Chantry Networks' Peter N. Vicars Details Innovations in Wireless LAN Technologies at TiE Wireless Technology Business Forum.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2003 Vicars to address entrepreneurs, analysts and VCs at local event Peter N. Vicars, 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. of Chantry chan·try n. pl. chan·tries Ecclesiastical 1. An endowment to cover expenses for the saying of masses and prayers, usually for the soul of the founder of the endowment. 2. Networks, the provider of the world's first routed 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 solution, will detail recent innovations in wireless LAN technologies tomorrow, June 17, 2003, at the TiE Wireless Technology Business Forum (WTBF) in Burlington, MA. "Peter Vicars is a leading visionary in the WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network industry," said Vinit Nijhawan, CEO of Taral Networks and member of the executive committee for the WTBF. "Peter will discuss the need for WLAN infrastructure in enterprises and Chantry's unique product approach in meeting this need." WTBF is a Special Interest Group (SIG) within TiE-Boston, a not-for-profit Massachusetts organization with a mission to foster and support entrepreneurship. WTBF gathers monthly and provides a forum for Boston-area entrepreneurs, technology industry analysts and venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. to get a glimpse of "hot" companies and to expand knowledge of new approaches to technology. The event is by invitation only, taking place at 7:00pm on Tuesday, June 17th in Burlington, MA. For more information on TiE-Boston WTBF, please contact: tieadmin@tie-atlantic.org. Vicars brings to Chantry Networks a highly successful global track record and over 35 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry. Prior to joining Chantry, he served as president and CEO of Cayman Systems, Inc., where he led the company from its position as a fringe Fringe (optics) One of the light or dark bands produced by interference or diffraction of light. Distances between fringes are usually very small, because of the short wavelength of light. player to become a leader in the broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. market. While at Cayman, Vicars was instrumental in acquiring strategic partners and building business relationships, helping the company forge new contracts with major carriers such as Verizon and AT&T and successfully merging the company with Netopia. Chantry's BeaconWorks, launched on April 21, 2003, has received positive coverage in many media outlets, including 802.11Planet, The Boston Globe, Communications Design, Computerworld, EE Times, eWeek, InformationWeek, InfoWorld, Mass High Tech, Network World, PlanetAnalog.com and Unstrung. Its successful unveiling at this year's Networld+Interop tradeshow included being selected as a finalist for the "Best of Interop" awards in the Wireless category. Chantry has also been recognized with industry awards, including the "Best Follow-On Investment Opportunity" from VentureFair and the "Forum Favourite" Award from the Canadian IT Financing Forum. About Chantry Networks Chantry Networks is the creator of BeaconWorks, the world's first large-scale routed wireless LAN (WLAN) solution. Offering unprecedented scalability and availability, coupled with unique network virtualization Monitoring and managing an entire network from a single network administrator's console. Network virtualization begins with monitoring the network and often encompasses storage virtualization, which manages all of storage as a single resource. features, BeaconWorks overcomes the obstacles inherent in traditional WLAN systems to provide enterprises and service providers with the first economical and practical solution for building seamless and pervasive wireless networks. Founded in April of 2002, Chantry Networks has offices in Boston and Toronto, and is backed by top-tier investors including Flagship Ventures, Primaxis Technology Ventures, Ventures West and Venture Coaches. |
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