ADVISORY/Westwave Communications to Speak on Softswitch Architecture During This Week's Marcus Evans Softswitch Event.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Softswitches for Next Generation Services ADVISORY... for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (Nov. 28) WHO & WHAT: Executives at Westwave Communications -- a developer of open solutions for multiprotocol convergence of voice and data services -- will be speaking in two panel sessions at the Marcus Evans Ev·ans , Herbert McLean 1882-1971. American anatomist who isolated four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1922). Softswitches for Next Generation Services in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , LA, on November 28, 2000. Westwave President Dave Ehreth and Product Marketing Director Don McCullough will lead sessions involving softswitch solutions and migrating softswitch architecture. The speakers will investigate where these technologies are heading, and how service offerings are enabled by softswitch technology. The presenters will share their in-depth insights on various industry perspectives. Session titles are as follows: -- Migrating to Softswitch Architecture Network: Integrate to all Transport Switching, Routing and Signaling Functions - Dave Ehreth, President & 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. -- Softswitch Solutions for Powerful Open Systems and Advanced Services - Don McCullough, Director of Product Marketing David Ehreth founded Westwave Communications in 1998. Prior to founding Westwave, Ehreth was vice president and general manager of DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. Communications' Access Division, overseeing the Litespan product line. Under his leadership, Litespan produced over $2 billion in total annual revenue. Earlier, Ehreth was a principal and the vice president of engineering at Optilink Corporation during the development of the Litespan. He began his career with Harris Corporation's Digital Telephone Systems Division. Don McCullough is the Director of Marketing for Westwave Communications. McCullough served as director of product management at PairGain Technologies before joining Westwave, 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 broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. , where he introduced fiber-to-the-curb, switched digital video See switched video. , and voice-over-DSL to the telecom industry.
WHERE & WHEN:
Softswitches for Next Generation Services
November 28-30, 2000
Hyatt Regency
New Orleans, LA
Panel Info:
-- Migrating to Softswitch Architecture Network: Integrate to all
Transport Switching, Routing and Signaling Functions
Speaker: Dave Ehreth
Tuesday, November 28 - 8:30 AM-12:00 PM CST
-- Softswitch Solutions for Powerful Open Systems and Advanced
Services
Speaker: Don McCullough
Tuesday, November 28 - 3:15-3:45 PM CST
BACKGROUND:
Founded in 1998, Westwave Communications is headquartered in Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Calif., in the northern corridor of Telecom Valley. Westwave develops call control and signaling solutions that enable Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), hardware vendors, and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to implement converged services quickly, by leveraging current infrastructure, 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. |
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