Malik Khan to Lead NexTone as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Veteran Entrepreneur to Drive Expansion of NexTone Real-Time Session Management Market.GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- NexTone Communications(R), the leader in distributed and intelligent session management solutions for voice over IP (VoIP) and other real-time IP services, today announced that Malik Noun 1. malik - the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent; "maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords" Khan khan Historically, the ruler or monarch of a Mongol tribe. Early on a distinction was made between the title of khan and that of khakan, or “great khan.” Later the term khan was adopted by the Seljuq and Khwarezm-Shah dynasties as a title for the highest has joined the company as chairman and chief executive officer (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. ). Khan will lead the expansion of NexTone's strategic vision to further advance the company's strong market position in session management. As service providers and enterprises move from smaller, disparate VoIP deployments to large-scale VoIP deployments, session management technologies enable voice applications and the Internet to operate as one ubiquitous VoIP network, which provides users with a new freedom to seamlessly communicate across any connection. Khan joins NexTone with an extensive history in the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and networking industries. He has served in various executive positions in engineering, sales, marketing, and manufacturing for General Electric (GE), Motorola, Indus River Indus River Trans-Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual average flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. Networks, Sitara Networks, and Converged Access. "VoIP has moved from the early adoption phase to a new level of development enabled by real-time session management technology. As the market leader, NexTone is uniquely positioned to be a catalyst of growth for VoIP and other real-time communications," said Malik Khan, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) for NexTone. "The early adopters of VoIP now have several years of experience through successful real-world deployments, while larger carriers are now attempting to move from trial lab evaluations to initial deployments. NexTone's field-proven products and extensive experience in the VoIP industry are enabling larger adopters of VoIP technology to successfully make the transition from lab to full scale service deployment." NexTone is the leading supplier of VoIP session management solutions, providing companies with the freedom of seamless voice connectivity over diverse IP networks. NexTone's portfolio of intelligent session management technologies enables service providers and enterprises to interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. their voice networks in the most simple and cost effective way. NexTone's innovative solutions allow organizations implementing VoIP to securely interconnect their networks with other IP networks and flexibly manage their real-time IP traffic end-to-end. The company's session management solutions dramatically reduce capital expenditures, deliver ongoing operational efficiencies, and enable a diverse portfolio of VoIP services and applications for expanded revenues. NexTone's global customer base has grown over the past year to more than 250 carriers and is now expanding to include Fortune 500 enterprises. "I am impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with NexTone's commitment to its customers and partners, as well as our customers' praise for the strategic roles the company's solutions play in their networks," added Khan. "We will leverage our core talents, while strengthening our partnerships with industry-leading companies, to take NexTone into its next expansion phase. I welcome the opportunity to grow NexTone to meet the surge in demand for the technologies that power emerging real-time IP services." Khan, formerly CEO of Converged Access, succeeds Hank hank n. 1. A coil or loop. 2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail. 3. A looped bundle, as of yarn. Fiery, who served as CEO during NexTone's growth phase as a technology startup. While at Converged Access where he helped develop a family of traffic management products focused on serving large enterprise VoIP networks. Before joining Converged Access, Khan launched two startups, Indus River Networks and Sitara Networks, at OneLiberty Ventures. Indus River was sold to Cabletron in 2001 and Sitara was sold to Converged Access in 2004. Khan began his career at General Electric, and spent 12 years at Motorola as vice president and general manager of Motorola's Network Systems Division. At Motorola, Khan played an instrumental role in creating two major new product businesses: a frame relay access device (communications) Frame Relay Access Device - (FRAD) Hardware and software that turns packets from TCP, SNA, IPX, etc into frames that can be sent over a Frame Relay wide area network. business and a cable modem/CMTS business. Khan holds a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . About NexTone Communications NexTone Communications develops distributed and intelligent session management solutions for the delivery of scalable real-time IP services, such as voice over IP (VoIP). NexTone's solutions enable carriers, service providers, and enterprises to securely, simply, and cost-effectively interconnect networks for end-to-end control and management of IP traffic. NexTone's real-time IP technology is installed by more than 250 service providers worldwide to dramatically reduce capital expenditures and deliver ongoing operational efficiencies such as reduced interconnect "turn-up" time and simplified network operations. For its ability to anticipate the growing need for multiprotocol session control and its impressive market traction Traction Definition Traction is the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders. Purpose Traction is usually applied to the arms and legs, the neck, the backbone, or the pelvis. , NexTone was awarded the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" Leadership Award. NexTone's iView Management System (iVMS) received a 2005 SUPERQuest Award for Best Network Infrastructure in the Network Design and Services category for its deployment with New Global Telecom (NGT NGT Night NGT National Grid Transco (UK gas transporter) NGT Nominal Group Technique NGT Not Greater Than NGT Next Generation Technology NGT Next Generation Telecom (China) NGT NASA Ground Terminal ). The company is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA with domestic and international sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.nextone.com. |
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