Industry Awards and Recognitions

Cyan is recognized as a leading innovator in the rapidly expanding packet-optical transport systems market. See what some of the top industry analysts, visionaries and publications have to say about Cyan:

Red Herring Selects Cyan as Winner of North America 100 Award

Cyan wins Red Herring’s Top 100 for North America! Prestigious award recognizes Cyan as a leading innovator in communications networking. Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated hundreds of companies before selecting Cyan. Evaluations were based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. Red Herring’s award and advocacy identifies Cyan as one of the most promising new business models in North America.

Light Reading Select Cyan for 2009 Top Picks Award

The Top Picks are the communications technologies, services, and products that Light Reading's editors think have the best chance of shaking up the industry.
Recognition highlights Cyan Z33 and Z77 as embodying trends that will shape the industry in the Carrier Transport (Optical Networking, Ethernet, Packet Optical categories) in the next 12-18 months. 

Leading Industry Analysts

Eve Griliches, Managing Partner, ACG Research says "Cyan has brought to market, perhaps the first true purpose-built packet optical transport platform."

Be sure to check out Eve's ACG Market Impact Report: A Cyan Customer Speaks, where Eve interviews Peter De Bono of IRis Networks on the process and criteria by which IRis Networks selected Cyan to ultimately deploy a Cyan Powered Network.

Michael Howard, Co-founder and Principle Analyst, Infonetics Research said "Cyan’s packet optical transport systems with CyMS multi-layer management represent the state of the art for multi-layer network visualization, which today is a unique tool to aid operators in achieving smoother running networks with improved control, performance, and reduced operational costs.”