Glimmerglass is the world's leader in developing and marketing Intelligent Optical Switching solutions for the Telecommunications Industry and Government. With over 50 customers in Europe, Asia and North America, Glimmerglass has shipped over 20,000 ports of optical cross-connects with a strong reputation for product quality and reliability.

The Need

Rollouts of video and streaming media services by carriers and content providers are driving a world-wide bandwidth demand that is exploding - known as the 'Exaflood' for the exponential growth in Internet traffic. Managing this flood of data and fiber is a major and growing problem. Carriers are looking to Intelligent Optical Switching to meet the needs today and in the future.

Markets and Applications

Glimmerglass solutions provide the capability to Create, Monitor and Protect fiberoptic light paths. Customers employ Glimmerglass solutions in five major application areas providing dramatic reductions in operational expenses, OPEX, and capital expenses, CAPEX, while increasing network capacity.

• Data Center	Increasingly complex fiber plants and reduced OPEX budgets require innovative solutions. Using Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches to manage light paths enables "lights out" data centers.
• Telecom CO	Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches add major flexibility in the management of light paths while enabling significant reductions in both OPEX and CAPEX.
• Undersea Cable	A major European carrier has deployed Glimmerglass solutions to protect all wavelengths at the juncture of the undersea cable and the land-based fiber plant.
• Peering Exchange	Peering Exchanges are the most data intensive sites in the world. AMS-IX, Europe's largest Internet Exchange, relies on Glimmerglass switches in the heart of its hybrid IP/ switched network to provide the ability to create new light paths on demand and to monitor and protect all high speed links.
• Telecom Core	Visionary telecommunications carriers and researchers recognize that a hybrid of routers and optical swtiches provides the most efficient and highest capacity Internet backbone infrastructure.
• Government	Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches provide the optimal monitoring environment for lawful intercept and other government applications.

History

Glimmerglass was founded in 2000, supported by premier Silicon Valley venture capital. Current investors include Onset Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital, Loudwater Investment Partners, Ashford Capital, SUIT Growth Fund, Innovation Engine, and Terilogy Co.