Profile: Glimmerglass Networks, Inc. is a supplier of optical management systems. Our product line includes intelligent optical, intelligent peripheral, and management software system. Our Glimmerglass intelligent optical system is the field proven, ideal choice for flexible optical layer management. Network engineers and operators use the Glimmerglass system to remotely provision, monitor and re-configure optical paths in real time, to greatly improve network availability and reduce OPEX. The Glimmerglass purely optical, photonic system is also employed by customers who need to handle a wide range of optical signal types, or rapidly and remotely select from a number of signals and re-configure distribution to one or more recipients. Our Glimmerglass intelligent peripheral system 3000 (IPS 3000) is designed to work hand-in-hand with Glimmerglass intelligent optical systems and other optical-layer networking equipment, to create comprehensive solutions for managing the optical layer. The IPS 3000 supports optical amplification, optical splitting, and lossless optical signal distribution. The IPS 3000 is the industry's most flexible, highest-density system for optical signal amplification and splitting. It provides 12 user slots for peripheral modules in a highly reliable and fully manageable 6-RU shelf.