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Ciena appoints as vice president and GM for EMEA [ITP.net (United Arab Emirates)](ITP.net (United Arab Emirates) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Network solutions specialist Ciena Corporation, has appointed Benoit de la Tour as vice president and general manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. According to Ciena, De la Tour will lead the company's growth in EMEA as the company deepens its relationships with service provider and enterprise customers and partners across the region. In addition, he will also provide strategic counsel to enable service provider and enterprise customers to adopt an OPn network approach that leverages the Ciena's expertise in optical, packet and software for greater network intelligence, automation and application awareness. Philippe Morin, senior vice president, Global Field Operations, at Ciena commented: "Networks across EMEA and the globe are shifting toward converged architectures that are more open and programmable. It is critical that we support our customers and partners as they evolve, modernise and monetise their networks to handle growing bandwidth and connectivity demands. Benoit brings valuable experience to Ciena that will be vital as we reinforce our focus across EMEA and make this network transformation possible." De la Tour said: "Ciena's portfolio and deep expertise in converged packet-optical networking and software automation, as well as our next-generation network architecture, OPn, will enable our customers and partners to adapt to the pace of change within the industry. I look forward to partnering with our customers to develop strategic networking solutions, extract additional value from their networks and unleash a myriad of new service offerings to grow their market share." With more than 20 years of experience in sales, services and marketing in the software industry, De la Tour will guide Ciena's EMEA customers and partners as they transform their networks to handle high-bandwidth services and applications, such as cloud computing, bandwidth-on-demand and software defined networking (SDN). (c) 2014 ITP Business Publishing Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |