AirMagnet Sweeps Network Security Category of SC Magazine Awards; AirMagnet Enterprise 6.0 Named Best Wireless Security Solution and Best Overall Network Security Solution.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- SC Magazine has selected AirMagnet Enterprise 6.0 as the Best Wireless Security Solution and overall Best Network Security Solution in its 2006 Reader Trust Awards. This is the second major award in the past several months in which voters chose AirMagnet ahead of its leading competitors in the enterprise wireless intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. and prevention systems space. SC Magazine staff, along with a panel of informational security professionals, evaluated 1,300 products from 330 companies and asked readers to make the final selections. AirMagnet Enterprise was selected from among 19 finalists across five Network Security categories to be named the overall Best Network Security Solution. "We're deeply honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. that the marketplace continues to recognize AirMagnet as the technology leader of wireless security management solutions," 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. "This award is particularly meaningful to us, because it was determined by SC Magazine's readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. , many of whom have used our products and compared them against our competitors. The SC Awards are yet another acknowledgement of the critical importance that enterprises place on wireless security, performance and compliance. It also clearly demonstrates the commitment that companies like AirMagnet have to preserving the privacy and integrity of businesses that choose to deploy a wireless network." SC Magazine also chose AirMagnet Enterprise 6.0 as a finalist for its European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Awards in the category of Best Wireless Security. Winners will be announced in London on Tuesday, April 25. About SC Magazine Awards 2006 - US With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, the SC Awards are the world's leading awards program for the information security industry. New this year, the SC Magazine Awards have three separate award programs for the US, UK, and Asia Pacific regions. The awards are composed of the Reader Trust Awards -- voted on by SC readers in each region, and the excellence and professional awards that are judged by a panel of the industry's top talents. Winners were announced at the 2006 SC Awards Gala on February 14th, 2006 which took place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . To view the full list of winners or to learn more about the SC Magazine Awards 2006-US please visit: www.scawards.com About AirMagnet Inc. AirMagnet Inc. is the world leader 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. 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 4,000 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 See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network 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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