ADVISORY/Media Alert: Calient Networks Executives to Speak at NFOEC 2002.Assignment Desks/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Sunday-Thursday (Sept. 15-19) NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2002 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002 Calient Networks, a leading provider of intelligent, photonic switching systems and software, has been invited to address the latest trends in optical switching at the National Fiber Optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber Engineers Conference (NFOEC) at the Dallas Convention Center The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). in Dallas, Texas from September 15-19, 2002.
When: Wednesday, September 18, 8:30 - 10am
What: Session B4 - Network Economics and Architectures (Calient
chairs session)
Where: Dallas Convention Center, Arena
Who: Brad Turner, senior product manager
When: Thursday, September 19, 8:30 - 10am
What: Session C7 Network Protection
Performance of Protection and Restoration in IP/ Optical Core
Networks with GMPLS Protocols
Where: Dallas Convention Center, Ballroom A, 1 & 2
Who: Brad Turner, senior product manager
When: Thursday, September 19, 8:30 - 10am
What: Session F7 - Switches and Crossconnects
Business Case for Photonic Switches in OEO Supplement Applications
Where: Dallas Convention Center, Ballroom C, 3 & 4
Who: Arthur Bravo, manager of systems engineering
When: Thursday, September 19, 1:30 - 3pm
What: Session E9 - MEMS Devices
Reliability of MEMS Switches in All-Optical Networks
Where: Dallas Convention Center, Ballroom C, 1 & 2
Who: John Bowers, chief technology officer, co-founder and senior
vice president of engineering and operations for Calient's
photonics development team in Santa Barbara.
About Calient Networks Calient Networks is a leading provider of intelligent, photonic switching systems and software that help service providers scale their networks for explosive bandwidth demands and deliver new wavelength services. Calient's award-winning DiamondWave(TM) switching system and GMPLS-powered networking innovations provide a seamless, 'opto-electronic-to-photonic' migration path that is non-disruptive to legacy operations, highly cost-effective and an enabler to revenue-generating optical services. Calient is shipping its DiamondWave systems to production networks worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Additional engineering and manufacturing operations are located in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. , while MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. operations are located in Ithaca, New York
For other places or objects named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). . For additional information about Calient, visit www.calient.net. Calient Networks, the Calient Networks logo, and DiamondWave are trademarks of Calient Networks, Inc. |
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