VIAVI Solutions has landed two Best of Show awards at Interop Tokyo 2026, working alongside partner TOYO Corporation to showcase technologies that test and validate AI, enterprise, cloud, and other advanced network infrastructure.
The Interop Tokyo 2026 awards go to companies that deliver the most innovative products, solutions, and services across the event’s three-day conference and exhibition.
This year, VIAVI won the Best of Show Grand Prize in the Network Infrastructure/Security/Testing category for its MCP Server Framework for Custom AI Workflows and earned a Runner Up award for its TestCenter D2 1.6T Appliance high-speed Ethernet test platform.
Since launching in 1984, Interop Tokyo has grown into one of Asia’s largest ICT events, drawing more than 150,000 attendees annually.
The conference showcases cutting-edge networking products and services while highlighting the year’s top IT trends in networking, AI, security, and cloud computing. A panel of expert judges reviews submissions and selects winners based on technology advancement and commercial value.
VIAVI’s Award Winners
VIAVI MCP Server Framework for Custom AI Workflows
Part of VIAVI’s NITRO AI portfolio, this framework delivers MCP servers for TestCenter (network performance testing), CyberFlood (security and application performance testing), and TeraVM (secure access, ZTNA, and SSL/IPsec VPN testing).
Each MCP server exposes product-specific testing capabilities as standardized tools and resources for AI agents, enabling natural-language test execution, results analysis, and test automation across custom AI workflows.
VIAVI TestCenter D2 1.6T Appliance
This high-performance Ethernet test platform is purpose-built to validate and accelerate deployment of next-generation AI data center infrastructure.
Designed for 1.6T Ethernet and AI workloads, it delivers high-capacity traffic generation, AI workload emulation, and multivendor interoperability testing.
Hyperscalers, cloud providers, and network equipment manufacturers can use it to speed up rollout of scalable, high-performance AI-ready networks.
Leadership Comment
“We are honored to be selected for two prestigious prizes,” said Tom Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lab and Production, VIAVI. “These awards, which go to the most innovative digital infrastructure technologies, further demonstrate VIAVI’s ongoing leadership in advanced testing solutions that accelerate and enhance the deployment, validation and security of AI, data center and enterprise network infrastructure.”
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