ADVISORY/Riverstone Networks to Sponsor Light Reading Seminar Highlighting Key Metropolitan Area Networking Technologies.News and Assignment Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Aug. 21) SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 WHO & WHAT: Riverstone Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:RSTN RSTN Radio Solar Telescope Network RSTN Restricted Securities Trading Network RSTN Royals Sports Television Network (Kansas City Royals) RSTN Reflective Super Twisted Nematic ), a pioneer in metropolitan area networking, is sponsoring a free online seminar about the future of metropolitan area networking on Light Reading's web site Tuesday, August 21 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Service providers, analysts, and editors interested in accessing the educational seminar over the Internet can register today on Light Reading's web site (www.lightreading.com). Romulus Pereira, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Riverstone, Lewis Eatherton, Excite@Home's strategic engineering architect, and Eugene Pisman, co-founder and chief network architect of Intellispace, will discuss a unified, real-world vision of how Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ), Resilient Packet Ring See RPR. (RPR), and 10 Gigabit Ethernet will be deployed in metro networks in the near-future. The seminar will provide real-world insights into these three technologies that have emerged at the forefront of metropolitan area networking, specifically focusing on the following topics: BACKGROUND: WHERE & WHEN: "Unified Field Theory unified field theory Attempt to describe all fundamental interactions between elementary particles in terms of a single theoretical framework (a “theory of everything”) based on quantum field theory. :" How Does it All Come Together? Tuesday, August 21, 2001; 2:00 p.m. EDT Register at www.lightreading.com BACKGROUND: Riverstone Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:RSTN) builds routers that convert raw bandwidth into profitable services for Metropolitan Area Networks. Riverstone's products enable the creation of profitable services and the delivery of these services over next-generation and legacy networks, including SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, T1/E1, T3/E3, ATM, and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (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 ). Riverstone products bring together fourth-generation Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), battle-tested routing software, and unparalleled media versatility to deliver comprehensive solutions for Metropolitan Area Networks. Riverstone's products are deployed in more than 40 countries and in some of the world's largest networks, including British Telecom, Korea Telecom, Genuity, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom, MAE West Ames, EarthLink, NTT, and Telefonica. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.riverstonenet.com. Note to Editors: Riverstone Networks is a trademark of Riverstone Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names belong to their respective owners. |
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