A great interview with our CEO Gary B. Smith, where he provides an in-depth overview of our company, our cutting-edge technology, and the latest industry trends. Check it out below:
For this week's Decoder interview, I sat down with Gary B. Smith, CEO of the networking company Ciena. You probably aren’t familiar with Ciena — the company isn’t really a household name. But every internet user has relied on the company’s products; in fact, every internet user has used its products. Ciena makes the hardware and software that make the fiber optic cables that connect the world light up with data. That’s everything from local fiber networks for broadband ISPs to the massive undersea cables that connect continents. There’s a high probability that this very podcast came to you over a Ciena-powered network — this company is everywhere. In the clip below, you'll see me and Gary discussing something called WDM, or Wavelength Division Multiplexing, which is the fundamental technical innovation Ciena is built around. WDM is absolutely key to how the modern internet works, and most people have no idea it exists. A lot of what Ciena does, and the company's long history, is just not that well known to your average internet user, despite touching on pretty much every major Decoder theme there is. And that's what made my conversation with Gary so fascinating. You can read or listen to the full interview over at The Verge: https://lnkd.in/e4c3Dx3B