Sputnik Unwires Springboard Venture Forum with Wireless Internet Access.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Attendees at today's Springboard Enterprises Venture Capital Forum at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. will have private wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. thanks to network hardware and software provided by San Francisco Wi-Fi innovator Sputnik Sputnik: see satellite, artificial; space exploration. Sputnik Any of a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft whose launching by the Soviet Union inaugurated the space age. . Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs alike will be able to do email and Internet access on the fly. Sputnik, a company presenting at the Forum, is a fast-growing startup whose integrated Wi-Fi hardware and software solution centralizes all of the wireless network and subscriber management tasks for a growing list of hotels, transportation sites, and other commercial locations. Springboard is a national non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. accelerating women's access to the equity markets. Today's Forum is sponsored by The Women's Technology Cluster The Women's Technology Cluster or WTC is a not-for-profit business incubator dedicated to women leaders building technology-driven businesses. The incubator assists entrepreneurs within the information technology, clean technology, and Life Science sectors. , which fuels innovation, stimulates economic growth, and generates social impact by engaging and supporting entrepreneurs. "Sputnik is an ideal solution for an event like Springboard's because a Sputnik-powered Wi-Fi network can provision itself, authenticate and track end users, and be managed from a remote location," said Vesna Swartz, Sputnik vice president marketing and business development. "Similarly, Sputnik resellers can operate more profitably because they can monitor and manage all their Wi-Fi hotspots from one central spot." About Sputnik (www.sputnik.com) Sputnik Inc. provides a fully integrated hardware and software platform that service providers use to deliver and manage Wi-Fi services. Remote network and subscriber management allows cost-effective operation of multiple indoor and outdoor wireless venues. Sputnik launched its commercial products in November 2003 and has gained over 200 customers, many of whom are engaging in major deployments in 2004. The privately funded company is based in San Francisco. |
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