Technical Communities and Finisar Corporation Sign Government Services Partnership

SAN BRUNO, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA, May 20 (MARKET WIRE)
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Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader in fiber optic
solutions for high-speed networks, and Technical Communities, Inc., a leading
serviceprovider for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government
agencies,military, and prime federal contractors, today announced a government
services
partnership agreement. The agreement authorizes Technical Communities to market
Finisar's Network Tools products including high-speed serial design and test
equipment, protocol training and testing services to the government
community.

"Through our partnership with Technical Communities, Finisar is now able
toprovide Government and Military customers with the same leading-edge products
and
services currently available to commercial OEMs," said Rick Kilduff, vice
president of sales for Network Tools at Finisar Corporation. "Having these
products
approved by the General Services Administration (GSA) will allow government
agencies to
easily acquire the test equipment and services needed during deployment and test
phases."

"Technical Communities is excited to offer the federal government an array
of
high-quality technical products from Finisar," said Peter Ostrow, president and
CEO of Technical Communities. "Our goal is to continue to optimize the GSA
buying and selling experience for organizations such as Finisar."

Finisar's Network Tools products are listed by GSA's Multiple Award
Schedules
(MAS) managed by Technical Communities. Technical Communities provides content,
transaction, marketing, sales administration, and reporting services to
support these products. Technical Communities also provides presentation
materials and order processing through GSA's e-commerce web site,
www.gsaadvantage.gov, and the company's on-line marketplaces: www.gsamart.com,
www.testmart.com, and www.navicpmart.com.

About Technical Communities

Technical Communities, Inc. is the premier one-stop service solution for
technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military
organizations, and prime federal contractors. We use our contract management
expertise and powerful technology solutions to enable organizations to more
effectively manage sales, marketing and procurement -- which lowers costs, saves
time
and reduces risks. The company, with offices in the California's Silicon
Valley and the Washington, DC area, is owner and operator of ecommerce
properties www.gsamart.com, www.testmart.com, www.navicpmart.com and
www.eurekaspot.com.
Onlinecontent-focused sites include www.govcontractsmagazine.com and
www.testequipmentmagazine.com. For more information, visit
www.technicalcommunities.com.

About Finisar

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber
optic components and subsystems and network test and monitoring systems. These
products enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for
networking, storage and wireless applications over Local Area Networks (LANs),
Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) using
Ethernet, Fiber Channel, IP, SAS, SATA and SONET/SDH protocols. The company
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. More information can be found at
www.finisar.com.

Media Contacts
James Ferraro
Technical Communities
650-794-3739
jferraro@technicalcommunities.com

Victoria McDonald
Finisar Corporation
408-542-4261
victoria.mcdonald@finisar.com

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