Finisar's Enterprise Storage Expert to Present at Storage Networking World (SNW)

Vice President of Enterprise Marketing for Finisar's Network Tools Division Will Explore Remote Data Replication in Complex SAN Environments


SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 9, 2007) -


Who/What:       Harish Nayak, Finisar's (NASDAQ: FNSR) vice
                president of Enterprise Marketing, Network
                Tools Division, will present "Managing Remote
                Data Replication in a Complex SAN Environment"
                at Computerworld's Storage Networking World
                (SNW).

When/Where:     October 15 - 18, 2007 at the Gaylord Texan
                Resort Hotel and Convention Center
                Dallas, Texas.

Presentation:   Today's multi-vendor storage area networks face
                "fabric blindness," the inability to diagnose,
                analyze and prevent outages and brownouts in
                situations governed by complex protocols and
                interconnections. "Managing Remote Data
                Replication in a Complex SAN Environment" will
                explore the growing challenge of fabric blindness
                in remote replication infrastructures and will
                identify new solutions that reduce business risk.
                This presentation will examine actual customer
                case examples and will provide valuable information
                for anyone who manages a storage area network.

Event Details:  For more information and event registration
                details, please visit:
                http://www.snwusa.com/index.html

About Finisar

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic components and subsystems and network test and monitoring systems. These products enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage and wireless applications over Local Area Networks (LANs), Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) using Ethernet, Fibre Channel, IP, SAS, SATA and SONET/SDH protocols. The Company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. More information can be found at www.finisar.com.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com), weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research from the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In addition, in 2007 Computerworld's editor-in-chief Don Tennant received the prestigious Timothy White Award from American Business Media. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,252,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Fall 2006).

About the SNIA

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of more than 460 member companies and close to 7,000 active individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share the common goal of advancing the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For additional information, visit the SNIA web site at http://www.snia.org.

Contact Information: MEDIA CONTACT: Victoria McDonald Finisar Corporation (408) 542-4261 victoria.mcdonald@finisar.com