Occam in the News
Occam Networks' Named Finalist for 2008 American Business Awards(SM)
Stockhouse.com
June 9, 2008
Occam Networks(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:OCNW), a leading supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies announced today that its BLC 6322 GPON OLT Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) product is a finalist in the Best New Product Category of the 2008 American Business Awards. The BLC 6322 is an innovative product that enables telecommunications service providers to upgrade their networks to handle the enormous demand for bandwidth driven by IP HDTV, video on demand (VOD), gaming and other interactive applications.
"Occam's BLC 6322 blade combines the capabilities of a full featured GPON OLT with 10G transport to create an innovative, simple to deploy FTTP solution. The BLC 6322 complements Occam's extensive pure IP, all packet multiservice access platform (MSAP) which includes gigabit Point-to-Point (P2P) FTTP, ADSL2Plus and Lifeline POTS," said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing. "We are honored to be recognized as a 'Stevie' finalist. Adding to the 2007 Internet Telephony Product of the Year, Occam Networks is once again recognized as an industry innovator."
At the core of Occam's GPON solution is the Occam Packet Engine. This highly customized silicon technology supports the massive packet processing necessary to deliver IP Triple Play and other interactive services by enabling each OLT blade to manage more than 2048 simultaneous traffic streams. The Occam Packet Engine also provides hardware based QoS, security and multicast management ensuring a differentiated quality of experience. Combined with wirespeed packet switching capable of scaling to 15 Gbps, the Occam Packet Engine is at the core of innovation.
The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business. Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Thursday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 600 executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network and hosted by Liz Claman of FOX Business Network.
Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges and Advisors, and their staffs will select Stevie Award winners from among Finalists in final judging during the week of May 19. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April through early May.
"ABA entries grew more than 30% this year, so being named a Finalist is more of an accomplishment than ever before," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. "It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of national recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition."
Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.