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Service providers looking for an open software suite solution for their networks and business processes
About Blue Planet
The Blue Planet Intelligent Automation Portfolio is a comprehensive, open software suite that empowers service providers with deep insights about the network to optimize business processes that span IT and Network functions, accelerating your digital transformation. IT and Network operations are no longer constrained in legacy, manually intensive silos. Blue Planet powers closed-loop automation through multi-domain, multi-layer orchestration combined with inventory federation, analytics, and route optimization and assurance, unlocking network potential and business agility. Working across multi-vendor domains, including Ciena’s domain controlled by Manage, Control and Plan (MCP), Blue Planet intelligent automation enables the delivery of a range of end-to-end services with fast time to market and exceptional performance, at reduced operational costs.
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Ciena
Founded: 1992
United States
www.ciena.com/blueplanet/
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