Continuum
Photonics has been selected as the recipient of
the Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation
Innovation. The award represents leadership in the
successful adoption of new technology to best address
emerging markets, and was awarded to recognize the
DirectLight series of switches. This award was presented
in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan’s
World MEMS Based Optical Components Markets research.
The
Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation
Innovation is presented to the company that has
best demonstrated the ability to develop and/or
advance products with more innovative capabilities
than competing vendors and products. Such innovation
is expected to significantly contribute to the industry
in terms of product performance and degree/rate
of technical change. Participants are ranked with
respect to numerous criteria, and Continuum was
ranked number one in the industry.
“Continuum’s
piezo-MEMS beam-steering technology is the first
of its kind, and has significant advantages over
traditional MEMS mirrors,“ said Frost &
Sullivan Analyst, Projjal Kumar Roy. “It enables
a powerful set of features in addition to the standard
switching, including its integrated VOA and power
meter functions. We believe this places Continuum
in the unique position to address the broadest number
of market segments in communications, including
test & measurement, optical networking, and
fiber distribution.”
Jeffrey
Farmer, Continuum’s CEO, comments on the Frost
& Sullivan award. “Recognition by Frost
& Sullivan for our DirectLight series of products
is a further validation of the strong market demand
we are seeing from our customers every day. The
uniquely integrated functionality of an instrument-quality
switch, power meter, and VOA provides not only a
distinct operational advantage for customers, but
substantial reductions in first installed and total
lifecycle costs. We are seeing broad applications
within our customer base at network equipment manufacturers,
service providers, and others.”
