http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/10408 Showing new posts in a forum view en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26087   <p>            Last week I had a chance to chat with Tom Mock the SVP of Strategic Planning for Ciena. I am sure you are now asking who is Ciena and why should I care? Well this company is making great stride in the carrier backbone arena, Ciena provides network equipment to those carriers. With the ever expanding need for bandwidth Ciena is allowing companies to get the needed bandwidth from their carriers. Ciena has had positive sales and growth with double digit earning from last year&#39;s totals. I am sure you are asking why do I need to know this? This shows that there is growth and spending in carrier networks, this is good news for all companies. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26087"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26087#comments ciena Larry Chaffin Pluto Networks Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:45:41 -0400 Larry Chaffin 26087 at http://www.networkworld.com/community