Blue Planet Division
Ciena is committed to leading the industry into a new era of truly open, software-defined, and multi-vendor networking. Therefore, in conjunction with today's announcement, Ciena is unifying the software activities of both companies under a single set of resources and a single brand: the Blue Planet division. This division, which includes Ciena's former Agility business, will focus on helping customers automate services—from creation and orchestration to delivery—across both physical and virtual domains to drive greater competitive advantage, create new revenue opportunities, and reduce costs associated with hardware and operations.
 
Mike Hatfield, former president of Cyan, will lead the Blue Planet division as senior vice president of Ciena. The Blue Planet product portfolio encompasses Ciena's software applications, including Planet Orchestrate and Planet Operate, as well as Ciena's SDN Multi-Layer WAN Controller and its applications, V-WAN, Agility Matrix, and network management solutions. This division comprises teams responsible for software development, product line management, product marketing, services and support, sales, and business development.

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