WildPackets Sponsors Afasic Wrekin ''3 Peaks'' Challenge; Joint Afasic and EDS Team to Take on UK Mountains to Benefit Children's Charity.Business/News Editors WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2002 WildPackets Inc., industry-leaders in packet analysis software development, training and support, has signed on as a sponsor for the Afasic Wrekin "3 Peaks" Challenge. Afasic is a UK charity that promotes understanding, acceptance, and opportunities for children and young adults with communication impairments. A joint Afasic-EDS team will begin the Challenge on 28 September. Their goal is to climb the 3 highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. in just 24 hours. WildPackets has provided the funding to outfit the team with safety equipment that includes compasses, a GPS system, first aid kits, torches, and batteries. "WildPackets quickly stepped in to fill a sponsor void when the event date changed, enabling us to proceed as planned with our equipment briefings and practice walks, and greatly lifting our team's spirit and confidence," said Nigel O'Brien, coordinator of the EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Team. "WildPackets is pleased to have been given the opportunity to support the Afasic EDS team in their adventurous effort on behalf of Afasic Wrekin," said Richard Buchanan Richard Buchanan (3 May 1912 - 22 January 2003) was a British Labour politician, Buchanan was educated at St. Mungo's Academy. He worked as an engineer and toolfitter and was a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation from 1949. , WildPackets' EU Business Development Director. About Afasic Afasic, founded in 1968, is a UK-based charity representing children and young adults with communication impairments, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and careers. More information is available from www.afasic.org.uk. About WildPackets Inc. Since 1990, WildPackets has been developing affordable tools designed to simplify the complex tasks associated with maintaining and optimizing computer networks. WildPackets' patented "Peek" technology has long been the recognized standard for network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. and analysis in the SMB market See SMB. , and is now the acknowledged leader in network protocol analysis for the Enterprise. Our products are sold in over 50 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners. Customers include Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Agilent, D-Link, Microsoft, Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , Unisys, Motorola, and others. Strategic partners include Agere Systems, Atheros Communications, 3Com, Intel, Proxim, SysKonnect, Symbol Technologies, and Chevin. Information on the company, products, and partners is available at www.wildpackets.com. All trademarks are property of their respective holders. Web Release: http://www.wildpackets.com/corporate/news/02-09-26 |
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