Bluesocket Wins 2004 Mobility Award for Wi-Fi Wireless Gateway.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 Mobility Awards honor the best and finest mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings and wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. products and services. Bluesocket, Inc., 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 that its flagship product, the Bluesocket Wireless Gateway, has been picked for a 2004 Mobility Award by MobileTrax LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a leading source of information on the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry. About The 2004 Mobility Awards The 2004 Mobility Awards honor the best and finest mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services that were announced in 2003. "There's a need to honor the best and finest mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services," said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. Principal Analyst with MobileTrax LLC. In addition to the Bluesocket Wireless Gateway, products from a number of Bluesocket's valued partners were also honored with 2004 Mobility Awards. These include: -- Intel Pentium M processor (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ) -- Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Vision Service (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PCS) -- HP iPAQ h4350 (HP) (NYSE: HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ) -- iPass Wi-Fi Service (NASDAQ: IPAS IPAS Iowa Physician Assistant Society IPAS Integrated Program Assessment System IPAS Inventory Product Assurance Surveillance IPAS Integrated Pressurized Air System (gas turbine systems) ) About Bluesocket Wireless Gateways Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways deliver an open-systems approach to secure and manage WiFi networks and provide authentication, Secure Mobility (tm), policy and bandwidth management through unparalleled interoperability with legacy infrastructure and WLAN standards. Bluesocket: Wi-Fi Award Leader In the crowded market for solutions to secure and manage wireless networks, Bluesocket has received more industry awards than any other vendor in the category. Some of Bluesocket's awards include: 'Editors' Choice Award'(Communications News), 'Best Indoor/Campus Wireless' (TiECon 2003), 'Product of the Year' (Mass Telecomm Council), 'Best Security Product' (Networking Industry Awards), 'Readers' Choice Award' (InfoWorld), 'Best Product in Show' (N+I/Sydney), 'Outstanding Product of the Year' (Channel Awards 2003) and 'Top Wi-Fi Startup Company (Heavy Reading). About MobileTrax: MobileTrax, LLC is a Silicon Valley-based, professional services firm that focuses on the mobile computing and wireless data communications markets. MobileTrax provides market research, executive conferences and consulting services regarding enterprise and consumer markets. MobileTrax publishes two free industry newsletters. Inside Mobile and Wireless provides editorial analysis and insights regarding important topics in mobile and wireless and is published weekly. Mobile Letter covers insights regarding new products and services and is published on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. A new column, Vendor Viewpoint, provides a visionary message from a senior executive at a vendor. MobileTrax is headed by J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., a globally recognized authority on mobile computing and wireless data communications. Dr. Purdy is also a Venture Consultant at Diamondhead Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. More information can be found at www.mobiletrax.com. About Bluesocket Bluesocket, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises in 45 countries worldwide. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by organizations including the National Security Agency, Lehman Brothers, Harvard University and others who require elegant open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. Bluesocket, Inc. is a private, global corporation managed by networking industry veterans. |
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