CORNING, N.Y., June 13, 2013 — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announces that its Pretium EDGE® Solutions recently received the Datacentre Facility Product of the Year at the Datacentre Solutions Awards 2013 in London.
Pretium EDGE Solutions feature Corning® ClearCurve® optical fiber and is a cabling infrastructure solution for data centers, consisting of optical trunks, harnesses, modules, and housings. This innovative solution addresses the concerns of data center owners and operators, helping them increase revenue, reduce costs, and minimize risk.
The award category included a range of leading technologies in data center infrastructure management, physical security, building and/or the cabling industry sector. Products were evaluated on their ability to demonstrate a competitive advantage and a clear return on investment for users. The awards were announced on May 23.
“The Datacentre Solutions Awards recognize the users, manufacturers, and suppliers operating in the data center fields and are voted for by the readers of our wide range of print and online publications,” said Franziska Priebe, marketing manager of award organizers, Angel Business Communications. “All finalists did well in making the shortlist, but Corning Cable Systems was the clear winner in its category, Datacentre Facility Product of the Year.”
“This award is an important one, as it underlines the clear added-value of the Pretium EDGE Solutions and Corning ClearCurve optical fiber,” said Kim Hartwell, senior vice president and chief commercial officer, Corning Cable Systems. “Our reputation for innovation and quality is well-established. However, it is important to reassure users that our solutions are also extremely competitive and deliver real value-for-money in the highly fluid data center space.”
For additional information on Corning Cable Systems products and services, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-743-2675, toll free in the United States; or (+1) 828-901-5000, international; or visit the website at www.corning.com/cablesystems.
About Datacentre Solutions Awards
The Datacentre Solutions Awards reward the products, projects and services as well as honor companies and teams operating in datacenter fields. The DCS Awards recognise the achievements of end-users, channel partners and vendors alike and in the case of the end-user category there was also an award made to the supplier who nominated the winning organization. Winners are selected by public vote.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy, and metrology.