Bluesocket Wi-Fi Sales and Staffing Growth Continues.Business Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2003 Bluesocket Inc., (www.bluesocket.com) -- the leading vendor of open-systems Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) management and security solutions today announced it is recruiting additional personnel for key positions in Bluesocket offices and field operations in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Asia and Europe. "In order to address the needs of enterprise customers and support our channel of 180 VARs and Systems Integrators in 40 countries worldwide, Bluesocket is actively looking to hire sales and marketing professionals with solid experience in the wireless networking See wireless network. industry," said Bob Darabant, VP of Worldwide Sales. Bluesocket had strong sales momentum in Q3-2003, picking up 160 new enterprise customers and significant repeat businesses as companies, universities and hospitals and public venues like conference centers, airports and hotels are rolling out WLANs throughout their organizations. A recent survey by Nemertes Research Nemertes Research is an independent research firm that specializes in assessing the business value of emerging technology. Pronounced ("nuh MER teez"), the company is named for the sea goddess Nemertes, one of fifty Nereids, sisters who lived with their sea-god father Nereus reported that 92% of IT executives indicated that they are using or planning to use 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 technology. "Although interest in WLANs continues to rise, security concerns are the No. 1 reason IT executives are delaying WLAN expansions," says Robin Gareiss, principal research officer of Nemertes Research. "Bluesocket addresses those security issues head-on." "Bluesocket is enjoying steady interest and sales to large enterprises deploying wireless LANs. Proven sales performers who can work with our channel partners to close business in corporations, government, healthcare and manufacturers are invited to apply," said Darabant. Interested parties should send resumes to jobs@bluesocket.com. No phone calls, please. About Bluesocket Wireless Gateways Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways deliver an open-systems approach to secure and manage WiFi networks See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. and provide 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. , Secure Mobility (TM), policy and bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. through unparalleled interoperability with legacy infrastructure and WLAN standards. Bluesocket Wireless Gateways have received numerous awards including 'Editors' Choice Award' (Communications News), 'Best Indoor/Campus Wireless' (TiECon 2003), 'Best Security Product' (Networking Industry Awards), 'Product of the Year' (Mass Telecommunications Council), 'Readers' Choice Award' (InfoWorld), and 'Best Product in Show' (Networld+Interop/Sydney). About Bluesocket Bluesocket, Inc. (www.bluesocket.com) is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) in enterprises, institutions and public hotspots in 40 countries worldwide. Bluesocket provides hundreds of organizations including the US Navy, Johnson & Johnson, Scripps Healthcare, and the Greater Toronto Airport Authority with an elegant open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. With offices in the U.S., U.K., and Asia, Bluesocket, Inc. is a private, global corporation managed by executives from BT, Cisco, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , Ericsson, Intel, NetScreen, Nortel; other industry leaders. |
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