AirMagnet Expands Global Presence; Appoints Veteran Managing Director and Opens New EMEA Office.SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif. -- London-Based Ian Schenkel Brings 15 Years of Technology Expertise to AirMagnet AirMagnet is a Wi-Fi wireless network assurance startup based in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was founded in 2001 by Dean T. Au, Chia-Chee Kuan and Miles Wu and shipped its first WLAN analyzer product in 2002. to Build Upon High Demand for Company's Industry-Leading WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network Assurance Products in Europe Europe (y r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). and the Middle East AirMagnet Inc., the award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" leader in wireless network assurance, announced that its strong, continued growth in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. region has led the company to open a dedicated EMEA office in London as well as appoint Ian Schenkel as its managing director. With a rapidly expanding global customer base, AirMagnet has established its UK office to provide consistently high levels of customer service and sales support as it grows its EMEA business. With more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry, in addition to extensive senior business management experience, Schenkel is well positioned to head up AirMagnet's EMEA activities and continue strengthening its presence throughout Europe and the Middle East. Schenkel most recently served as vice president of EMEA for Sygate Technologies, where he was responsible for establishing Sygate's overall regional presence. As a result of building an EMEA sales, customer service and operations presence for Sygate, Schenkel's efforts resulted in triple-digit regional revenue growth. "Wireless security, performance and compliance have become global issues and the strength of AirMagnet's broad product line has given it an impressive reputation as the leader in wireless network assurance," said Ian Schenkel. "I'm excited to be coming on board at a time when the company is so well positioned and look forward to taking part in continuing to expand its international footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. ." Prior to Sygate, Schenkel held executive EMEA business development positions at both Netegrity and Concur Technologies. Schenkel was also the cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found and vice president of worldwide sales for EuroSmartz Ltd., a software development and distribution company. "To continue maintaining our global leadership position, it's become essential that we focus our efforts in EMEA through a dedicated office and leverage an experienced leader to head up our expansion in the area," said Greg Yates, executive vice president of AirMagnet. "Ian Schenkel has an extensive history of increasing companies' presence in the EMEA region and driving tremendous growth. His significant expertise in the EMEA market will be incredibly valuable to us as we continue to expand and grow our global business." The AirMagnet EMEA office is located in Buckinghamshire, UK, and can be reached at +44 1494 582 023. About AirMagnet Inc. AirMagnet Inc. is the world leader in wireless network assurance. The company's 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 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 performance, compliance and security. 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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