Laurel Networks, Inc., and TeleChoice invite you to attend a Webinar on The Business Case Behind Multi-service Edge Routers.

This live, online event will examine the challenges faced in carrier networks today and the role of multi-service edge routers in improving carrier profitability. Participants will hear the findings of a new study that quantifies the benefits of multi-service edge routers and learn about the applications that are driving deployment of these next-generation devices.

The Business Case Behind Multi-service Edge Routers

Hosted by: Laurel Networks, Inc., and TeleChoice

Date: Thursday, November 7, 2002

Time: 2:00 pm Eastern, 11:00 am Pacific

Location: Your desktop

Register now! Click here to register for the Webinar. All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the TeleChoice white paper entitled The Proof is in the Numbers: The Business Case Behind Multiservice Edge Routers, as well as the opportunity to analyze the business case of a multi-service edge in their own service provider network with a Laurel Networks representative.

Prior to the Webinar, you will receive a reminder e-mail that contains instructions for participating in the live event.

Presenters: Liza Henderson, vice president of TeleChoice, and Steve Vogelsang, vice president and co-founder of Laurel Networks

Overview: All carriers are looking for ways to profitably deliver switched and routed data services with the flexibility to support evolving requirements. Multi-service edge routers, which combine carrier-class routing, data switching and advanced QoS in a single platform, have the potential to significantly reduce operations costs while supporting any type of current and future data service. Join Liza Henderson, vice president of TeleChoice, as she presents the findings of a new study which examines the challenges faced in carrier data service networks and quantifies the impact of multi-service edge routers on carrier profitability. Laurel Networks vice president and co-founder Steve Vogelsang will describe the applications driving deployment of multi-service edge routers in the world's largest carrier networks.

Liza Henderson, Vice President, TeleChoice

Ms. Henderson has over 13 years of data communications experience. She directs TeleChoice's routing/switching and service/performance management consulting practices. Ms. Henderson and her teams have been instrumental in the development of business and market entry strategies, business cases, marketing communication plans, market education programs and professional services programs for service providers and hardware/software vendors.

Ms. Henderson is a leading industry expert in emerging technologies and services such as route control, traffic engineering/optimization, policy-based networking, network-hosted applications, data center services, managed services and IP VPNs.

Prior to joining TeleChoice, Ms. Henderson managed WilTel's (now part of WorldCom) Frame Relay and ATM product management organization. She also served as lead engineer where she was responsible for designing some of the world's largest private line, Frame Relay and ATM networks.

Steve Vogelsang, Vice President and Co-Founder, Laurel Networks, Inc.

Mr. Vogelsang has over 10 years of experience in networking and telecommunications. As a co-founder of Laurel Networks, he identified the emerging market for multi-service routers years ahead of competitors and was instrumental in developing Laurel's business plan to address this market. Previously, as senior director of strategic marketing at FORE Systems, Mr. Vogelsang developed and executed a marketing strategy to expand FORE's presence in the service provider market. With a strong technology and business background, he is able translate technology innovation into business value.