Ciena is set to acquire Centina Systems, a supplier of service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions.
Anand Gonuguntla is the co-founder and CEO of Centina Systems. Phillip Doelling is the co-founder and CTO of Centina Systems.

Ciena did not reveal financial details of the deal.

Ciena will integrate Centina’s technology and engineering expertise integrated into Blue Planet division. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar 2019, Ciena said in a statement.

Ciena aims to accelerate Blue Planet’s software strategy of providing intelligent automation solutions that help telecommunications service providers improve operational agility while delivering differentiated customer experience.

Centina solution will expand Blue Planet’s assurance capabilities by collecting and collating fault, event, and performance data from multiple vendors and network layers, including virtual domains such as NFV as well as more traditional optical, Ethernet and IP/MPLS networks and services.

“The acquisition of Centina advances Blue Planet’s position as an emerging leader in the operational support systems (OSS), focused on closed-loop automation,” said Rick Hamilton, senior vice president of Blue Planet.