Corporate Profile for White Rock Networks, dated June 29, 2001.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: June 29, 2001
Company Name: White Rock Networks
Address: 18111 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75252 USA
Main Telephone
Number: 972/588-3500
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.whiterocknetworks.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Lonnie Martin
Chief Financial
Officer: Barry Duncan
Investor Relations
Contact: Andrew Knott
Business number: 972/367-6511
E-mail address: aknott@whiterocknetworks.com
Public Relations
Contact: Debbie Decker
Business number: 972/367-6517
E-mail address: ddecker@whiterocknetworks.com
Industry: Telecommunications
White Rock Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of next-generation optical transport systems for the local metro transport market. Founded in November 1999, the company provides carriers with "building-block" products that facilitate efficient delivery of high-speed services, cut operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales and increase flexibility of deployment within metro-area networks. White Rock Networks was originally funded at $12 million by Oak Investment Partners and Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , two venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] experienced in the fiber-optics sector. The company's second round of funding added Meritech Capital and Hook Partners at $30 million. White Rock is currently involved in Series C funding. White Rock Networks' first products were introduced earlier this year: the VLX VLX Visual Language of Experimentation (modeling language) 2010(TM) OC-48 SONET ADM See add/drop multiplexer. (language) ADM - A picture query language, extension of Sequel2. ["An Image-Oriented Database System", Y. Takao et al, in Database Techniques for Pictorial Applications, A. Blaser ed, pp. 527-538]. and the VLX2020(TM) OC-192 SONET ADM. Other building-block products include the DS3/EC1 Tributary Shelf and the Optical Tributary Shelf. White Rock Networks also offers full line-rate 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. (GigE) operating over real Synchonous Optical Network (SONET). Future building-block products will support 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 ). First trials will be in labs during July 2001. First customer shipments are scheduled for Fall 2001. Based in the Telecom Corridor(R) near Dallas, Texas, White Rock Networks is in the heart of the telecom industry's development activity. The company currently has more than 200 employees. |
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