DIETZENBACH, Germany -- LastMile, a leading German supplier of optical networking devices, opens a new door in Poland for its success in Eastern Europe. Comparex Poland, a leading independent system integrator has chosen LastMile´s CWDM FiberPilot platform to win a strategic deal with an international financial institution. The Polish fiber network continuously grows and especially banks and large enterprises profit from new connections. Also the implementation of the EU legislation will increase the demand for security backup and disaster recovery solutions.

"Choosing LastMile as a partner for our growing number of fiber projects offers new business fields for Comparex. The experiences with SAN connectivity over WDM from LastMile and our own expertise as a system integrator for SAN solutions, brings highest confidence to our customers. Our key factors are flexibility and low initial costs with highest reliability." says Filip Krokowski, Country Manager of Comparex Poland.

Boris Simandl, Director Worldwide Sales of LastMile, states "Winning Comparex Poland as a partner is a major success to target the Eastern European market. With Comparex, as an established system integrator with strong presence in Poland, Hungary and Austria, we are looking to broadenour presence in those countries."

LastMile AG