Datasweep Signs Optical Industry Leader Finisar; Web-Based Solution to Link Global Operations and Save Costs Throughout the Enterprise.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001

Datasweep, Inc., the leader in real-time collaborative manufacturing solutions, today announced that Finisar (Nasdaq:FNSR) has selected Datasweep's flagship Advantage product to provide the infrastructure for real-time information sharing and collaboration across global manufacturing operations. Datasweep continues to be the collaborative manufacturing solution of choice for leading global telecommunications companies.

Finisar, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a diversified supplier of optical components, sub-systems and test equipment for the data communications industry. Finisar has been growing rapidly over the past several years with revenues of $189 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2001, an increase of 181% over the previous year. Finisar's divisions manufacture a wide range of products from optical components to subsystems and testing equipment for a variety of network protocols. Using Datasweep's solution, Finisar will be well-positioned for continued growth with a scalable manufacturing solution designed to consolidate visibility and control of all global manufacturing and repair operations.

Finisar chose Datasweep as an enterprise-wide software solution that provides a centralized repository of data and the tools to analyze information from a global perspective. The Datasweep solution is Web-based, quick-to-deploy and integrates readily with Finisar's other supply chain software systems including its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Finisar plans to use the Datasweep Advantage product suite's extended capabilities not only for Shop Operations, but also for Quality, Supplier Management, Return Material Authorization (RMA) Management and Repair and Engineering Change Order (ECO) Management.

Adding RMA Management and Repair to the as-built traceability, Advantage allows Finisar to manage each product's history from its initial component manufacturing through the final system's entire lifecycle in the field, including upgrades, repairs and returns. In addition, Datasweep's unique Supplier Management application will allow Finisar to incorporate information to and from suppliers for deeper unit level traceability and improved supply chain efficiency.

"We were looking for the best manufacturing software solution available today -- one that would meet our needs as a manufacturer of many diverse and complex products. That solution was Datasweep," said Jerry Rawls, Finisar's president and CEO. "Datasweep was selected as the only fully Web-based offering focused on global visibility across diverse production operations, as well as on integrating post-manufacturing product life-cycle management."

"Datasweep uniquely leverages the Web for manufacturers to collaborate in real-time, sharing critical production, quality, supplier and repair information," said Vladimir Preysman, president and CEO of Datasweep. "Finisar's requirement for consolidating and acting on critical production information from many global locations makes them an ideal customer for the solutions that Datasweep provides."

About Finisar

Finisar Corporation (Nasdaq:FNSR) is a leading technology innovator of fiber optic subsystems and network performance test systems which enable high-speed data communications over Gigabit Ethernet local area networks (LANs), Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), and metropolitan data networks (MANs). Finisar is focused on the application of digital fiber optics to provide a broad line of high-performance, reliable, value-added optical subsystems for networking and storage equipment manufacturers. Finisar's headquarters are located at 1308 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. For more information, visit the Company's web site at www.finisar.com.

About Datasweep

Datasweep develops and markets real-time collaborative manufacturing solutions for OEMs, electronic manufacturing service providers and critical component suppliers. Datasweep's web-based solutions give OEMs and their key manufacturing partners Web visibility into and control of real-time manufacturing and repair information, leveraged through an integrated data mart to drive improvements in planning, manufacturing and product lifecycle management. Customers include Flextronics International, Ltd. (FLEX), Lucent (LU), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC), GE Fanuc, and emerging optical networking leaders Avanex (AVNX), Finisar (FNSR), Kestrel Solutions, Novalux and Onetta. Additional information can be found on the Internet at www.datasweep.com.