In case you didn’t know, Microsoft has sold millions of units of Kinect for Xbox 360. Did you also know that Kinect sales have brought a Silicon Valley company back from the dead? GigaOm’s Om Malik wrote an excellent article about Kinect reversing the fortunes of JDSU. Here’s an excerpt:
The success of Kinect, however, is having a bigger impact on a smaller company, which has been all but forgotten for nearly a decade — JDSU. The Milpitas, Calif-based company makes all sort of gear – from testing equipment to optical components.
It is mostly infamous for being one of the biggest companies of telecom bubble that plunged from heavenly heights straight into demonic hell. It has merged, scrimped, scavenged and retreated through the past decade. Things aren’t peachy just yet, but it seems there is some hope for the company — thanks to the growing popularity of gesture technology.
It’s nice to know that the hundreds of millions of dollars Microsoft has spent to sell millions of Kinect units has also helped bring a .com casualty back from the dead.
Check out Om’s article if you have a chance. It’s a great read from a great site…even if he did name if after himself. Who does that?!? Oh wait….
