What is JDSU?
'''JDS Uniphase Corporation''' ('''JDSU''') was an [[Ottawa]] company that made [[fibre-optic]] [[network]] parts. Over 10,000 people worked for them in [[Ottawa]] and 30,000 world-wide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/jds-presence-fades-from-ottawa/article1165505/|title=JDS presence fades from Ottawa|date=12 August 2003|last=Ebner|first=Dave|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/jozef-straus-heads-for-the-exit/article1165164/ | title=Jozef Straus heads for the exit | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=21 August 2003 }}</ref> JDS Fitel was founded by Jozef Straus in [[1981]]. Straus, an engineer, also worked at [[Bell-Northern Research]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uottawa.ca/president/bio/straus-jozef |title=STRAUS, Jozef &#124; Office of the President &#124; University of Ottawa |access-date=2019-06-20 |archive-date=2019-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620074416/https://www.uottawa.ca/president/bio/straus-jozef |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=200365&privcapId=12763186 | title=Stocks | website=[[Bloomberg News]] }}</ref> In August [[2015]], JDSU split into two different companies: Viavi Solutions and Lumentum Holdings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-10|title=Biz Break: JDS Uniphase plans to split in two, focus on software-defined networking|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/10/biz-break-jds-uniphase-plans-to-split-in-two-focus-on-software-defined-networking/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.jdsu.com/ Official website] [[Category:1981 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Technology companies of Canada]] [[Category:Companies based in Ottawa]]