October 31, 2003  at the new U.T. Dallas School of Management Building (see directions on home page)
7:00 am - Networking breakfast
7:30am - 9:00 am - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation ($25 for MIT Club of DFW members, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

Chiaro Networks: Surviving and Thriving in the Current High-Tech Marketplace

Program

On October 31, 2003, the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc. will present Chiaro Networks: Surviving and Thriving in the Current High-Tech Marketplace, at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) new School of Management Building. The program begins with breakfast and networking at 7:00 a.m., and the program at 7:30 a.m. The cost to attend is a donation of $35 or $10 for students. Reservations can be made at mitforum@juno.com, or 972-377-4554. More information is at www.mitforum.com. 

The presenter will be Ken Lewis, president & chief executive officer of Chiaro Networks. The moderator will be David Springate, Ph.D., associate dean of the UTD School of Management. The panelists will include experts in various aspects of Chiaro's present and future success. 

Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, Chiaro's technology represents a convergence of photonics, telecommunications, networking and super computing expertise. Chiaro is inventing the future of routing with an approach that is both novel and paradigm changing. Chiaro's IP Routing Platform, Enstara™ simplifies current network architectures through consolidation, which reduces service providers' costs by up to 60% over existing methods. Enstara™ is based on several innovative technologies including Optical Phased Array (OPA), which is a completely new way of using a light path to switch IP traffic, and STateful Assured Routing with provides significantly increased reliability to IP routers. 

The Company has finished its research and development stage and recently announced its second customer. The challenge to be discussed at the MIT Forum is that Chiaro is competing with two industry giants with an increasing number of start-ups that hope to capture this new edge of the networking market niche. Although they are surviving and thriving in spite of the competition, exploration of competitive issues are necessary for continued success.