Airespace Accelerates European Rollout with Strategic Partnerships and New German Office; Showcases Award-Winning WLAN Platform at CeBIT.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2004 HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004 Airespace, Inc., today announced a series of initiatives to accelerate the rollout and support of its award-winning Wireless Enterprise Platform across Europe. Airespace has opened its newest office in Munich, Germany, which will serve as headquarters for sales and support of the Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform throughout Central & Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . This effort complements other offices the company has opened during the year in Surrey, UK, and Paris, France. Bernd Hillmeister, a seasoned veteran with extensive industry experience selling networking equipment at Avaya, Rainfinity, ODS (Operational Data Store) A database designed for queries on transactional data. An ODS is often an interim or staging area for a data warehouse, but differs in that its contents are updated in the course of business, whereas a data warehouse contains static data. and other networking companies, will head Airespace's German office. Airespace continues to be the only 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 ) system with real-time RF management for better manageability, optimized performance under load, seamless mobility, and airtight security. By establishing a local presence in Germany, Airespace is ideally suited to bring these capabilities to Central and Eastern European enterprises, helping to meet their enormous demand for business critical wireless networks. Partnerships for Success Airespace also established a partnership with SEiCOM GmbH, a full service distributor of networking technology. SEiCOM will distribute and support the Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform throughout Germany. "We are delighted to have Airespace, a major player in the wireless market, included in our product portfolio," said Dieter Seipt, president of SEiCOM. "We expect that Airespace will play a key role in enabling SEiCOM to continue the rapid expansion of the German WLAN market." Airespace is working closely in Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. with previously announced global 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 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), Nortel (NYSE:NT), and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : 6701q.l). "Airespace has partnered with the best of the best when it comes to marketing, selling, and supporting wireless networks to German enterprises," said Marcel Dridje, managing director of 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. sales at Airespace. "By coupling the best technology and RF expertise with extensive experience selling networking solutions to enterprises, Airespace has created the right formula for success." Come See Airespace's Award Winning Solution at CeBIT The award-winning Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform will be on display at the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Germany from March 18-24. Airespace will be located in Hall 14, Stand G03. Come see how RF prediction, real-time RF management, user location tracking, and wireless protection can be integrated with best-in-class range and performance to deliver business critical wireless services. The Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform has won seven consecutive industry awards since first shipping in April of 2003. This includes top honors from leading industry publications, including Network Computing's "Editor's Choice Award," Network World's "World Class Award" and "Best of the Tests Award," Internet Telephony's "Product of the Year," and nomination as one of Infoworld's "Wireless Products of the Year." In addition, Airespace has received outstanding standalone product reviews in major respected publications, including InfoWorld and eWeek, and was the first WLAN platform to be independently certified to support voice over WLAN See voice over Wi-Fi. (VoWLAN) applications. A complete listing of Airespace's awards and reviews can be found online at http://www.airespace.com/news/awards_reviews/index.php About Airespace, Inc. Airespace designs and develops intelligent wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company has set the standard for enterprise Wireless LANs, having earned Network Computing's "Editor's Choice Award" and "Best of the Test Award," Network World's "World Class Award," Internet Telephony's "Product of the Year," and nomination as one of the "Best Wireless Products of 2003" in InfoWorld's Reader's Choice Awards. With dynamic RF management, airtight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications such as voice, Airespace helps enterprises implement secure Wireless LAN networks worldwide. For more information on Airespace and its products, visit www.airespace.com or call (+1) 408-635-2000. |
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