EdenTree Technologies and Calient Networks Sign Exclusive Reseller Agreement
3/22/07 – Newbury Park-based EdenTree Technologies, provider of software solutions for lab management and test automation, and Calient Networks, a supplier of carrier-class fiber optic cross-connect systems (FOCS), have announced that the companies have signed an exclusive technology and distribution agreement for integrated network lab automation solutions.
EdenTree says its Lab Manager software, the Lab Operating System and software platform for managing, scheduling, configuring and tracking lab resources, has been integrated with Calient's DiamondWave family of all-optical switches for more than two years, providing a drag-and-drop graphical user interface (GUI) and API for controlling the switches in lab environments. In April 2006, the companies announced a reseller agreement that expanded on their existing technology relationship.
According to the companies, EdenTree will become Calient’s exclusive reseller of DiamondWave switches into the labs of network equipment manufacturers and service providers. Further, the companies say they have expanded their integration to include Calient’s new FiberConnect fiber optic cross-connect switch, and tightened their product integration with new features that allow users of EdenTree Lab Manager to manage optical power levels and obtain optical status information directly from Calient switches.
“EdenTree's rapidly growing sales organization is encountering more and more customers needing cost-effective all-optical switching infrastructure in their labs,” said Jay Oyakawa, president and CEO of EdenTree Technologies. “Calient's FiberConnect is the most cost effective all-optical switch on the market, allowing us to offer our customers a scalable solution for automating optical connections in labs of any size.”
Edentree says its Lab Manager drag-and-drop GUI allows test engineers, developers, customer support personnel and other lab users to design and schedule test topologies consisting of devices that are interconnected by DiamondWave AFM and FiberConnect switches. The solution transparently and dynamically builds the topologies, eliminating manual recabling and providing automated and remote control of test topologies, easier sharing of equipment, and a dramatic increase in test velocity.
The companies count Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Nortel, AT&T and Verizon, among existing customers of the combined Calient and EdenTree solution.
Calient Networks – www.calient.net
EdenTree Technologies - www.edentreetech.com
