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Polatis Inc: Polatis To Unveil New Standalone Optical
Switching Solution At OFC 2008; Solution developed to meet
needs of major Test & Measurement customers
(M2 PressWIRE Via
Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:26022008
Billerica,
MA., Cambridge, UK -- Polatis Inc., a supplier of high
performance optical switch technologies, today announced
the launch of
its new line of touch screen optical switch
products at OFC 2008,
taking place this week at the San
Diego Convention Center, California,
USA.
The
powerful new line of products include both the touch screen
display
optical switch (OSD), and the touch screen display
optical switch with
integrated power meter and VOA
functionality (VSD) product. These
products enable
stand-alone front panel operation of all major
switching
functions, without the need for network connectivity or
external devices. Operated through an intuitive
page-driven graphical
user interface, the front panel
supports setting port connections,
saving and recalling
configurations, setting the device IP address,
querying
optical power, and attenuating signals.
"The quality
and performance of Polatis optical switches has made them
the industry standard for production test and lab
automation," said Dr.
Aaron Bent, VP Sales and
Marketing at Polatis. "We added the ability
for
full-featured local control, based specifically on the
feedback
from customers of the world's leading network
equipment manufacturers
and carriers, and those of our
worldwide distribution partner JDSU."
The OSD and VSD
products are ideal for lab and production environments,
wherever high performance, reliability, and feature-rich
automation
tools are required for optical test. The new
products provide
simultaneous remote management and local
operation, for applications
including: systems
verification testing (SVT), production test
automation,
interoperability labs, and carrier network span
emulation.
Gegs Jones, Group PLM Lead at JDSU said,
"High quality communications
test equipment, working in
concert with automation tools such as the
Polatis switch,
are more important now than ever before as equipment
vendors and carriers are under increasing pressure to
deliver the
highest quality product or service, quicker,
and at lower cost. We have
worked closely with Polatis to
define this requirement, and they have
introduced a next
generation product that meets the needs of our
customers,
and will greatly improve our product offering."
Like
all Polatis optical switches the OSD and VSD switch fabrics
deliver ultra-low loss, high optical repeatability, high
optical signal
stability and minimal polarization
dependent loss. They are
bi-directional, fully
non-blocking, protocol and bit rate independent,
and can
handle high optical powers or switching dark fiber.
The
new VSD touch screen optical switch product will be on display
at
the Polatis booth (#2615), along with 7 other operating
demonstrations
showcasing products in use for telecom
operator networks. Polatis
offers a broad range of
products in single mode and multimode fiber,
and in
formats that include tray, module, and cPCI card-based
products.
Polatis products, including the Optical
Switch Tray (OST) product, will
also be on display in the
JDSU booth (#2021/3139), Polatis partner and
worldwide
distributor for products in the test market.
Notes to
editors
1. OFC/NFOEC is taking place at the San Diego
Convention Centre, San
Diego, California, February 24-28,
2008. For further information, visit
2. Polatis will
be exhibiting at the OFC exhibition, 24-28 February, at
booth #2615
3. To arrange an interview with
representatives of Polatis, please
contact Natalie Saville
on natalie@bcspr.co.uk or +44(0)115 948 6901.
If you
are reading this at the show, please call Howard Jones on +44
(0)7980 772 285.
About Polatis
Since
inception in 2000, Polatis has set the benchmark in ultra-low
loss optical switching. Its patented DirectLight(r)
optical beam
steering technology is powering the creation
of highly reliable and
compact photonic switching
solutions. Polatis delivers a broad range of
optical
switching products with class-leading performance to customers
in the communications, video, defense and instrumentation
sectors. The
company has headquarters located near Boston,
Massachusetts and in
Cambridge, UK. Polatis Inc. is
supported through investments by 3i
Group, Alta Berkeley,
Esprit Capital Partners, EonTech Ventures,
Flagship
Ventures, Prism Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Boston
Millennia Partners, Harris and Harris Group, GE Capital,
MTDC, Arcadian
Venture Partners, and Gainesborough
Investments.
CONTACT: Aaron A. Bent, PhD VP, Marketing
and Sales Polatis, Inc
Tel: +1 978 670 4910 ext:
189
e-mail: aabent@polatis.com
WWW: http://www.polatis.com/
Howard
Jones BCS Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)115 948 6917
Tel:
+44 (0)7980 772 285
e-mail: howard@bcspr.co.uk
Natalie
Saville, Polatis, Inc
Tel: +44 (0)115 948 6901
e-mail:
natalie@bcspr.co.uk
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