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Companies that need software to control and automate their Ciena network operations
About Ciena Manage, Control and Plan (MCP)
Manage, Control and Plan supercharge your Ciena network with automated operations. Plan and deploy customer services quickly. Assure high network performance easily. Gain operational efficiencies. Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller delivers these business benefits through software control and automation of lifecycle operations. Moreover, it provides the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) foundation for advanced applications which enable optimization of multi-layer network performance. Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to supercharge multi-layer network operations to exceptional levels of operational efficiency. Ciena’s suite of MCP Applications offers software control, analytics and automation to supercharge your multi-layer network operations to exceptional levels of operational efficiency. Getting the most from your investment in Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) is critical.
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Ciena
Founded: 1992
United States
www.ciena.com/products/manage-control-plan/
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