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REVENUE (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Jan. 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 periods (in thousands):
Quarter Ended January 28, 2023
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$735,634 $— $— $— $735,634 
Routing and Switching119,505 — — — 119,505 
Platform Software and Services
— 73,445 — — 73,445 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 15,405 — 15,405 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 67,891 67,891 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 34,575 34,575 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 10,066 10,066 
Total revenue by product line
$855,139 $73,445 $15,405 $112,532 $1,056,521 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$855,139 $18,864 $3,982 $9,255 $887,240 
Services transferred over time— 54,581 11,423 103,277 169,281 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$855,139 $73,445 $15,405 $112,532 $1,056,521 


Quarter Ended January 29, 2022
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$540,936 $— $— $— $540,936 
Routing and Switching85,710 — — — 85,710 
Platform Software and Services
— 72,917 — — 72,917 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 21,110 — 21,110 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 72,491 72,491 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 40,370 40,370 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 10,909 10,909 
Total revenue by product line
$626,646 $72,917 $21,110 $123,770 $844,443 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$626,646 $29,682 $8,774 $8,491 $673,593 
Services transferred over time
— 43,235 12,336 115,279 170,850 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$626,646 $72,917 $21,110 $123,770 $844,443 
For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):
Quarter Ended
January 28,January 29,
20232022
Geographic distribution:
Americas
$765,096 $595,144 
EMEA
152,804 150,785 
APAC
138,621 98,514 
Total revenue by geographic distribution
$1,056,521 $844,443 
For the periods below, the only customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue were as follows (in thousands):
Quarter Ended
 January 28,January 29,
 20232022
AT&T$149,981 $110,876 
Web-scale provider121,327 n/a
Total$271,308 $110,876 

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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 January 28, 2023Balance at October 29, 2022
Accounts receivable, net$1,054,917 $920,772 
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net$148,758 $156,039 
Deferred revenue$231,378 $200,235 
As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
January 28,
2023
October 29,
2022
Products$38,315 $19,814 
Services193,063 180,421 
 Total deferred revenue231,378 200,235 
Less current portion(164,758)(137,899)
Long-term deferred revenue$66,620 $62,336