has signed up a variety of customers for its reliable ultra-low latency solutions, ranging from a multi-billion dollar global investment banking, securities and investment management firm to multiple electronic trading firms. The customers are located in traditional global financial centers, such as New York, Chicago and London, as well as emerging trading hubs in Stockholm and Frankfurt that can now have their electronic trading strategies enabled by Ciena’s ultra-low latency solutions. This momentum underscores Ciena’s unique approach to this market that minimizes latency across the entire network and matches it with high-availability, proactive service management and professional design, management and optimization services targeted to ultra-low latency networking.

“An electronic trader could have the lowest latency trading connection in a market, but if the network is down or impaired the transaction will not go through and they lose revenue. For a risk-sensitive market that needs to capitalize on fractions of microseconds, that opportunity cost is too high,” said Dimple Amin, vice president, engineering – metro transport & enterprise, at Ciena. “Unlike competitive vendors that sacrifice reliability and performance monitoring to reduce latency, Ciena combines low latency packet-optical transport equipment and line systems with performance monitoring and specialized professional services for a comprehensive network solution that features both ultra-low latency and high-availability.”

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