WildPackets Sponsors Afasic Wrekin ''3 Peaks'' Challenge for Second Year; Joins Others in Providing Funding, Safety Equipment for UK-based Charity Event.News Editors/Business 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)--July 16, 2003 WildPackets Inc., innovators in advancing network analysis technology, announced they have signed on for a second year running to help sponsor the Afasic Wrekin "3 Peaks" Challenge Charity event. Afasic Wrekin supports children and young people with speech, language, and communication disorders. The Challenge, which is spread over the last two weekends in July, has a goal of breaking a 24-hour barrier 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. . Since last year, the event has grown from 1 to 5 climbing teams with a growing list of global and local sponsors. WildPackets' funding will provide team safety equipment. "We're delighted to have WildPackets as a key sponsor for a second year," said Nigel O'Brien, Network Services, Afasic Wrekin. "Their participation in the first Challenge laid the groundwork for this year's larger, more rigorous event." 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 monitoring and optimizing computer networks. Our products are sold in over 60 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, 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. , 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, Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank , and others. Strategic partners include Agere Systems, Atheros Communications, 3Com, Intel, Proxim, SysKonnect, Symbol Technologies, and Chevin. WildPackets is a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance and WLANA WLANA Wireless Local Area Network Alliance WLANA Wireless Lan Alliance . 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/03-07-16 |
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