Broadband Leaders Join Jedai Executive Team; Jedai Gears Up for Product Deployment.Business & High-Tech Editors RED BANK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002 Jedai Broadband Networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Inc., a provider of Intelligent IP Optical Access systems, today announced the addition of leading executives from the cable and telecommunications industries to the company's senior management ranks. The additions enhance the company's strong market position and further improve its ability to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the carriers' migration to packet-based architectures and greater emphasis on providing broadband services to enterprises. Jedai manufactures a complete broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solution, which enables service providers to offer enterprises traditional and advanced telephony and data services at ground-breaking economics. Jedai's solution, based on Ethernet and open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , is extremely robust and provides standard interfaces to existing enterprise telephony and data systems and gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. interfaces to the carriers' fiber network. The system also provides an easy migration to higher bandwidth and emerging applications such as VoIP. Michael Pritz has been appointed 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. and will join the company's board of directors. Pritz joins Jedai from Clarent Corporation, where he was vice president of marketing and product management, and he has held previous senior management positions at ANTEC and Tellabs. James Walsh James Walsh can refer to the following:
"We couldn't be happier to bring such talent together," said Alex Best, a member of Jedai's board of advisors and former executive Vice President of Cox Communications, one of the country's largest cable operators and commercial service providers. "Michael, Jim and Rich bring significant experience and track records to an already impressive Jedai team. I join their peers in broadband in welcoming them to their new roles in this exciting industry segment." "I am very enthusiastic to be joining as inventive and high quality a company as Jedai," affirmed Pritz. "The Jedai system features a highly scalable and innovative architecture with clear economic advantages. I look forward to working with the outstanding management and development teams here to maximize our opportunity." "It's a pleasure to be a part of Jedai's very seasoned team," noted Walsh. He joins Jedai most recently from ChannelLogics and Motorola's broadband communications sector where he was Senior Vice President. "Cable operators are ideally positioned to address this high-demand, supply-constrained market segment. They built fiber-rich, fiber-deep networks in their last rebuild, and can now unlock the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of those networks with Jedai solutions." "IP-over-optics is clearly the right technology to address the broadband business services market," said Graber. He joins Jedai most recently from ViaGate, where he was Vice President of Engineering. "By developing on this platform with open standards, we have extended the reliability, scalability and economics of carrier-class Ethernet access to the enterprise. The Jedai development team is second to none, and I anticipate continued innovation in our IP, optical and Ethernet engineering groups." Jedai is the first company to effectively integrate advanced gigabit Ethernet technology with traditional TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. telephony into a unified platform. Jedai products combine high-capacity switch router technology and optical Ethernet with legacy DS-1 and emerging VoIP telephony transport. Jedai's access system enables the delivery of high-value business services including ultra high-speed Internet access, tiered data services up to 2 Gbps per business, TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless and VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network Service, SLA's, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. , DS-1 telephony, VoIP, IP video services including teleconferencing, streaming, and distance learning. About Jedai Headquartered in Red Bank, NJ, Jedai Broadband Networks designs, manufactures and markets a complete access solution, enabling service providers to offer small and medium enterprises traditional and advanced data and telephony services over their existing networks. Jedai's system, based on Ethernet technology and open standards, distributes intelligence throughout the network and is highly scalable, providing operators with a low entry cost and allowing them to match capital investment to growth in subscribers and revenue. For more information about Jedai Broadband Networks and its Intelligent IP Optical Access Solutions, please contact us at 732-758-9900, email marketing@jedai.com or visit us at www.Jedai.com. Jedai and Jedai Broadband Networks are tradenames of Jedai Broadband Networks, Inc. Intelligent IP Optical Access is a trademark of Jedai Broadband Networks, Inc. All other trademarks or tradenames are the property of their respective owners. (c)2002 Jedai Broadband Networks, Inc. |
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