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Glimmerglass Chosen As 2004 Small Times Best of Small Tech Company Award Runner-Up

Posted on: Monday, 15 November 2004, 15:00 CST

Glimmerglass, a pioneer of fiber connection management solutions, was chosen as runner-up for Small Times Magazine's 'Best of Small Tech' Company of the Year Award for 2004. Glimmerglass received this honor based on its strong business growth, innovative applications of its fiber switching products and for continuing to improve its Brilliance microphotonics technology.

The 2004 Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Awards recognize the best people, products and companies in nanotechnology, MEMS (micro electro-mechanical systems) and microsystems. Small Times Media is the leading source of business news about micro and nanotechnology.

"The explosive growth in nano- and micro-enabled products across all industries has ramped up this competition considerably," said Steve Crosby, president and publisher of Small Times Media. "This year's winners and runners-up represent game-changing technologies; the kind of products and inventions that are allowing small tech to impact our daily lives."

Communications equipment manufacturers around the world have used Glimmerglass technology to revolutionize the way they test, certify, and bring new fiber-optics products to market. These customers have realized the unusual combination of large cost savings and significant productivity improvements. Glimmerglass' products switch bandwidths at performance levels that far exceed conventional switches and routers at a tiny fraction of their costs. As an example, one Glimmerglass fiber switch handles more than 300 Terabytes per day powering one of Europe's largest Internet peering network hubs.

"We're delighted to be recognized for this award," said Glimmerglass CEO Mark Housley. "We continue to discover new applications for our products as new bandwidth demands drive fiber adoption beyond telecom networks. We are looking forward to another very good year."

The recipients of the Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Awards, along with the runners-up, were selected by nominations and applications submitted by companies and individuals. Small Times Media news staff and an industry panel of experts reviewed the applicants and selected one winner and four runners-up in six categories, plus lifetime achievement. The panel considered accomplishments between September 1, 2003 and October 1, 2004. A complete list of winners and runners-up can be found in the November/December issue of Small Times(R) magazine and online at www.smalltimes.com.

About Glimmerglass

Glimmerglass develops and manufactures the smallest, highest performing, and most reliable fiber connection management solutions that switch light at the physical fiber and wavelength levels. Glimmerglass products enable customers to automatically, remotely and instantly monitor and manage fiber optic connections in a wide range of applications. For more information about Glimmerglass, visit www.glimmerglass.com.

Glimmerglass and Brilliance are trademarks of Glimmerglass Networks, Inc.

All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders.

Source: Business Wire

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