AirMagnet Receives a "Positive" Rating in Industry Analyst Firm's 2008 WLAN IPS MarketScope
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 14, 2008 — AirMagnet Inc., the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, has received a rating of "positive" in Gartner's July 2008 MarketScope for Wireless LAN Intrusion Preventions Systems. This recent report analyzes the performance of vendors that focus on meeting the security needs of organizations requiring vulnerability assessments and monitoring of WLANs, as well as providing detection and active blocking of potential attacks.
AirMagnet Enterprise is the industry's premier solution for continuous wireless LAN security and management. It provides organizations with unfettered visibility over all wireless assets, and quickly allows a user to prioritize events based on their impact to the network and enterprise policy. The product delivers active, full-time protection against rogues and hundreds of other wireless threats including wireless vulnerabilities, Denial-of Service attacks and MAC spoofing.
"We believe this new report confirms that AirMagnet not only delivers the WIPS security features and capabilities customers have come to expect from a market leader, but we also provide the strongest range of wireless performance and troubleshooting tools," said Chris Roeckl, vice president of marketing at AirMagnet. "In the end, our products span security, performance and troubleshooting, which differentiates us from the competition and gives our customers a variety of solutions to manage, optimize and secure the entire wireless environment."
According to Gartner's recent MarketScope, analysts estimate that global revenues in the WLAN intrusion prevention system market grew from $40 million in 2006 to $119 million in 2007 and that it will reach $168 million by year-end 2008. Moreover, "Most enterprises have moved rapidly from trying to keep WLANs out of their organizations to fully embracing them widely across all corporate facilities... So, although the wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) market has reached the early mainstream phase, it continues to be a dynamic market where new features are needed with each product release."
"Gartner presents some compelling information regarding market growth and the importance of WIPS for the enterprise. If organizations are looking to leverage a product with best-in-class security and wireless network operation capabilities, then AirMagnet offers the most compelling and effective solution available on the market today," continued Roeckl.
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About AirMagnet Inc.
AirMagnet Inc. is the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs. The company's innovative products include AirMagnet Enterprise, the leading 24x7 WLAN security and performance management solution, and AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer — which is known as the "de facto tool for wireless LAN troubleshooting and analysis." Other products provide WLAN site survey and design, RF interference detection, remote diagnostics, and the world's first voice over WiFi analysis solution. AirMagnet has more than 7,500 customers worldwide, including 75 of the Fortune 100. The company, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.AirMagnet.com.
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