Polaris Networks appointed Surya Panditi as its new CEO, replacing Ray Kao, who remains Chairman and CTO of the company. Surya previously served as CEO of Avici Systems and most recently of Convergent Networks. He currently serves on the boards of Avici Systems and Internet Photonics. Prior to Avici, Panditi was vice president and general manager of the LAN Infrastructure Business Unit at US Robotics. His other experience includes positions with Intel Corporation, Ungermann-Bass and Telco Systems.
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- Polaris Networks’ OMX Optical Transport Switch is designed to combine the functions of a wideband, broadband and super-broadband digital crossconnect system (DCS) with SONET add/drop-based transport. Polaris uses a programmable hybrid switch fabric based on its own ASICs to enable carriers to dynamically adjust their protocol mix to carry multiple types of traffic on a single physical line. The architecture scales from 240 Gbps, fully-redundant, non-blocking switching capacity to 2 Tbps, with switching and grooming granularity extending from VT1.5/DS1 to STS-Nc levels. The platform will feature a range of interfaces that include DS3/EC1, OC3 to OC-192 and Gigabit Ethernet. Polaris is also developing a GMPLS-based control plane to automate end-to-end provisioning of services. Its element management system will perform fault and performance monitoring, ensuring the security of the network.
Polaris has raised $74 million since its incorporation in June 2000.