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Immediate Release
GLIMMERGLASS
EXPANDS EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
New Agreement with Laser 2000 SA
Adds Northern and Western Europe
To Sales and Marketing Focus
Hayward,
CA. – Nov. 18, 2008 – Glimmerglass,
leading provider of Intelligent Optical
Switches, today announced pan-Europe availability via a new distribution
agreement with Laser 2000 SA, the premier European photonics supplier and
reseller. Laser 2000 SA will market and sell Glimmerglass switches in
Belgium, Holland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltic States
and Luxembourg. Glimmerglass also has an existing relationship with Laser
2000, a sister company to Laser 2000 SA, covering Germany, Switzerland and
Austria.
“Laser 2000 SA has done an
outstanding job introducing and implementing photonics technology throughout western
and northern Europe,” said Glimmerglass CEO, Bob Lundy. “We anticipate that
they will be able to quickly introduce our products into these markets.”
Laser 2000 SA will market and
resell the full Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switch product line, ranging
in size from 24 to 192 ports, as well as the Glimmerglass Console, a server
based product offering centralized management for complex, multi-switch
environments.
“These scalable, reliable optical switches provide customers
with a great deal of flexibility, particularly in larger and more complex fiber optic network operations,” said Philippe Bolle, president of Laser 2000 SA. “The Glimmerglass switches are a
welcome and fitting addition to our photonic technology solutions.”
About Laser 2000 SA Benelux
Laser 2000 SA was founded in
Belgium in 1998. Together with its sister companies in Germany, UK, France, The Netherlands and Sweden, the Laser
2000 group acts as the pan-European distributor of advanced photonics and
telecom products, offering customers the most innovative “optical technologies”
products of leading providers around the world from a single source.
About
Glimmerglass
Glimmerglass provides powerful,
flexible dynamic wavelength management solutions. Customers deploy Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical
Switches to create, monitor and protect wavelengths in networks supporting
land-based and undersea telecommunications systems, data centers, peering
exchanges, government networks, and video networks. For further
information, please visit www.glimmerglass.com.
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Glimmerglass is
a trademark of Glimmerglass Networks, Inc.
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trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders.
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