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Technical Communities and Finisar Corporation Sign Government Services Partnership
Government, Military, and Federal Contractors Save Taxpayer Money When Buying Technical Equipment
| Source: Finisar
SAN BRUNO, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 20, 2008) - Finisar Corporation
(NASDAQ : FNSR ), a global technology leader in fiber optic solutions for
high-speed networks, and Technical Communities, Inc., a leading service
provider for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies,
military, and prime federal contractors, today announced a government
services partnership agreement. The agreement authorizes Technical
Communities to market Finisar's Network Tools products including high-speed
serial design and test equipment, protocol training and testing services to
the government community.
"Through our partnership with Technical Communities, Finisar is now able to
provide Government and Military customers with the same leading-edge
products and services currently available to commercial OEMs," said Rick
Kilduff, vice president of sales for Network Tools at Finisar Corporation.
"Having these products approved by the General Services Administration
(GSA) will allow government agencies to easily acquire the test equipment
and services needed during deployment and test phases."
"Technical Communities is excited to offer the federal government an array
of high-quality technical products from Finisar," said Peter Ostrow,
president and CEO of Technical Communities. "Our goal is to continue to
optimize the GSA buying and selling experience for organizations such as
Finisar."
Finisar's Network Tools products are listed by GSA's Multiple Award
Schedules (MAS) managed by Technical Communities. Technical Communities
provides content, transaction, marketing, sales administration, and
reporting services to support these products. Technical Communities also
provides presentation materials and order processing through GSA's
e-commerce web site, www.gsaadvantage.gov, and the company's on-line
marketplaces: www.gsamart.com, www.testmart.com, and www.navicpmart.com.
About Technical Communities
Technical Communities, Inc. is the premier one-stop service solution for
technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military
organizations, and prime federal contractors. We use our contract
management expertise and powerful technology solutions to enable
organizations to more effectively manage sales, marketing and procurement
-- which lowers costs, saves time and reduces risks. The company, with
offices in the California's Silicon Valley and the Washington, DC area, is
owner and operator of ecommerce properties www.gsamart.com,
www.testmart.com, www.navicpmart.com and www.eurekaspot.com. Online
content-focused sites include www.govcontractsmagazine.com and
www.testequipmentmagazine.com. For more information, visit
www.technicalcommunities.com.
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, Fiber Channel, IP, SAS, SATA and SONET/SDH protocols. The
company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. More information can be found
at www.finisar.com.