Bluesocket Earns Notable Editor's Choice Awards and Five-Star Ratings.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- BlueSecure(TM) product family recognized by Service Provider Weekly and PC News Weekly for highly-advanced performance and ease of operation Bluesocket, Inc., (www.bluesocket.com) the leader in open wireless network, security and management solutions, today announced its BlueSecure(TM) product family received Editor's Choice awards and five-star ratings from Service Provider Weekly and its sister publication, PC News Weekly. The publications' editors praised Bluesocket's BlueSecure WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network suite for enabling network administrators to build secure and powerful wireless networks. "Many businesses struggle to find a solution that addresses wireless challenges such as wide coverage areas, multiple buildings and increasing user loads," said Ken Durham, Editor at Service Provider Weekly. "Bluesocket's BlueSecure solution helps network administrators to easily manage and deploy wireless networks. Its advanced security, high performance and ease of use made it a clear choice for our Editor's Choice Award and five-star ratings." The BlueSecure Controller and Access Points use Bluesocket's Secure Mobility(R) technology to provide enterprise-class WLAN security and management capabilities. BlueSecure Access Points can be directly attached to any existing Ethernet switch A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. or IP router A router that is set up to route IP packets. See router and IP. and automatically "auto-configure" by associating with a BlueSecure Controller. The Controller then automatically configures each Access Point based on the policies and configuration set by the administrator. This ease of management prompted Missouri Southern State University Missouri Southern State University (formerly Missouri Southern State College), is a public, state university located at 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, Missouri. Established in 1937 as Joplin Junior College, Missouri Southern became a four-year college in 1968. (MSSU MSSU Missouri Southern State University (Joplin) MSSU Moscow State Social University MSSU Mid Stream Specimen Urine ) to deploy a centrally-located BlueSecure 5000 Controller to manage its wireless network, which includes 143 APs in more than 25 campus buildings. "We needed a solution that not only provided secure tracking and bandwidth control but also minimized the support burden on our small IT staff," said Al Stader, Director of Infrastructure and Security at MSSU. "Of all the wireless solutions we considered, the BlueSecure Controller was the only product that provided Web-based authentication, strong security and simple user log-in procedures. It effectively handles all authentications, tracking and correlating of user IDs, greatly reducing our staff's time and workload." Also receiving award recognition, the BlueView Management System is a Web browser-based application that enables administrators to provision, configure and manage all of their WLAN deployments remotely from a central location. The system automatically discovers BlueSecure Controllers and their associated Access Points across a configurable range of IP addresses or networks. Administrators can then schedule and automate maintenance tasks; run reports; and locate rogue APs, users and attackers - all from a single location. "Bluesocket's BlueSecure product line was developed to meet the needs of our customers, who were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an easy-to-use, cost-effective approach to managing secure WLAN infrastructures," said Mads Lillelund, 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. at Bluesocket. "These Editor's Choice awards and five-star ratings are great recognitions of our strong product portfolio. Bluesocket will continue to bring solutions to the market that will ease the challenges of complex wireless environments." Most recently, in May 2006, Bluesocket introduced the industry's first enterprise-class Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO (Multiple Input/Multiple Output) Pronounced "my-mo," it is the use of multiple transmitters and receivers (multiple antennas) on wireless devices for improved performance. ) wireless AP. The BlueSecure(TM) Access Point 1700 provides a greater than 30 percent increase in range and overall performance with standard 802.11a/b/g clients than APs using legacy 802.11 technologies. About Bluesocket Founded in 1999, Bluesocket is the leader in open wireless network, security and management solutions. Its complete WLAN solution portfolio delivers trust and simplicity to increasingly complex wireless networks. Thousands of BlueSecure Controllers, Access Points, Intrusion Detection Systems and BlueView Management Systems are deployed by leading enterprises including Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. , 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 Parker Hannifin Corporation (originally Parker Appliance Company) NYSE: PH, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a manufacturer of motion and control technologies. Founded in 1924, the company has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964. and others who require a higher quality of WLAN service. Bluesocket's long-standing expertise in wireless and security has attracted a large customer base that spans enterprise, education, healthcare, government, library and public access markets. Bluesocket customers can profit from their wireless networks by protecting existing investments, maximizing ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , and increasing their competitive edge. For more information, please visit http://www.bluesocket.com. Bluesocket, the Bluesocket logo and BlueSecure are trademarks or registered trademarks 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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