Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

The tables below set forth Ciena’s disaggregated revenue for the respective period (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended January 30, 2021
	Networking Platforms		Platform Software and Services		Blue Planet Automation Software and Services		Global Services		Total
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical	$	512,324	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	512,324
Routing and Switching	64,307		—		—		—		64,307
Platform Software and Services	—		49,839		—		—		49,839
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services	—		—		16,934		—		16,934
Maintenance Support and Training	—		—		—		67,630		67,630
Installation and Deployment	—		—		—		39,611		39,611
Consulting and Network Design	—		—		—		6,485		6,485
Total revenue by product line	$	576,631	$	49,839	$	16,934	$	113,726	$	757,130

Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time	$	576,631	$	16,062	$	5,173	$	1,857	$	599,723
Services transferred over time	—		33,777		11,761		111,869		157,407
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition	$	576,631	$	49,839	$	16,934	$	113,726	$	757,130


	Quarter Ended February 1, 2020
	Networking Platforms		Platform Software and Services		Blue Planet Automation Software and Services		Global Services		Total
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical	$	591,549	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	591,549
Routing and Switching	67,508		—		—		—		67,508
Platform Software and Services	—		51,888		—		—		51,888
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services	—		—		15,466		—		15,466
Maintenance Support and Training	—		—		—		61,793		61,793
Installation and Deployment	—		—		—		34,954		34,954
Consulting and Network Design	—		—		—		9,754		9,754
Total revenue by product line	$	659,057	$	51,888	$	15,466	$	106,501	$	832,912

Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time	$	659,057	$	13,114	$	3,736	$	4,197	$	680,104
Services transferred over time	—		38,774		11,730		102,304		152,808
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition	$	659,057	$	51,888	$	15,466	$	106,501	$	832,912

For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended
	January 30,		February 1,
	2021		2020
Geographic distribution:
Americas	$	496,611	$	574,004
EMEA	155,418		129,965
APAC	105,101		128,943
Total revenue by geographic distribution	$	757,130	$	832,912

For the first quarter of fiscal 2021, there were no customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue. The table below shows the customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2020: (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended
	January 30,	February 1,
	2021	2020
AT&T	n/a	$	84,010
Verizon	n/a	114,548

Total	n/a	$	198,558


n/a			Denotes revenue representing less than 10% of total revenue for the period

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 30, 2021		Balance at October 31, 2020
Accounts receivable, net	$	700,025	$	719,405
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net	$	85,461	$	85,843
Deferred revenue	$	190,600	$	158,363

As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):


	January 30, 2021		October 31, 2020
Products	$	15,374	$	17,534
Services	175,226		140,829
	190,600		158,363
Less current portion	(136,229)		(108,700)
Long-term deferred revenue	$	54,371	$	49,663