Packet Design: Ciena to buy Layer 3 software provider Packet Design

Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) says it has reached an agreement to purchase Packet Design, LLC, a privately held provider of network performance management software. Ciena expects Packet Design's Layer 3 network optimization, topology, and route analytics software will enhance the company's Blue Planet automation platform's ability to enable adaptive networks beyond Layers 0-2.