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( BW)(MD-CIENA)(CIEN) CIENA Liberates the Network From Legacy Constraints
Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers
SUPERCOMM 99
LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999--
Join the Fight for Independence at Booth No. 7739
Visitors to the SuperComm '99 trade show, from June 7-10 in Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center, will see CIENA Corporation's (NASDAQ: CIEN) products and systems demonstrating a complete Intelligent Optical Network based on CIENA's LightWorks Architecture(TM).
As part of CIENA's commitment to open architectures that liberate carrier networks from legacy constraints, the LightWorks Architecture is a blueprint for designing networks for greater scalability, real-time provisioning, fast and efficient survivability and with the lowest lifecycle costs. Products to be demonstrated in live network applications in CIENA's main booth, No. 7739, include MultiWave Sentry(TM) 4000, MultiWave Metro(TM), MultiWave CoreStream(TM), MultiWave CoreDirector(TM), WaveWatcher(R), Omnia Communication's AXR-500, and the Cisco GSR 12000.
CIENA will also present "The CIENA Optical University," a series of lectures about the latest trends in optical networking at booth No. 8627. Presenters representing carriers such as Enron Communications, Williams Communications, iaxis Limited and Crosswave Communications; analysts from Forrester Research, The Aberdeen Group and Current Analysis; and CIENA scientists and engineers will be conducting short presentations on relevant topics. Following is a schedule of the presentations:
Tuesday, June 8
-- 11:00 a.m. to Noon: OSRP Protocol Standardization Drew Perkins, CTO, CIENA Core Switching Division
-- 1:00 to 1:30 p.m.: Analyst Viewpoint: Trends in Optical Networking Chris Nicoll, Director, Current Analysis
-- 1:30 to 2:00 p.m.: Analyst Viewpoint: The New Public Network Maribel Lopez, Analyst, Forrester Research
-- 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.: Customer Viewpoint: North America Mark Allen, Manager of Technology Development Williams Communications
-- 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.: Evolution of the Optical Network Steve Chaddick, Senior Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development, CIENA
-- 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.: Customer Viewpoint: North America Stan Hanks, PhD, Vice President of Research and Technology Enron Communications
Wednesday, June 9
-- 11:00 a.m. to Noon: Customer Viewpoint: Europe Eryl Stafford, Technical Director, iaxis Limited
-- 1:00 to 1:30 pm Optical Technologies for High Capacity Transport Systems Victor Mizrahi, PhD., Chief Scientist, CIENA
-- 1:30 to 2:00 pm Service Delivery at the Optical Edge Doug Faber, Director, Product Planning and Management, Omnia Communications
-- 2:00 to 2:30 p.m.: Analyst Viewpoint: The New Public Network Maribel Lopez, Analyst, Forrester Research
-- 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.: Analyst Viewpoint: Trends in Optical Networking Chris Nicoll, Director, Current Analysis
-- 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.: Customer Viewpoint: Asia Crosswave Communications Inc.
Thursday, June 10
-- 11:00 a.m. to Noon: Scaling IP with Intelligent Optical Networks Rob Coltun, Director of Research CIENA Core Switching Division
-- 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.: Analyst Viewpoint: Optical Trends in Access George Peabody, The Aberdeen Group
-- 2:00 to 2:30 p.m.: Evolution of the Optical Network Joe Berthold, Vice President of Architecture and Standards CIENA Corporation
-- 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.: Service Delivery at the Optical Edge Doug Faber, Director of Product Planning and Management Omnia Communications
For more information about CIENA's liberating approach to optical networking visit CIENA's website at www.ciena.com/liberation, or for additional details about the SuperComm Trade Show in Atlanta, visit www.ciena.com/news/trade.html. For information on the CIENA Optical University go to www.ciena.com/optical U Additional information about CIENA and its LightWorks Initiative can be found on its worldwide Website: ciena.com.
ABOUT CIENA
CIENA Corporation's market leading optical networking systems form the core of telecommunications networks worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture changes the fundamental economics of service provider networks by simplifying the network architecture and reducing the cost to operate it. CIENA's networking solutions utilize bandwidth expanding dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology and include the MultiWave(R) family of products for long-haul, short-haul and metropolitan applications. CIENA's CoreDirector(TM), an intelligent optical core switch, delivers dynamic provisioning, grooming, flexible capacity management and survivability. Through its CIENA Services subsidiary, CIENA provides a range of engineering, furnishing and installation (EF&I) services for telecommunications service providers in the areas of transport, switching and wireless communications. Additional information about CIENA and its LightWorks architecture can be found on its worldwide Website: ciena.com.
NOTE TO INVESTORS:
Forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which include difficulty in anticipating core demand for bandwidth as well as other risk factors disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 1998, as updated and restated into "plain English" format in a Form 8K filed April 5, 1999, and as further updated by the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Commission on May 21, 1999.
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CONTACT: CIENA Corporation
Press Contact:
Denny Bilter
(800) 921-1144
email: dbilter@ciena.com
or
CIENA Corporation
Investor Contacts:
Suzanne DuLong
Jessica Towns
(888) 243-6223
email: ir@CIENA.com
KEYWORD: MARYLAND GEORGIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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