Michael Shelby

Merlot is delivering advanced technology and product solutions to meet a growing need in the marketplace, said Michael Shelby, Associate Investment Manager for Connecticut Innovations.

About Merlot :

Merlot Communications is an integrated communications platform company with a breakthrough technology that - for the first time - allows cost effective, real-time multimedia (Voice/Video/Data) over Ethernet with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS).Merlot's breakthrough Deterministic Ethernet switching technology allows delay-sensitive applications such as voice and video to be provisioned with ATM-like QoS over existing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.This standards-based technology is extendable to a wide array of converged networking applications and significantly reduces implementation costs and complexity.Merlot is embodying Deterministic Ethernet in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) – the Merlot PDQ-ChipTM - and building a unified services platform that brings converged, cost-efficient, high-speed multimedia communications solutions to small to mid-size businesses.

Merlot is delivering advanced technology and product solutions to meet a growing need in the marketplace," said Michael Shelby, Associate Investment Manager for Connecticut Innovations.

About Merlot Communications, Inc.

Merlot Communications is a converged network platform company with a breakthrough technology that - for the first time - allows cost effective, real-time multimedia (Voice/Video/Data) over Ethernet with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS).Merlot's breakthrough "Deterministic Ethernet" switching technology allows delay-sensitive applications such as voice and video to be provisioned with "ATM-like" QoS over existing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.This standards-based technology is extendable to a wide array of converged networking applications and significantly reduces implementation costs and complexity.Merlot is embodying Deterministic Ethernet in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) – the Merlot PDQ-ChipTM - and building a unified services platform that brings converged, cost-efficient, high-speed multimedia communications solutions to small to mid-size businesses.