SUPERCOMM VISITORS TO SEE COST-SAVING, AUTOMATION-ENABLING OPTICAL NETWORKING DEMONSTRATIONS BY CIENA
Intelligent Optical Networking Pioneer to Show ONI Systems’ Metro Products Working Within CIENA’s LightWorks™ Architecture, and CoreDirector “XL” Core Switch
Linthicum, MD — 05/31/2002Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), a global provider of intelligent optical networking systems and software, today announced that visitors to its SUPERCOMM 2002 booth (#31406) will see demonstrations that highlight the expected benefits of the company’s pending merger with ONI Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: ONIS), and its leadership in intelligent optical transport and switching solutions for core and metropolitan service provider networks. In addition, Ciena will be offering Optical University seminars featuring technologists from telecommunications industry service providers and equipment vendors.
SUPERCOMM 2002, a major telecommunications industry exhibition and conference, will take place at Atlanta, Georgia’s World Congress Center from June 2-6, with Ciena’s demonstrations taking place from June 4-6. The exhibition hours are Tuesday, June 4, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday, June 5, 2002, from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday, June 6, 2002, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ciena will hold several network and services demonstrations in Booth #31406, including those showcasing ONI Systems’ products working within Ciena’s LightWorks™ architecture:
- An integrated Ciena LightWorks network architecture including both Ciena and ONI products. 10Gbps will run across the network from the metro area to the long-haul point-of-presence. The 10Gbps wavelength will begin at a data center via ONI’s ONLINE7000, to Ciena’s MetroDirector K2™ intelligent metro switch, to Ciena’s MultiWave™ Metro transport product, to Ciena’s CoreDirector™ intelligent core optical switch, to Ciena’s CoreStream™ long-haul transport platform;
- An integrated metro network. This demo is comprised of services transported across ONI’s ONLINE2500 and ONLINE7000, switched through Ciena’s MetroDirector K2 and MultiWave Metro transport platform;
- Interoperability of the service grooming and aggregation capabilities across the integrated metro portfolio, including the MetroDirector K2 with ONI’s ONLINE™ transport and ONWAVE™ multiplexing families; and
- Storage Area Networks (SANs) within a metro network. ESCON and 2-Gig Fiber Channel (FC) services between a campus and a data center. The ESCON services are carried using the ONLINE7000 ring and the 2-Gig FC is carried on a ring with ONLINE7000 and ONLINE2500 products.
In addition, Ciena will demonstrate CoreDirector XL (CDXL), the highly scalable version of its CoreDirector intelligent core optical switch. In the booth, Ciena will show a three-bay CDXL, demonstrating the ability of the efficient, economical scalability of CoreDirector.
Optical University
Ciena is proud to once again offer its Optical University series of seminars at SUPERCOMM 2002 to help service providers understand what the key drivers are for the future of optical networking, especially as it concerns the changing needs of carriers who are grappling with the rise in data traffic. Among the speakers scheduled to present are several Ciena international customers, as well as Ciena and ONI executives.
Ciena Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. Ciena's LightWorks architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about Ciena can be found at www.ciena.com.
ONI Systems develops, markets and sells optical networking equipment specifically designed to address bandwidth and service limitations of regional and metropolitan networks. ONI products allow communication service providers to rapidly build high-capacity networks that are flexible, scalable and able to support multiple services on a single platform. For additional information about ONI and its products, visit the company Web site at www.oni.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of Ciena (the Company) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release, including, but not limited to, Ciena’s intent to demonstrate interoperability between Ciena and ONI’s products, the intent to demonstrate the CoreDirector XL, and the expected speakers at Optical University, are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, which include the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2002. Forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “should,” “will,” and “would” or similar words. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Nicole Anderson
Ciena Corporation
(877) 857 -7377
pr@ciena.com
Marie Downing
Ciena Corporation
(888) 243-6223
ir@ciena.com
