Matisse Networks™ is the first to deliver a packet WDM system with optical burst technology, lowering the cost of deploying and operating packet optical transport networks by 50% compared with circuit-based optical transport systems.

Reflecting the promise of the company’s vision, the caliber of the team and the disruptive potential of the technology, Network World named Matisse Networks a "Top 10 Start-Up to Watch" in 2005, Red Herring recognized Matisse as both a "Red Herring 100 Private Company for North America" in 2006 and a "Red Herring Global 100 Private Company" in 2007, and the EtherBurst™ Packet WDM System was awarded “Product of the Month” by Telecommunications Magazine.

Target Markets and Applications

Metro and campus networks are an integral part of service provider and enterprise networks. Service providers deploy metro networks to scale triple play and business Ethernet services whereas enterprises deploy campus networks to scale Ethernet backbones.

Ethernet is the interface of choice for metro and networks, explosive growth in metro bandwidth demand is driving the need to scale metro network bandwidth.

Scaling metro and campus networks to meet the increased bandwidth demand requires adding another layer of infrastructure and overhead into the network to take advantage of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology. However the complexity of circuit-based DWDM network design and operation quickly negates the efficiency of Ethernet, as DWDM relies on dedicated circuit paths for point-to-point, pre-provisioned connections.

Organizations are struggling to fully leverage the benefits of packet switching and tap the tremendous bandwidth of optical networks while lowering capital and operational costs.

Matisse’s EtherBurst Packet WDM System for the first time eliminates the need for optical circuits when building metro and campus networks. In so doing, EtherBurst drives Ethernet-like efficiencies into metro packet optical transport networks, resulting in:

• Maximum utilization of optical bandwidth
• Increased service flexibility
• Lowest total cost of ownership

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