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INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

Built to Scale. Ready for AI.

ePlus and Ciena collaborate to design and deploy private optical networks for secure, predictable data movement — a foundation that performs today and scales for AI.

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The Data Demands are Changing. Fast.

Every organization now depends on moving data securely and predictably between data centers, across campuses, and out to cloud platforms and care settings. Traditional backbone infrastructure was never built for this volume or this level of performance, and AI is only raising the bar. Organizations that control their own network foundation will be the ones that move fastest.

Data Transport in Healthcare

Clinicians, physicians, and researchers demand consistent, secure performance across every site where care happens. The right network stays out of the way so that providers can focus on patients.

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Data Transport in Research & Education

Discovery depends on moving applications, compute, and data across platforms and institutions without friction. The right network stays out of the way so that researchers can focus on discovery.

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HOW WE DELIVER

The Right Network. The Right Partner.

ePlus collaborates with Ciena because the optical layer is where performance, security, and scale are won or lost — and Ciena leads on all three. As a Ciena Service-Accredited Partner, ePlus designs, deploys, validates, and optimizes that technology as a private optical network over dark fiber, giving you the performance, control, and scale of your own infrastructure, delivered with premium, dedicated support.

Market-Leading DCI

The world's most widely deployed data center interconnect, moving massive data flows between sites with the throughput and low latency modern workloads need.

Quantum-Ready Encryption

Built-in encryption that protects your data now and against future quantum threats, so what you move today can't be harvested and decrypted later.

Navigator AIOps

AI-driven network operations that predict and resolve issues before they affect performance, keeping the network reliable and out of your way.

WaveLogic 6

The world's first 1.6T coherent optics, delivering 50% more capacity at 20% less power per bit, so you scale without a matching jump in power and cost.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

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Faster Time to Production

Validated designs, integrated delivery, and enablement get your network live sooner.

Reduced Risk

Lifecycle services and operational expertise protect your investment at every stage.

Future-Ready Architecture

Built to scale alongside your growth — the right foundation for today and the road ahead.

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SEE IT IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT

Prove It Before You Build It

In the joint ePlus and Ciena lab, we recreate your environment as it runs today — whatever vendors and topology you have — alongside the Ciena technology you're considering, and build a working proof of concept. You see exactly how the design performs before you commit to deploying it.

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Get Started With a Complimentary Data Transport Analysis.

Whether you're evaluating your current network infrastructure, planning for AI-scale workloads, or ready to build, our specialists can help you assess your data flows, identify opportunities to improve performance and efficiency, and design a path forward.

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