CISCO SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WIRELESS LAN SOLUTION FOR SMALL-TO-MEDIUM BUSINESSES & CORPORATE ENTERPRISES.

Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced the Cisco Aironet 340 Series of 11 megabits per second (Mbps) Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) products that provides business-class wireless local area networking systems for organizations ranging in size from small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to corporate enterprises. The new family of IEEE 802.11b-compliant high-speed WLAN solutions delivers high performance, manageability; scalability and security for both in-building and building-to-building wireless applications. This announcement reinforces Cisco's New World strategy to deliver open standards-based wireless solutions to mobile business environments.

The Aironet 340 Series enables IT managers and business owners to deliver instant access to mobile workers by establishing and maintaining a wireless network connection anywhere throughout a building. The Aironet 340 Series products are ideal for dynamic environments that require a flexible wireless LAN solution that can change as the business grows, is cost-effective and is simple to deploy and re-deploy. The Aironet solution also provides an affordable building-to-building wireless network solution, and delivers cost and deployment benefits by eliminating the need for recurring leased line charges, frustrating installation delays and physical barriers between buildings.