Industry-Leading Networking Solutions to be Tested for DOD Interoperability
CHATSWORTH, Calif., June 8,
2006 -- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a leading provider of
products and services for
out-of-band networking, WDM and optical transport,
metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE and other service aware networking
products, today announced that three of its solutions have been accepted for
evaluation by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC). JITC is chartered
with certifying interoperability for all networking products to be used by
agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
JITC will evaluate
MRV’s LambdaDriver®
scalable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system; Fiber Driver systems for
services demarcation, wave division multiplexing (WDM) and media conversion; and
its
LX Series console servers which deliver comprehensive
out-of-band
networking, redundancy and security features.
“The drive to earn JITC certification underscores our commitment to providing
scalable, secure high-speed networking solutions for critical government
operations such as defense,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV. “Formal
assessment of MRV’s robust products, which include many fault-tolerance features
and the first-ever support of
FIPS 140-2 in a console server will enable a
highly interoperable, secure and feature-rich solution for DOD agencies.”
MRV LambdaDriver optical transport
solutions consists of multi-functional, compact and modular wavelength division
multiplexing (WDM) systems that can create up to 80 independent virtual fiber
optic links over a single pair of fibers over distances of up to 900 km. The
LambdaDriver family supports both DWDM and CWDM technology, and can handle data
streams with rates from 8 Mbps up to 10 Gbps. The LambdaDriver systems are
specifically designed for organizations that require flexible, compact and
cost-effective multiplexing and transport of high-speed network, storage, voice,
and video data.
MRV’s Fiber Driver optical
multi-service product line provides a full range of solutions like services
demarcation, media conversion, signal repeating, and fiber-optimization,
including coarse and dense WDM capabilities. Both managed and unmanaged
solutions are available, including rack-mount, modular systems and desktop
systems. The Fiber Driver line includes several families of products with the
flexibility of hundreds of combinations and system options for any type of
optical or copper technology, covering virtually every protocol in use in
networking today.
The
MRV LX Series of console servers
provides redundancy and security features necessary for out-of-band networking
needs. The LX Series servers are
FIPS 140-2
compliant and are available in
eight-, 16-, 32- and,48-port models. They provide secure out-of-band device
configuration and management capabilities for mission critical networks, and
“lights out” management of networking and computing equipment in remote
installations.
About MRV Communications, Inc.
MRV Communications, Inc. (“MRV”) is a leading provider of network equipment and
services, and optical components. MRV’s networking business provides equipment
used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service
providers, and includes switches, routers, physical layer products and
out-of-band management products as well as specialized networking products for
aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular
communication. MRV’s optical components business provides optical communications
components for metropolitan, access and Fiber-to-the-Premises applications,
through its wholly owned subsidiary LuminentOIC, Inc. MRV markets and sells its
products worldwide through a variety of channels, including a dedicated direct
sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors
and systems integrators. MRV also has operations in Europe that provide network
system design, integration and distribution services that include products
manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as internally developed and
manufactured products. Publicly traded since 1992, MRV is listed on the NASDAQ
National Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its
products, please call (818) 773-0900 or visit our websites at
www.mrv.com and
www.luminentoic.com.
Media Relations
MRV Communications, Inc.
David Rodewald
(805) 494-9508
pr@mrv.com
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