Founded in 1999, CALIENT Technologies is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. As the global leader in Adaptive Photonic Switching, CALIENT provides systems that build service providers, cloud computing, content delivery and government networks for today’s content explosion. CALIENT’s 3D MEMS switches have demonstrated years of reliability, with eight years of successful continuous operation at large companies in diverse markets. With more than 70,000 optical terminations shipped, CALIENT has one of the largest installed bases of photonic switches worldwide. The company designs and fabricates its systems using the state of art MEMS equipment in its own fabrication facility located at its corporate headquarters.