AGITO NETWORKS AND TRAPEZE NETWORKS CERTIFY INTEROPERABILITY TO DELIVER JOINT WIRELESS MOBILITY SOLUTION TO ENTERPRISES
Industry Leaders to Demonstrate Joint Enterprise Mobility Solution at Alaska IT Expo
PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 25, 2008 – Trapeze Networks and Agito Networks, Inc., today announced the certified interoperability between Trapeze Networks’ line of NonStop Wireless™ networking equipment and Agito Networks’ RoamAnywhere™ enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) solution.
As a result of this interoperability work and certification for customers, the companies are delivering a reliable enterprise mobility solution that uniquely leverages voice over WLAN and location technology to improve mobile workers’ accessibility and responsiveness with low-cost in-building voice coverage. The solution reduces cellular costs and improves visibility and control over cellular usage for enterprises. The companies will demonstrate this interoperability in a joint exhibit at Alaska’s premier IT tradeshow, the IT Expo 2008, in booth #1 at the Egan Center on Sept. 30 in Anchorage, Alaska.
“Voice over a wireless LAN demands a level of reliability that is unique to Trapeze Networks,” said Ahmet Tuncay, executive vice president of product management and business development. “Agito has seen for itself that Trapeze Networks’ NonStop Wireless networking is a robust wireless infrastructure for its voice solution. And Trapeze Networks believes Agito is clearly the leader in enterprise FMC, extending voice and unified communications to cellular telephones. We’re delighted to be working together.”
“We are excited to announce this interoperability certification and look forward to jointly participating with Trapeze Networks at IT Expo 2008 to introduce the combined enterprise mobility solution to organizations in this region,” said Mark Cashman, VP of business development for Agito Networks. “The robust location functionalities of the Trapeze WLAN is a good complement to the enterprise-class architecture of Agito’s RoamAnywhere, which with location-based technologies delivers a superior mobile voice experience for users. Together with Trapeze, Agito delivers a scalable and reliable way for enterprises to extend voice services to mobile workers, while reducing costs and increasing visibility and control.”
About Agito Networks
Agito Networks is the award-winning technology leader in enterprise mobility. Its product, the RoamAnywhere™ Mobility Router™, is an innovative enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) platform enabling enterprises to extend voice and Unified Communications to cell phones. RoamAnywhere is the first and only network appliance that fuses enterprise wireless LANs, carrier cellular networks, IP telephony and location technology to mobilize voice and data applications, while remaining agnostic to customers’ choices of carrier and equipment vendors. Agito enables low-cost in-building voice coverage, reduced cellular costs, improved enterprise visibility and control over cellular usage, and better accessibility and responsiveness for mobile workers. A Red Herring 100 winner, Agito was named a Coolest Emerging Technology Vendor for 2008 by CRN. RoamAnywhere has received numerous industry awards, including earning CTIA Emerging Technology and eWEEK Excellence awards, and receiving Product of the Year honors from Unified Communications and Internet Telephony magazines. CTO Timothy Olson was also named one of the Best CTOs of 2008 by InfoWorld. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company is venture backed by Battery Ventures, Castile Ventures and ITX International.
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks, a Belden brand (NYSE: BDC), is a leading provider of enterprise wireless LAN equipment and management software. Trapeze was the first company to introduce NonStop Wireless - delivering unmatched reliability to the enterprise wireless LAN and its solutions are optimized for companies requiring mobility and high bandwidth such as healthcare, education, and hospitality. Trapeze delivers Smart Mobile™ providing scalable wireless LANs for applications such as Voice over Wi-Fi, location services, and indoor/outdoor connectivity.
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Agito Networks, Inc.
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