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Bluesocket Introduces New Controller to its Award-winning BlueSecure Product Line.


New Offering Provides Wireless Access and Security to Medium and Large Enterprises; Enables Simple Upgrade to Next-generation Technologies

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Bluesocket, Inc., the leader in trusted wireless access and enterprise mobility, today introduced its BlueSecure 3200 Controller (BSC-3200,) rounding out the company's award-winning BlueSecure Controller family. Delivered as a single box solution, the BSC-3200 offers market leading, role-based access control The identification, authentication and authorization of individuals based on their job titles within an organization. Contrast with mandatory access control and discretionary access control. See least privilege.  and policy enforcement; integrated Guest Access Services; built-in RF IDS/IPS; and is 802.11n-ready, offering Bluesocket customers even more flexibility in choosing the best value 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
) solution for their organizations.

"Bluesocket provides reliable, high-performance wireless mobility and security solutions to thousands of institutions, enterprises and public access providers worldwide," 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. "Like all of our products, this new addition to our Controller product family delivers both a solid solution and valuable investment to end users, along with a blueprint for a seamless transition to next-generation networks and emerging mobility applications."

Leveraging Bluesocket's patent-pending Secure Mobility([R]) technology for wireless data and voice applications, BlueSecure Controllers give users of laptops, PDAs and other mobile devices wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet while roaming. Key benefits of the BSC-3200 include:

* Support for up to 100 Access Points (APs) - Meeting the needs of medium to large enterprise/campus deployments;

* Open systems interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other.  - Optimized to support wireless devices and access points from all major vendors;

* On-demand Edge-to-Edge capabilities - Delivering greater access speeds, better performance and higher reliability to local services;

* 4 Gigabit data ports and optional fiber, gigabit failover and admin interfaces;

* Flexible role-based access control and policy enforcement - Providing convenient management of privileges for different categories of users;

* Universal WLAN authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC.

(2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network.
 - Delivering comprehensive authentication options;

* Strong data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign  - Providing the highest level of security directly to the user's mobile device;

* Integrated intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. , worm protection and clientless scanning for trusted endpoint security; and

* Security and QoS for VoIP.

Additionally, the BSC-3200 is 802.11n-ready, enabling users to transition easily from today's WLAN environments to next-generation 802.11n networks and emerging mobility applications, without architectural changes and the need for costly infrastructure upgrades.

The BSC-3200 is available now through Bluesocket reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers.  partners at a U.S. list price of $23,995. For more on Bluesocket's BlueSecure product family, please visit http://www.bluesocket.com/solutions-mobility-overview.htm or contact your preferred Bluesocket reseller.

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 This article is about the computing term. For other uses, see Burglar alarm.

An intrusion detection system (IDS) generally detects unwanted manipulations of computer systems, mainly through the Internet.
 and BlueView Management Systems are deployed by leading enterprises that require high quality 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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