Wavelink Releases Enhanced Support for Managing Wireless LANs in Multi-Vendor Networking Environments.Business Editors KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002 Wavelink Mobile Manager Controls 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 Networks for Cisco Aironet Customers Wavelink Corporation, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that the company's Mobile Manager product has been adapted to manage Cisco Aironet enterprise wireless Local Area Network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) networking systems. With this latest product release, Mobile Manager Version 5.1 enables enterprise customers to seamlessly manage and control their wireless assets and user base across a sophisticated network of switches, hubs, routers, wireless access points and client card adapters that support the Cisco Discovery Protocol The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary layer 2 network protocol developed by Cisco Systems which runs on most Cisco and HP equipment and is used to share information about other directly connected Cisco equipment such as the operating system version and IP address. (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ). "Wavelink provides a highly proactive management solution for Cisco Aironet wireless LAN networks, which is a key requirement for the greater adoption of wireless LAN technologies by Cisco's enterprise customers," says David Bullis, president and 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 Wavelink. "Wavelink Mobile Manager adds significant value on top of the Cisco wireless LAN infrastructure, giving IT departments powerful and new capabilities for rapid deployment, proactive management, and effective security administration of their wireless LANs." Today's IT departments need solutions that help them control, manage, monitor and protect the performance and lifecycle of their organization's wireless network. Wavelink Mobile Manager is the first independent software solution that addresses these new challenges by containing deployment and maintenance costs, maximizing performance and uptime, and allowing IT managers to easily expand their wireless LAN networks. "While Cisco Aironet's current software utilities allow customers to configure, monitor and troubleshoot Cisco devices on the network, this collaboration with Wavelink, expands these capabilities to include central management of large-scale, multi-vendor wireless networks and automatic upgrade of firmware and drivers on multiple vendor's devices," said Mike McAndrews, director of product management for Cisco's Wireless Networking See wireless network. Business Unit. "With Mobile Manager 5.1 from Wavelink, Cisco Aironet customers gain the end-to-end infrastructure visibility and manageability they need for wireless networks that are upgradeable, scalable and simple to maintain." About Mobile Manager: Wavelink's product Mobile Manager is the first enterprise-grade, cross-vendor solution that enables network administrators to rapidly install and easily manage wireless networks including multi-site wireless local area network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) implementations. Wavelink Mobile Manager greatly reduces the enterprise's total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) and promotes WLAN adoption by leveraging existing LAN infrastructure investments, maximizing network resources and increasing uptime while allowing IT managers to easily configure and administer advanced wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. features. Mobile Manager provides capabilities to: -- Rapidly deploy enterprise-wide wireless LANs -- Easily perform ongoing maintenance -- Centrally manage multiple wireless locations -- Extend and deploy security measures -- Integrate with existing enterprise network management systems About Wavelink Wavelink Corporation is a leading provider of wireless application development software, network management and mobile device solutions for the enterprise. Since 1992, Wavelink's innovative software has powered a growing number of Fortune 1,000 companies, with more than 5,000 customers to date in over 50 countries. Wavelink supports the world's most popular programming languages and device operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. with technology that spans wireless local area networks (WLAN) as well as wireless wide area networks (WWAN See wireless WAN. ) or the mobile Internet. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.wavelink.com or call 425/823-0111. |
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