ADVISORY/Chromatis Networks to Speak on Bandwidth Availability Aspects During a Keynote Presentation at This Week's AMTC 2000; Three Panel Discussions to Accompany Keynote.News/Assignment Editors & High-Tech Writers Annual Multiplexed Telephony Conference 2000 ADVISORY...for Monday (July 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHO & WHAT: Chromatis Networks, a developer of next-generation transport solutions for metropolitan-area service providers, will speak in three panel sessions and a keynote presentation at this week's Annual Multiplexed Telephony Conference in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., July 17-20, 2000. Chromatis' Lou Martinage, Steve Korn, and Jeff Kunst will lead sessions involving DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing innovations, SONET optimization, and the deployment of bandwidth. The speakers will investigate where these technologies are heading and what can actually be deployed today. Presenters will share in-depth insight on various industry perspectives: -- Keynote Session: "If There's So Much Bandwidth, Why Can't I Get It?" -- Steve Korn, vice president of marketing and business development -- "DWDM Innovations" -- Lou Martinage, director of product marketing -- "Metro Networks Metro Networks is a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Houston, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Westwood One, which is managed by CBS Radio. The company operates a number of local and regional news and traffic facilities that provide regular reports to affiliates, together with " -- Lou Martinage, director of product marketing -- "SONET Optimization" - Jeff Kunst, director of product management WHERE & WHEN: AMTC AMTC Applied Media Technologies Corporation AMTC Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre (Canada) AMTC American Modeling and Talent Convention AMTC Army Missile Test Center (White Sands Missile Range, NM) 2000 July 17-20, 2000 Sheraton Hotels & Resorts San Diego, Calif. SESSIONS: Keynote Session: "If There's So Much Bandwidth, Why Can't I Get It?" Speaker: Steve Korn Monday, July 17, 3:00-4:00 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT Session 5: "DWDM Innovations" Speaker: Lou Martinage Tuesday, July 18, 10:00-11:30 a.m. PDT Session 18: "SONET Optimization" Speaker: Jeff Kunst Wednesday, July 19, 10:00-11:00 a.m. PDT Session 24: "Metro Networks" Speaker: Lou Martinage Thursday, July 20, 8:00-9:30 a.m. PDT BACKGROUND: Chromatis Networks (www.chromatis.com), selected as one of UPSIDE's Top 100 Private Companies (May 2000), develops and manufactures next-generation optical transport solutions that provide carriers with dramatic improvements in the cost, efficiency, scale, and management of multi-service metro networks. On June 28, 2000 Lucent's announcement to acquire Chromatis Networks was completed. Chromatis' flagship Metropolis(TM) product family is the first integrated optical transport solution on the market and represents the most complete, scalable, and manageable metro solution available. All Metropolis products incorporate Chromatis' award-winning Selective Wave Division Multiplexing (spelling) wave division multiplexing - A common misnomer for wavelength division multiplexing. (SWDM SWDM Single Mode Wavelength Division SWDM Standard Wavelength Division Multiplexer SWDM Selective Wave Division Multiplex (Chromatis Networks) SWDM Schuell-Wepman-Darley Multimodal Stimulation Treatment (TM)) technology, allowing service providers to scale network capacity quickly and cost effectively by using DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) technology on an as-needed, where-needed basis. SWDM received a Category Breaker Award from Network World magazine in November 1999. Founded in 1997, Chromatis is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 21,655 at the 2000 census, which makes it the largest of three towns in the county.[1] History , and is led by a seasoned team of executives with wide experience in transmission systems and data networking from companies such as Nortel, Cascade, Ciena, 3Com, US Robotics US Robotics - U.S. Robotics, Inc. , Scorpio Communications, Newbridge Networks, and ECI Telecom. The company has received more than $50 million in funding to date from leading venture capitalists, including Crosspoint, ComVentures, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Soros Private Equity, Chase Capital, Lucent Venture Partners, and Eucalyptus Ventures. |
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