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Bluesocket, Inc. Joins SAIC Public Safety Integration Center.


BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Bluesocket, Inc. (www.bluesocket.com), the leading vendor of products that secure and manage wireless networks (WLANs), today announced that it has completed installation of its unique, policy-based WLAN See wireless LAN.

WLAN - wireless local area network
 security and management solution at Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. ) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC PSIC Public Safety Interoperable Communications
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SAIC's PSIC is a testing and demonstration facility that is used to illustrate the successful integration of capabilities and expertise from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs.

Presented with scenarios tailored to PSIC visitors' requirements in the areas of homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Department of Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
, homeland defense and national security, PSIC staff demonstrate various integrated solutions to suit visitors' needs in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention.

Bluesocket's family of WLAN Gateways enable secure, real time WiFi interaction and information sharing See data conferencing.  across federal, state, and local systems, emergency operations centers, first responders, the intelligence community, law enforcement, military branches, health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , and private industry.

Bluesocket's industry-leading solutions provide secure access, control and management for mission-critical WLANs at hundreds of leading enterprise and government institutions worldwide. Installed in the Public Safety Integration Center, Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways enable Secure Mobility(R) and can empower decision-makers to create real-time planning and response actions that can save lives.

"We welcome Bluesocket's technology to the growing list of vendors who are demonstrating their capabilities in SAIC's PSIC," said Robert Phoebus, director of the Wireless Systems Division for SAIC's Telecommunications Services Business Unit.

Security officers, network administrators and end-users rely on Bluesocket technology to deliver secure and controlled mobile access to network-based resources, helping to ensure that critical information can be ascertained in real time.

"Bluesocket has established a strong position to help enforce policy at the trust boundary of the wireless to wired networks," said Ralph Calistri, Bluesocket's 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. . "SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center can establish a new standard of preparedness and efficacy across all levels of resources in actively managing threats to our nation."

About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of nearly $7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 45,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com.

About Bluesocket, Inc.

Founded in 1999, Bluesocket, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of systems to secure and manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions and public access venues in 45 countries. Bluesocket has a GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM.  Federal Supply Schedule contract approval and has received FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies.  140-2 Level 2 certification. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by enterprises including Harvard University, Honeywell, Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. NYSE: UHS is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This company is one of the nation's largest health care management companies, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers , Toyota, Parker Hannifin and others, that required policy-based, open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. (www.bluesocket.com)

Press Contact: Victor Cruz, vcruz@mediapr.net or (508) 785-1590.

Secure Mobility is a registered trademark of Bluesocket, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names and company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective companies.
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