Incucomm Announces Another Breakthrough Optical Patent

Incucomm today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a utility patent for a new type of optical backplane for use in communications equipment chassis.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) November 30, 2004 -- The backplane addresses an important drawback to the emergence of high-speed networking. Enterprise IT organizations are finding that rack mounted equipment with fiber interconnects are much more expensive to maintain than older, Ethernet equipment. The new higher speed standards (GigE at 10 and 100 GHz) use optical interconnects between blades and boxes in equipment chassis.

Optical connections dont fully support blind mating" as older copper connections do, and so called hot swaps" are impossible for some types of equipment. The new backplane makes it practical to provide optical interconnections with the same ease as older gear. Steve Roemerman, CEO of Incucomm indicated that a portfolio company of Incucomm would be the first choice for licensing the patent.

About Incucomm -- Incucomm and Incucomm Consulting are based on a seasoned team of strategy, business, and technology professionals. Founded in March 2000, the company is based in Dallas Texas, and is privately held.

Incucomm operates an incubator for technology firms, and holds an equity position in a number of young firms.

Incucomm Consulting provides services to more mature companies, ranging from large publicly traded corporations, to venture backed firms, and venture investors.

Incucomm is on the web at www.incucomm.com Incucomm is a registered trademark of Incucomm, Inc. Other names represent trademarks of the respective firms.

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