Overture Networks Expands Advisory Board.Adds Two Industry Luminaries from Telecom Industry RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- Overture Networks, a leading developer of converged packet access platforms, today announced that the company has added two distinguished telecom industry veterans, Mr. Jack Mr. Jack was a funny animals comic strip by Jimmy Swinnerton which ran from about 1903 until 1935. History When Jimmy Swinnerton moved from the San Francisco Examiner to the New York Journal in 1896, he changed his The Little Bears to Wimmer and Mr. Scott Beaudoin, to its Board of Advisors. Jack Wimmer was recently vice president, Network Architecture & Advanced Technology at Verizon Business (formerly MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. ). In this role, Mr. Wimmer had global responsibility for network architecture, development of new technology, and its integration into the network. He led development of numerous key infrastructure initiatives for MCI, including an industry leading Carrier Class Ethernet architecture, design for a converged IP/MPLS IP/MPLS Internet Protocol/Multi-Protocol Label Switching network, and development of an advanced high speed optical network. He joined MCI in 1973 and worked initially with MCI operations in the New York Metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . His experience spans many areas of the business including operations, construction, implementation, engineering, systems integration, real estate, intellectual property, and advanced technology. Scott Beaudoin serves as 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. of Illuminari, L.L.C., which provides technology analysis and development, architectural analysis and design, and contract negotiation support for technology investors, technology manufacturers and network operators. Previously, Mr. Beaudoin served as director of strategic network architecture and chief technologist for WilTel Communications which was acquired by Level (3) Communications. At WilTel he led the continual optimization and enhancement of WilTel's award-winning next-generation network for data, voice and video. Prior to WilTel, Mr. Beaudoin served as the chief network architect for MasterCard International, Inc. where he was responsible for providing the strategic technical direction, architectural design, product development, and business relationship management for MasterCard's global financial network, "Banknet[R]," one of the world's largest private communications networks. "We are delighted to have Jack and Scott join our Advisory Board," said Jeff Reedy reed·y adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est 1. Full of reeds. 2. Made of reeds. 3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile: , president and CEO of Overture Networks. "As our customers scale their Ethernet-based services and networks with our solutions and we expand our product offerings, we will greatly benefit from their experience and insight." About Overture Networks Inc. Headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Overture Networks is relentlessly focused on providing solutions for our customers at the ever-expanding edge of the access network. The company enables customers of all sizes to stretch the edge of their networks to increase revenues, decrease costs and ensure a smooth migration to next generation networking Next Generation Networking (NGN) is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. . Overture Networks' ISG ISG Iraq Study Group ISG Iraq Survey Group ISG International Steel Group ISG Integrated Security Gateway ISG Information Systems Group ISG Information Systems Group (IBM) ISG Integrated Starter/Generator 180 was recently named a recipient of the 2006 Internet Telephony Excellence Award. The ISG 140 and 180 products were named as finalists for the InfoVision 2006 Awards in the Access Network Technologies and Services category. With its patent protected and award winning ISG family of products, Overture Networks uniquely combines the packet-switched and circuit-switched worlds into a single architecture - at cost points that make it extremely attractive for offering Ethernet and legacy services to any size location - over copper or fiber. For more information, visit www.overturenetworks.com. |
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