Matisse Networks, a provider of optical burst technology, has announced the appointment of Ross Ireland to its board of directors. Mr Ireland has served as senior executive vice president of services and chief technology officer for SBC Communications (now AT&T).

CONCORD, Mass., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by Network Strategy Partners (NSP) compares the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a Metro optical aggregation network built using ROADMs (Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers) with one using Matisse Networks' EtherBurst Optical Switch.

Matisse Networks, the leader in optical burst switching (OBS), today announced availability of the EtherBurst(TM) optical switch consisting of the SX-1000 Ethernet Service Node, the PX-1000 Photonic Node and the MatisseView management system.

Third graph, first sentence of release dated April 25, 2005 should read: Based in Mountain View, CA, Matisse Networks (www.matissenetworks.com) is a stealth-mode start-up leveraging patented DWDM packet switching technology to deliver intelligent metro transport infrastructure (sted Based in Mountain View, CA, Matisse Networks (www.matissenetworks.com) is a stealth-mode start-up developing an entirely new approach to building enterprise networks leveraging optical technology to deliver unprecedented levels of bandwidth and reliability for data centers and campus environments).