AirMagnet Expands Executive Talent With New Hires; Wireless Network Assurance Leader Prepares for Significant Growth; Appoints Greg Yates Executive Vice President and Kevin Allan Senior Director of Marketing.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet Inc., the leader in 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, performance and compliance solutions, announced Greg Yates joined the company as executive vice president and Kevin Allan was brought on as senior director of marketing. Greg Yates brings more than 20 years of high-tech, executive-level sales and marketing experience to AirMagnet, where he will oversee worldwide sales, marketing, technical support and business development. Yates was most recently vice president of sales for Inet Technologies, where he increased the company's annual revenues more than 700 percent and helped drive a successful public offering. Prior to his role at Inet, Yates served as vice president of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales at Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets and co-founded Computer Networks. "AirMagnet is a company with tremendous potential, and I'm excited about the task ahead," said Yates. "AirMagnet's products are already the best in its industry, and the company will embark on some bold new directions in 2006 that will extend its lead in wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. , performance and compliance." Kevin Allan joins AirMagnet from networking equipment provider NETGEAR, where as director of product management and marketing he significantly grew the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. product division's profitability and revenue. He brings to AirMagnet more than 20 years of technical, marketing and management experience at both start-ups and large public companies. Prior to NETGEAR, Allan held product management positions within the Bay Networks data division at Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony and technical and marketing positions at EP Technologies and Rosemount, Inc. Leveraging his extensive experience bringing successful networking products to market, Allan will oversee all aspects of AirMagnet's product and corporate marketing efforts. "Greg Yates and Kevin Allan are very strong additions to our management team," said Dean Au, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AirMagnet. "Greg's proven ability to accelerate sales growth and Kevin's strong track record of successful product management will be critical to AirMagnet's next phase of expansion." About AirMagnet Inc. AirMagnet Inc. is the world leader in wireless LAN security, performance and compliance. The company's wireless LAN monitoring and analysis products -- available in handheld, laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer and enterprise configurations -- are designed to provide an integrated set of solutions to plan, set up, secure and manage wireless networks. AirMagnet customers -- more than 4,500 organizations worldwide in industries as diverse as manufacturing, financial, retail, service, health care, utility, transportation, education, government and technology -- include 75 of the U.S. Fortune 100. AirMagnet solutions solve Wi-Fi connection problems, block unauthorized access, simplify site surveys and guarantee WLAN security, performance and compliance. Additional information about AirMagnet and its products is available at www.airmagnet.com. (C)2006 AirMagnet Inc. All rights reserved. AirMagnet(R) and AirWISE(R) are registered trademarks, and the AirMagnet logo is a trademark, of AirMagnet Inc. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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