Eleven Universities Select AirWave Management Platform for WLAN Network Management; Major University Wins Mark AirWave's Leadership Position in Higher Education Marketplace.

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- AirWave Wireless, a leading wireless network management software developer, today announced that eleven additional universities across North America have selected the AirWave Management Platform(TM) (AMP) software to monitor, analyze, and configure their rapidly growing Wi-Fi networks. The newly announced customers include UC Davis, University of Michigan, SUNY Geneseo, Georgia Tech, Oregon State, University of Denver, Gonzaga University, Florida State, University of Alabama, Wayne State University and UC San Diego.

Further establishing the company's leadership in the education market, this announcement comes on the heels of AirWave's recent announcement of ten other leading higher education institutions including Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indiana University, Vanderbilt University, the University of Miami, Stanford University Law School, the University of Oregon, University of California Hastings College of the Law, California State University at Monterey Bay, and the University of Dayton.

"From faculty to students, everyone at our university expects the wireless LAN to always be available - immediate access to network resources is essential. We therefore can't afford to compromise on our wireless network needs," said Chad Burnham, Telecom Network Planner of Denver University. "With AirWave we ensure our network performs optimally so that our students, staff and faculty have the best user experience possible."

University IT staff are challenged with managing vast campus-wide networks with thousands of users. AMP's web-based management console and scalable architecture provides administrators with the following benefits:

--Centralized Control: Provides full control over thousands of network devices, enabling a small existing staff to cost-effectively manage wireless networks that span dozens of buildings and vast geographic areas.

--Heterogeneous Network Management: Like many large institutions, universities often have heterogeneous, multi-vendor networks resulting from decentralized departmental purchasing processes and lengthy deployment cycles. AMP provides network administrators with a single point of intelligent control from which to monitor, analyze and configure these networks in real time, supporting Wi-Fi vendors such as Avaya, Cisco, Colubris, Enterasys, HP ProCurve, Proxim, and Symbol.

--Unparalled Security: In a network environment where thousands of users have access to the network and can easily connect unsecured Wi-Fi devices, AMP provides universities unparalled security through the integrated RAPIDS rogue AP detection module that automatically detects unauthorized access points via a combination of RF scanning and "fingerprinting" over the wired network. The platform also eliminates configuration errors and monitors each user to alert IT staff if any user is consuming disproportionately high bandwidth. AMP even allows administrators to temporarily shut down the wireless network at specified times and locations, such as in classroom buildings during final exams, when wireless access may not be desirable.

"Particularly in the higher education space, IT managers are constantly struggling with the balance between keeping end-users happy while ensuring that the network is secure and operates smoothly," said AirWave CEO Gary Hegna. "Our wireless network management solution has the unique ability to enable universities and colleges to achieve both easily and cost effectively."

About AirWave

AirWave Wireless, Inc. is the leading developer of network management software solutions that provide administrators a single point of intelligent control to monitor, analyze, and configure their wireless network infrastructure. The privately held company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and is backed by investors Ignition Partners and Idealab. The company's patent-pending AirWave Management Platform(TM) software is sold through a global network of value-added resellers and systems integrators. For more information, visit the company's website at www.airwave.com.