Bluesocket Earns SC Magazine's Best Buy and Five-Star Rating; BlueSecure Controller Beats Competition in Ease-of-Use, Integration and Security Categories.

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Bluesocket, Inc., (www.bluesocket.com) the leader in open wireless network, security and management solutions, received SC Magazine's Best Buy and five-star rating for its BlueSecure Controller. According to group test experts, the BSC2100 is one of the most advanced products on the market and proves superior to competing products.

"The BlueSecure Controller's ability to easily integrate wireless networks with existing networks made it stand out among the other products we tested," said Christopher Moody, product reviewer at SC Magazine. "It is a powerful product that provides excellent protection for wired and wireless networks alike."

A team of wireless security experts from SC Magazine ran the group test, evaluating five products' defense tools and integration capabilities. The wireless products tested were: Bluesocket's BSC2100, Colubris Network's InCharge RF Manager Server, Network Chemistry's Rfprotect Distributed 5, Skyrecon's Stormshield and WiMetrics' WiSentry. The team of experts connected each product to a test network to see how it dealt with wireless access points (APs.) Where possible, the team also tested each product's defense tools by checking whether it could successfully block access to unauthorized points.

The BSC2100 was able to detect all wireless 802.11 a/b/g devices within its range, and block rogue access points and stations, helping it stand out among the other products. These security features were especially appealing to Winchester Hospital, a leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services in the Boston area, which selected the BSC2100 for its new wireless LAN (WLAN) network.

"As a hospital with confidential client information, security was a main concern. But at the same time, we needed to make sure that whatever solution we picked was going to be simple and easy to use. Bluesocket's BlueSecure Controller provided us with the exact combination of security and ease of integration we needed," said Gerald Greeley, CIO at Winchester Hospital.

"The ratings from SC Magazine further validate BlueSecure's superior capabilities," said Mads Lillelund, CEO at Bluesocket. "We will continue to expand our innovative product portfolio with our customers in mind, delivering quality and performance that exceed industry norms."

In December 2005, Bluesocket added DynamicRF(TM), Secure VoIP and RF Intrusion Detection System (IDS) capabilities to the original BlueSecure product line, expanding its reach and offering a complete WLAN solution to enterprises. Most recently, in May 2006, the company introduced the industry's first enterprise-class Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) 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, Honeywell, Universal Health Services, Toyota, Parker Hannifin 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, and increasing their competitive edge. For more information, please visit http://www.bluesocket.com.

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