AirDefense Offers Location Tracking; Partnership with Market-Leader Ekahau Provides Best-in-Class Accuracy.ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) security and monitoring, today announced the integration of Ekahau's advanced location tracking capabilities into AirDefense Enterprise. Ekahau is recognized as the leading provider of software-based wireless location tracking. Through this partnership, AirDefense can offer Ekahau's patented Ekahau Positioning Engine(TM) solution as a part of AirDefense Enterprise. The combined solution will enable enterprises to efficiently and accurately pinpoint the real-time location of rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. end user devices and access points from a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. location. The AirDefense-Ekahau partnership is part of AirDefense's extensible platform, which allows customers to invest in the AirDefense system and plug additional value into the system through the purchase of additional capabilities such as location tracking. "In doing our research it became apparent to us that Ekahau has developed one of the best positioning engine technologies on the market," said Scott Hrastar, chief technology officer of AirDefense. "Ekahau has completed fundamental research in location tracking and has a good history in the space. With the partnership we know we are offering our customers superior tracking performance, accuracy and scalability." Unlike other tools that rely solely on inaccurate theoretical or predictive models, Ekahau creates visualizations of RF coverage, or RF fingerprinting fingerprinting Act of taking an impression of a person's fingerprint. Because each person's fingerprints are unique, fingerprinting is used as a method of identification, especially in police investigations. , which is based on actual RF performance data. The end result is a more accurate finding of rogue access points (1) A wireless access point (AP) installed by an employee without the consent of the IT department. Without the proper security configuration, users have exposed their company's network to the outside world. , stations or other devices. "By partnering with AirDefense, customers with security concerns will now be able to take advantage of our location tracking technology, a market not previously addressed by Ekahau," said Tuomo Rutanen, vice president business development for Ekahau. "Bringing together the two companies is a positive step in providing customers the best of breed technologies for both their security and monitoring needs." The AirDefense security and monitoring system is based on patent-pending technology that incorporates distributed sensors with a server appliance A self-contained computer system specialized for network use. Its applications are pre-installed, and access to setup and configuration is via a Web browser. Server appliances may provide a single application or several applications; for example, a single device may provide file server, . The remote sensors monitor all wireless LAN activities 24x7 and communicate with the appliance, which correlates and analyzes the data to provide scalable, centralized management of all WLAN deployments by providing rogue detection, policy enforcement, intrusion protection and health monitoring of the wireless LAN. The AirDefense solution has been deployed in more than 300 distributed enterprise networks worldwide. About Ekahau, Inc. Ekahau, Inc. is the industry leader in location-enabling Wi-Fi networks See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. . Ekahau's customers include leading corporations around the world that are realizing the benefits of WiFi-based location services See mobile positioning. and innovative network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators, and international OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners, who develop and market next generation location-based applications. For more information about Ekahau, please visit www.ekahau.com. About AirDefense, Inc. AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring. The company's products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion protection both inside and outside an organization's four walls. AirDefense's enterprise-class products scale to support everything from single offices to organizations with hundreds of locations. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, GA and services hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115. |
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