AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 Expands Options for WLAN Managers
Expands Support for Multiple Hardware Vendors, Enables Centralized Management and Simplifies Transition to 802.11n
San Mateo, Calif. – February 6, 2008 – AirWave Wireless, a leader in wireless network management and security, today announced the release of its new AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 software, designed to help IT manage large scale and mission-critical wireless networks. By supporting a broad range of new products, including recently released enterprise-grade 802.11n wireless devices, AirWave 5.3 software offers network administrators an alternative to proprietary element management systems and enables IT to manage complex, heterogeneous networks from a single, integrated console.
The AirWave 5.3 software significantly expands the depth and breadth of AirWave’s support for wireless infrastructure products from Cisco, Aruba, Meru, Trapeze, Tropos, ProCurve and other leading enterprise WLAN, mesh, and WiMAX vendors. AirWave 5.3 also introduces new capacity planning reports designed specifically to help organizations intelligently plan their 802.11n migration by assessing where network utilization is approaching capacity. Other new features include global device configuration templates, enhanced rogue access point detection, and integrated monitoring of routers and switches.
“The AirWave 5.3 software reduces our support costs and eliminates management headaches by making it easy for us to control wireless hardware from Cisco and Symbol from the same console,” said Mark Petro, a network engineer at Giant Eagle. “It would be a nightmare if we had to have a separate console for every hardware vendor out there.”
“Customers often respond to the introduction of exciting new wireless technologies by evaluating new products from several market leaders and not just from their incumbent infrastructure providers,” said Greg Murphy, Chief Operating Officer of AirWave Wireless. “802.11n represents such a technology inflection point and will result in significant product migration. By supporting 802.11n products from the leading wireless infrastructure vendors, we believe that AirWave is ideally positioned to help customers smoothly and cost-effectively manage the transition.”
The new AirWave Wireless Management Suite 5.3 software is available now from AirWave and its network of authorized distribution partners. AirWave’s management software is currently in use by approximately 450 organizations and service providers worldwide to manage wireless networks ranging from 25 to tens of thousands of access points.
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