Circadiant Systems Earns 'Best In Test' Award for its A3303 Optical Standards Tester; Distinction Validates Innovative Approach to Fiber Optic Testing Market.Business/Technology Editors ALLENTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001 Circadiant Systems, the company making optical testing simple, announced today that only one month after launching its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the A3303 2.5 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester, it has earned a "Best in Test" award from Test & Measurement World, the premiere publication covering electronic test and measurement of devices, instruments, software and systems. The A3303 2.5 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester is the first product in a new class of purpose-built, intelligent testing systems that enable optical equipment and component makers to significantly reduce development and manufacturing costs while accelerating the time-to-market for optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. solutions. "To win a `Best in Test' award, a product must go through a rigorous screening process with a panel of experts who have covered the test and measurement industry for years," said Roy Forsberg, publisher, Test & Measurement World. "To receive this distinction is quite an achievement for a young company like Circadiant Systems. We will be watching them carefully as they move forward in their product development." Now in its ninth year, the editors of Test & Measurement World annually survey a wide variety of products used in the test, measurement or inspection of electronic components, products and systems to select the winners of the award. The recipients are recognized for creating a product that the editors consider "particularly innovative or useful." Circadiant Systems was one of only 12 companies selected from a field of over 250 entrants spanning a number of sectors of the electronics industry. "Having tested optical components ourselves, we saw a significant void in the test equipment market and set out to develop the industry's first purpose-built tester for fiber optic components and equipment," said Joey Joey after Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45] See : Clowns Thompson, co-founder and chief technology officer, Circadiant Systems. "To receive an honor such as this from a publication that follows the test and measurement industry closely so early in the product's development cycle is a terrific boost for our company. We feel it's a strong validation of our efforts and look forward to building on the early momentum we have established." About Circadiant Systems, Inc. Founded and staffed by a team of distinguished engineers with extensive experience in optical components, networks, protocols and testing and a rich pedigree pedigree Record of ancestry or purity of breed. Pedigrees of domesticated animals are maintained by governmental or private record associations or breed organizations in many countries. at Bell Labs, Circadiant Systems (www.circadiant.com) provides optical component and network equipment makers with a purpose-built, intelligent testing system that significantly reduces development and manufacturing costs while accelerating the time-to-market of high-quality optical networking solutions. To that end, Circadiant Systems has introduced a new class of testing equipment that offers standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting , automation and scalability in a system purpose-built to meet the needs of the current and future optical networking market and is well positioned to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the multi-billion dollar optical testing industry. Circadiant is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is funded by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] , including Anthelion anthelion: see halo. Capital, EnerTech Capital, Intel Capital, PA Early Stage and TL Ventures. |
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