ADVISORY/Westwave Communications' Don McCullough Chairs Today's ``Next Generation Network Switches'' Session at IEC Supercomm 2000.Business Editors, Communications Writers SUPERCOMM 2000 ADVISORY...for June 6 (Tuesday) --(BUSINESS WIRE) David Kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child Speaks on "Call Control in a Multi-Protocol Network" at Session WHO & WHAT: Don McCullough--director of product marketing at Westwave Communications--will chair today's session on "Next Generation Network Switches" at IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission Supercomm in Atlanta, GA. David Kiddie--solutions architect in the advanced product planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
The session will explore the changing landscape of voice switching as carriers migrate from TDM-based to IP- and ATM-based switching. Topics will include the features and functions of the proposed switching architectures and the migration steps from the current heterogeneous network (networking) heterogeneous network - A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS. (where both legacy and new switches coexist) to a future multiservice switching network. Prior to joining Westwave Communications in 1999, McCullough served as director of product management at PairGain Technologies, where he introduced innovations such as HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 and other high-speed access products. Earlier, McCullough was director of product marketing at BroadBand Technologies, where he introduced fiber-to-the-curb, switched digital video See switched video. , and voice over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary to the telecom industry. Before joining Westwave, Kiddie was an advanced network architect working on Voice-over-ATM and Voice-over-IP applications at Nortel Networks' succession product architecture and network planning division. Kiddie entered the telecommunications industry in 1982 as an electrical engineer at Teleglobe Canada in the Data Switching Group. WHERE & WHEN: Don McCullough, Director of Product Marketing, Westwave Communications "Next Generation Network Switches" Session David Kiddie, Solutions Architect, Westwave Communications "Call Control in a Multiprotocol Network" "IP Telephony" Forum at IEC Communications Forums Supercomm 2000 Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. , Atlanta, GA Tuesday, June 6, 2000, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM BACKGROUND: Founded in 1998, Westwave Communications is headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., in the northern corridor of Telecom Valley. Westwave develops software solutions that enable Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), hardware vendors, and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to implement converged services quickly, at the lowest-cost entry point in the network, and with minimal operational impact. In this way, Westwave provides carriers with a smooth migration path and an adaptive, responsive network that speeds time to market and improves the bottom line. Westwave Communications is privately owned and financed through venture capital funding. Major investors include The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Morgenthaler Venture Partners, and Sevin Rosen Funds Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF) is a venture capital firm that was established in 1981 by L.J. Sevin and Ben Rosen. SRF was involved in the financing of ArQule, CIENA, Citrix, Cypress Semiconductor, Electronic Arts, Lotus Development Corporation, Silicon Graphics, and Vitesse. . For more information about Westwave Communications visit http://www.westwave.com, or contact the company at 1-800-841-1768. |
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