Dana Hartgraves, Vice President of Marketing At Metro Optix Inc., to Speak On the Economic Merits of "Protocol Agility" in the Metro Optical Telecommunications Network.Business & High Tech Editors SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2001 In an address tomorrow at the Trans-Metro Optical Networks conference here, Dana Hartgraves will discuss the economic merits of "protocol agile" metro optical networks and how they represent a cost-effective and "future proof" means of providing integrated Internet, ATM, Ethernet and other data traffic and voice services for telecommunications providers of all sizes. Ms. Hartgraves will give her presentation on Tuesday, February 27, 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, at the San Mateo Marriott. This speech explores how carriers face the challenge of scaling up their metro infrastructure to support an unpredictable mix of new data-centric services. It will also address how a new generation of multi-protocol metro infrastructure equipment is coming and that protocol agility will provide compelling economic advantages for carriers. Dana Hartgraves currently serves as vice president of marketing for Metro-Optix and has more than 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Metro-Optix, Hartgraves was director of sales for competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) ) customers at Alcatel USA (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA), where she held a wide variety of positions in research and development, network engineering and marketing, including a position as senior director in the Optical Networks Business Unit. Hartgraves has extensive experience in the metro, backbone and access optical transport and dense wave division multiplexer (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 ) areas of telecommunications. Hartgraves earned her bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Texas A&M and master of business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas History The university was originally started as a research arm of Texas Instruments as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) which at the time was located at Southern Methodist . If you are interested in interviewing Ms. Hartgraves at the Trans-Metro conference or another time, please contact Tad Lichtenauer at tel. 214/547-3683 or email tad.lichtenauer@metro-optix.com WHEN: 4:00-4:30 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there - Tues., Feb. 27 WHERE: Trans-Metro Optical Networks, Feb. 26-28 (Intertech Conference) San Mateo Marriott San Mateo, Calif. http://www.intertechusa.com About Metro-Optix Jointly headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and Allen, Texas, Metro-Optix is a privately held, optical networking equipment provider that is pioneering a new generation of Internet infrastructure for metropolitan networks. The company is developing solutions that enable carriers to effectively transition from traditional circuit-based services to high-performance cell and packet-based services. For more information, visit www.metro-optix.com. |
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