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REVENUE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 28, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue | The tables below set forth Ciena’s disaggregated revenue for the respective period (in thousands):
| Year Ended October 28, 2023
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optical Networking | $ | 2,987,245 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,987,245 |
Routing and Switching | 506,247 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 506,247 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 303,873 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 303,873 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 69,170 |  |  | — |  |  | 69,170 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 288,334 |  |  | 288,334 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 180,951 |  |  | 180,951 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50,729 |  |  | 50,729 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 3,493,492 |  |  | $ | 303,873 |  |  | $ | 69,170 |  |  | $ | 520,014 |  |  | $ | 4,386,549 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 3,493,492 |  |  | $ | 67,013 |  |  | $ | 21,842 |  |  | $ | 55,036 |  |  | $ | 3,637,383 |
Products and services transferred over time | — |  |  | 236,860 |  |  | 47,328 |  |  | 464,978 |  |  | 749,166 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 3,493,492 |  |  | $ | 303,873 |  |  | $ | 69,170 |  |  | $ | 520,014 |  |  | $ | 4,386,549 |
| Year Ended October 29, 2022
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optical Networking | $ | 2,379,931 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,379,931 |
Routing and Switching | 398,439 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 398,439 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 277,191 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 277,191 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 76,567 |  |  | — |  |  | 76,567 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 292,375 |  |  | 292,375 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 157,443 |  |  | 157,443 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50,715 |  |  | 50,715 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 2,778,370 |  |  | $ | 277,191 |  |  | $ | 76,567 |  |  | $ | 500,533 |  |  | $ | 3,632,661 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 2,778,370 |  |  | $ | 85,691 |  |  | $ | 25,540 |  |  | $ | 44,091 |  |  | $ | 2,933,692 |
Products and services transferred over time | — |  |  | 191,500 |  |  | 51,027 |  |  | 456,442 |  |  | 698,969 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 2,778,370 |  |  | $ | 277,191 |  |  | $ | 76,567 |  |  | $ | 500,533 |  |  | $ | 3,632,661 |
| Year Ended October 30, 2021
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optical Networking | $ | 2,553,509 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,553,509 |
Routing and Switching | 271,796 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 271,796 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 229,588 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 229,588 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 77,247 |  |  | — |  |  | 77,247 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 283,350 |  |  | 283,350 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 171,489 |  |  | 171,489 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 33,705 |  |  | 33,705 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 2,825,305 |  |  | $ | 229,588 |  |  | $ | 77,247 |  |  | $ | 488,544 |  |  | $ | 3,620,684 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 2,825,305 |  |  | $ | 80,359 |  |  | $ | 27,621 |  |  | $ | 14,923 |  |  | $ | 2,948,208 |
Products and services transferred over time | — |  |  | 149,229 |  |  | 49,626 |  |  | 473,621 |  |  | 672,476 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 2,825,305 |  |  | $ | 229,588 |  |  | $ | 77,247 |  |  | $ | 488,544 |  |  | $ | 3,620,684 |
For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended
| October 28, 2023 |  | October 29, 2022 |  | October 30, 2021
Geographic distribution: |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 3,110,347 |  |  | $ | 2,636,840 |  |  | $ | 2,525,619 |
EMEA | 643,142 |  |  | 555,215 |  |  | 670,462 |
APAC | 633,060 |  |  | 440,606 |  |  | 424,603 |
Total revenue by geographic distribution | $ | 4,386,549 |  |  | $ | 3,632,661 |  |  | $ | 3,620,684 |
For the periods below, the only customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue were as follows (in thousands):
| October 28, 2023 |  | October 29, 2022 |  | October 30, 2021
Cloud Provider | $ | 561,397 |  |  | n/a |  | n/a
AT&T | 464,662 |  |  | $ | 433,418 |  |  | $ | 447,403 |
Verizon | n/a |  | 402,787 |  |  | n/a
Total | $ | 1,026,059 |  |  | $ | 836,205 |  |  | $ | 447,403 |
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n/a | Denotes revenue representing less than 10% of total revenue for the period
Schedule of Contract Balances | The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities (deferred revenue) from contracts with customers (in thousands):
|  | Balance at October 28, 2023 |  | Balance at October 29, 2022
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 1,003,876 |  |  | $ | 920,772 |
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 150,312 |  |  | $ | 156,039 |
Deferred revenue |  | $ | 228,460 |  |  | $ | 200,235 |
As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| October 28, 2023 |  | October 29, 2022
Products | $ | 28,353 |  |  | $ | 19,814 |
Services | 200,107 |  |  | 180,421 |
Total deferred revenue | 228,460 |  |  | 200,235 |
Less current portion | (154,419) |  |  | (137,899) |
Long-term deferred revenue | $ | 74,041 |  |  | $ | 62,336 |

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