CIENA Adopts JCraft's Pure Java X Server, WiredX

SENDAI, JAPAN, October 9, 2001 -- JCraft, Inc., an independent software development company specializing in Java applications, announced today that CIENA Corporation(Nasdaq: CIEN), a global provider of intelligent optical networking systems and software, has licensed JCraft's pure Java X Window System server, WiredX, to integrate the product into CIENA's LightWorks(TM) ON-Center(TM) Management Suite.

WiredX is the X Window System server in pure Java and has been developed by JCraft. WiredX enables J2SE(Java 2 Standard Edition)-enabled PCs to access GUI applications on Unix machines. The most significant feature of WiredX is that no add-on application needs to be installed on Unix machines to use WiredX.

On the other hand, CIENA's LightWorks ON-Center Management Suite is a fully integrated family of software-based tools for comprehensive element, network and service layer management across service provider networks. ON-Center is based on client/server architecture and ON-Center's clients are implemented in pure Java, but some components like Transport Managers have been provided as X Window System GUI applications.

"By integrating WiredX into ON-Center's Java based client system, we have removed the need for our Transport based customers to purchase X server display software for ON-Center NT client hosts. Therefore, we have provided them a seamless X display for their NT clients using Java," said Rob Adams, CIENA's vice president for Network Management. "WiredX will expedite ON-Center usability on NT client hosts since no customer configuration is necessary to display Transport based X GUIs and allow our customers to easily add additional low cost NT based ON-Center clients."

"We are excited to work with CIENA, the leader in next-generation optical networking solutions," said Dr. Atsuhiko Yamanaka, president and chief executive officer of JCraft. "We are proud that we can enhance the usability of CIENA's ON-Center and our X server will be used by CIENA's worldwide customers." CIENA's customers include long-distance carriers, Regional Bell Operating Companies, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, Internet service providers and wholesale carriers.

About CIENA

CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at https://www.ciena.com/.

About JCraft

JCraft, Inc. is a privately owned independent software development company specializing in Java applications. JCraft has designed and developed WiredX from scratch and runs the web site http://WiredX.net/, where WiredX has been provided on demand to worldwide users. Founded in 1998, JCraft is headquartered in Sendai, Japan. Additional information about JCraft can be found at https://www.jcraft.com/.

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