San Jose and Newbury Park, CA, March 21, 2007
Calient Networks® and EdenTree
Technologies® Sign Exclusive Reseller Agreement for Network
Lab Automation Solutions
The companies enhance their partnership and
integration of EdenTree Lab Manager and Calient DiamondWave
products
Calient Networks,
a leading supplier of carrier-class fiber optic cross-connect
systems (FOCS), and EdenTree Technologies, innovator of
software solutions for lab management and test automation,
today announced that the companies have signed an exclusive
technology and distribution agreement for integrated network
lab automation solutions.
EdenTree’s Lab Manager software, the Lab Operating System™
and leading software platform for managing, scheduling,
configuring, and tracking lab resources, has been integrated
with Calient’s DiamondWave® family of all-optical switches
for more than two years, providing a drag-and-drop graphical
user interface (GUI) and API for controlling the switches in
lab environments. In April 2006, the companies announced a
reseller agreement that expanded on their existing technology
relationship.
Today, EdenTree and Calient announced an agreement whereby
EdenTree will become Calient’s exclusive reseller of
DiamondWave switches into the labs of network equipment
manufacturers and service providers. The agreement excludes
government, military, and university customers. Further, the
companies have expanded their integration to include
Calient’s new FiberConnect fiber optic cross-connect switch,
and tightened their product integration with powerful new
features that allow users of EdenTree Lab Manager to manage
optical power levels and obtain optical status information
directly from Calient switches.
The joint solution has been in use in multiple customer labs
for two years, with an accelerated wave of new customers
adopting the solution. “EdenTree’s rapidly growing sales
organization is encountering more and more customers needing
cost-effective all-optical switching infrastructure in their
labs,” said Jay Oyakawa, president and CEO of EdenTree
Technologies. “Calient’s FiberConnect is the most cost
effective all-optical switch on the market, allowing us to
offer our customers a scalable solution for automating
optical connections in labs of any size.” Oyakawa continued,
“We are pleased that Calient recognizes EdenTree’s
significant market presence and has entrusted us to be its
exclusive reseller to labs.”
Lab Manager’s drag-and-drop GUI allows test engineers,
developers, customer support personnel, and other lab users
to design and schedule test topologies consisting of devices
that are interconnected by DiamondWave AFM and FiberConnect
switches. The solution transparently and dynamically builds
the topologies, eliminating manual recabling and providing
automated and remote control of test topologies, easier
sharing of equipment, and a dramatic increase in test
velocity.
Kevin Welsh, CEO of Calient, stated. “EdenTree is an ideal
partner for Calient, providing our lab customers with a
complete lab automation solution that incorporates
DiamondWave high reliability switches and EdenTree’s
market-leading lab management and automation software
products.”
Existing customers of the combined Calient and EdenTree
solution include Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Nortel, AT&T, and
Verizon.
In addition to Calient’s all-optical switches, EdenTree manages other physical layer switches and power switches from industry-leading manufacturers.
About Calient Networks
Calient Networks is a leader in fiber optic cross-connect
systems (FOCS). The company addresses critical access network
and central office fiber deployment challenges faced by
service providers, government agencies and optical network
equipment providers. Calient's cost-shattering DiamondWave®
systems make dynamic fiber management inexpensive and
reliable, lower operations expenses and enable new
revenue-generating optical services at the speed of the
market. Shipping DiamondWave® products to production networks
since 2002, Calient has one of the largest installed fiber
switch bases worldwide. The company provides its cost and
performance benefits to the highly demanding access,
backhaul, and central office fiber management markets. For
additional information, please visit the Calient Networks website.
About EdenTree Technologies, Inc.
EdenTree Technologies has been providing lab management and automation solutions to network equipment manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises since 2003.
EdenTree’s Lab Manager, the Lab Operating System™ and leading software platform for managing, configuring and scheduling lab resources, is used by
industry-leading companies including Cisco Systems, Hitachi Data Systems, Ericsson, Verizon and AT&T, helping them to reduce testing time and costs, increase leverage of
equipment investments, and improve asset tracking. EdenTree brings an unprecedented level of speed, efficiency, and productivity to network labs, by eliminating manual
reconfigurations, enabling remote access, automating repetitive processes, and storing test configurations and results.
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DiamondWave, the DiamondWave logo and "Where Innovation Comes
to Light" are registered trademarks of Calient Networks, Inc.
in the U.S. and other countries. EdenTree, EdenTree Technologies, "Lab Operating System", and the EdenTree logo are trademarks of EdenTree Technologies, Inc. All other marks used in this press release
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