InfiniBand company names directors

Lane15 Software, a company selling software that controls the InfiniBand technology for high-speed computer connections, has named Austin Ventures partner Michael Bennett to its board of directors, the company said Wednesday. Bennett was chief executive of Mission Critical Software from May 1998 to February 2000, the same month the company merged with NetIQ. Other board members are Chief Executive Alisa Nessler, Austin Ventures partner Peter Huff, and Rob Adams of Austin Ventures spinoff AV Labs.

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Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT