Engim's New Intelligent Wideband WLAN Chipset Enables All-Services Access Points That Consolidate Functions, Ends Overlay Networks.

ACTON, Mass. -- Matrx Broadband Technologies Selects EN-3001 for its Galaxy(TM) Wireless Network for Commercial and Military Aviation Solutions

Engim, Inc., developers of next-generation silicon technologies that redefine the capacity, security and manageability of wireless LAN infrastructure, today introduced the industry's first Intelligent Wideband WLAN Chipset with All Services Access Point (ASAP(TM)) technology and showcased a new line of vendor-ready access points that can simultaneously support any combination of current and emerging enterprise Wi-Fi services such as voice, data, security and video. Engim's new EN-3001 Intelligent Wideband WLAN chipset and AP-310 and AP-320 Access Points with Always On Network Integrity Software enable 802.11 equipment manufacturers to flexibly and rapidly introduce new and multi-functional products with superior performance and advanced security.

(Editors Note: Concurrently, Engim announced its new chipsets were selected by Matrx Broadband Technologies, developers of in-flight wireless systems. See same-day, dated press release "Matrx Aerospace Selects EN-3001 for Commercial Aviation Deployment.")

With the chipsets and AP reference designs, Engim is providing the foundation for a new generation of Wi-Fi infrastructure that redefines enterprise networks by enabling access points to flexibly address a wide array of services that today typically require the installation of multiple hardware platforms. This All Services AP capability enables AP solutions with superior capacity, performance, and economics to best meet the needs of an increasingly mission critical wireless network. The Engim EN-3001 Intelligent Wideband Wireless WLAN chipset delivers capacity gains of up to 50 times that of today's single channel APs, making it ideal for today's bandwidth-intensive enterprise applications such as converging data, voice and video.

ASAP Technology Ensures New Multi-Functional & Future Proof APs

The EN-3001's All-Services AP(ASAP) technology enables a variety of multi-functional APs with its unique multi-channel capabilities that support any combination of advanced security and real-time intrusion detection, data-voice convergence, enhanced WLAN management and location determination. Additionally, EN-3001-based solutions "future proof" Wi-Fi networks for large-scale client growth and the ongoing addition of new real-time, business-critical applications and mesh networking capability. Engim's single-platform/multiple-services functionality eliminates the enterprise's need for diverse products from multiple vendors; thus, dramatically reducing WLAN equipment and labor costs, and simplifying WLAN administration and management.

Brad Noblet, Director of Technical Services, Computing Services at Dartmouth College, comments: "Secure data voice-video-convergence is a clear path that enterprises are taking as they evolve and scale their WLANs into the future. Intelligent multi-channel WLAN access points will provide a significant infrastructure advantage by providing the performance, manageability and security that this important set of enterprise applications will demand."

Jim Pristas, CEO of Matrx Aerospace Broadband Technologies, comments: "Commercial and military aviation is certainly among the most promising - yet most challenging - of 802.11 usage environments. There's clear opportunity for new operational, diagnostic and security services, and for heightening the passenger's experience through voice, internet and enhanced entertainment services. Yet the complex nature of the aircraft environment, coupled with high client densities, demands a new class of solutions with more processing power and stability than single channel solutions could deliver. That's why for Matrx, Engim's EN-3001 is our WLAN chipset of choice."

Unique Wideband Spectral Processing Approach

Unlike the traditional narrowband WLAN chipsets, Engim's EN-3001 Intelligent Wideband WLAN Chipset uses Wideband Spectral Processing (WSP) that intelligently captures and manipulates large bands of wireless spectrum and overcomes complex RF interference issues. As a result of this approach, Engim-based solutions leverage far more spectrum capacity and are able to intelligently assign traffic to achieve WLAN quality of service with superior manageability and security. EN-3001-based devices allow vendors to concurrently support the enterprise's full array of demanding applications such as voice, video, data, security, asset tracking and management. Until now, most of these functions and services required the deployment of expensive, separate overlay Wi-Fi equipment.

"I'm very impressed with what Engim has accomplished in terms of both a multi-channel implementation and the consolidation of function in the EN-3001," said Craig J. Mathias, a Principal with the wireless advisory firm Farpoint Group. "For example, being able to perform integrated spectral analysis opens up new possibilities in wireless security, RF spectrum management, and QoS. The multi-channel approach will also play a key role in the evolution of mesh-based wireless LANs."

New Reference AP Platforms

Engim is also delivering the EN-3001-based AP-310 All Services Access Point, and the AP-s320 Thin All Services Access Point. Each provides the full advantages of the EN-3001 chipset and Engim's Always On Network Integrity Software features Advanced Monitoring and Detection, and Real Time Spectral Analysis that identifies and tracks all network traffic as well as both 802.11 and non-802.11 interference. The AP-310 and AP-320 enable access point manufacturers to rapidly deliver high-function differentiated access point products at very low costs.

Engim CEO Nick Finamore concluded: "We are delighted with the market's growing validation of the importance of Engim's unique capacity, control and security capabilities. It is a great opportunity for us to work with key vendors such as Matrx to develop and drive ground breaking systems into major business solutions. Our early success for the EN-3001 signals our ability to work with our customers to drive and support the industry's transition from single-service, data-only Wireless LANs to mesh-capable solutions with the capacity, intelligence, security and economics that enable converged applications on a single wireless infrastructure."

Availability

System developer kits for the EN-3001 chip set, the AP-310 and AP-320 are available immediately.

About Engim, Inc.

Engim is the first developer of intelligent, wideband chipsets with All Services AP (ASAP(TM)) functionality designed from the ground up for a new generation of wireless infrastructure solutions that meet the needs for an increasingly mission-critical wireless network. Using its unique wideband spectral processing approach, Engim-enabled products make possible the unprecedented capacity, flexibility and manageability to provide ubiquitous and simultaneous services such as voice, data, and video with advanced system-level security for the enterprise WLAN. With Engim's award-winning ASAP(TM) chipsets, this new generation of equipment is able to rapidly and flexibly provide greatly increased functionality without sacrificing performance and reduce the total costs and complexity of the network. Engim's solutions are designed by world renowned experts in RF, analog and digital communications IC design from organizations such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Motorola (NYSE: MOT).

Formed in 2001, Engim is privately held and is funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Benchmark Capital, Adams Street Partners and private investors. For more information, please visit www.engim.com.