…employees. 2) Assure that the senior executives of the Company are compensated effectively and in a manner consistent with the Company's compensation strategy, internal equity considerations, competitive practices, and applicable legal and regulatory considerations. Executive Compensation 1) Annually evaluate…

Biographies * Operating Executives * Senior Executives * Board of Directors Operating Executives * Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D. Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors * Gary B. Smith President, Chief Executive Officer and Director * Stephen B. Alexander Chief Technology Officer; Senior Vice President…

…Today, applications are normally executed within a single location. When Web Services are used, code is executed at the location of the particular web service. Since new applications will be created from some original code and a collection of Web Services, code execution will be distributed--typically…

…. Nettles, Ph.D. Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D. has served as Ciena's executive chairman of the board of directors since May 2001. Dr. Nettles, age 62, previously served as the Company's chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer since October…

…advantages to be derived from representation on the Board of the Corporation's management, however, and it is appropriate that the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Chairman serve on the Board. 3. Definition of Independence for Outside Directors The Corporation adheres to the definitions of "independent…

…dynamics, is affording us an increased ability to capitalize on these opportunities. We pledge to remain focused on the execution of our strategy. fellow shareholders, Persistent execution of a focused strategy, continued investment in marketleading innovation and an improving market environment driven by…

…Services App #1 App #2 App #N Application #1 Application #2 Application #N Shared Components XML interface Figure 1. Software Building Block Reuse Executive Summary 2 two thirds of organizations will significantly use Web Services. This is without a doubt, the key software technology of this decade. Web…

…Services App #1 App #2 App #N Application #1 Application #2 Application #N Shared Components XML interface Figure 1. Software Building Block Reuse Executive Summary 2 A recent survey by Kubernan, indicates that almost 90% of organizations will employ Web Services within the next year, and two thirds of…

…Services App #1 App #2 App #N Application #1 Application #2 Application #N Shared Components XML interface Figure 1. Software Building Block Reuse Executive Summary 2 Adaptive WANs for Enterprise and Government 1 ZapThink senior analyst Ronald Schmelzer, November 2004 2 "Wrestling XML Down to Size", James…

…Services App #1 App #2 App #N Application #1 Application #2 Application #N Shared Components XML interface Figure 1. Software Building Block Reuse Executive Summary 2 A recent survey by Kubernan indicates that almost 90% of organizations will employ Web Services within the next year, and two thirds of…