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JDS Uniphase Receives Sun Microsystems' Meritorious Performance Supplier Award for Second Consecutive YearSAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/30/04 -- JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) today received its second consecutive Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s Meritorious Performance Award. The award recognizes companies that have made an outstanding contribution to Sun's ability to deliver superior quality and service to customers. Sun recognizes its top suppliers based on a combination of technology, quality, cost and supply. JDS Uniphase, the only fiber optic manufacturer to be awarded a Sun supplier award, has been working with Sun for nearly a decade to help increase information system bandwidth and provide faster access to large stores of data. Specifically, JDS Uniphase provides modules for Sun's storage area network (SAN) switches and servers with data transfer rates up to 2 Gb/s. "I believe our suppliers' extraordinary performance in delivering the best customer value and highest product quality played a big part in Sun's recent market share gains," said Eugene McCabe, Sun Microsystems' senior vice president, worldwide operations. "We congratulate JDS Uniphase for their tremendous efforts leading us to this recognition by the marketplace." "JDS Uniphase strives to meet our customers' needs by providing a reliable supply of the highest quality products, as well as continuously taking steps to lower costs through improved manufacturing," said Debora Shoquist, senior vice president of global operations at JDS Uniphase. "This important recognition from Sun shows us that we are succeeding in our efforts to help customers flourish by giving them the best value of any fiber optics manufacturer." About JDS Uniphase JDS Uniphase Corporation designs and manufactures products that provide innovative optical solutions for communications, commercial and consumer applications. The Company offers components, modules and subsystems for a variety of markets including communications, display, commercial lasers, document and product authentication. More information is available at www.jdsu.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. General Inquiries: |