SUNNYVALE, Calif., December 15, 2008 — AirMagnet Inc., the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, today announced that its award-winning WLAN security solution, AirMagnet Enterprise, has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine Readers Trust Awards, in the category of Best Wireless Security Solution. AirMagnet Enterprise won this award in 2008 and was recently named the "Wireless Security Industry Innovator for 2008" by SC Magazine.
AirMagnet Enterprise was among more than 650 entries submitted in more than 30 different technology categories. Finalists of the SC Magazine Awards program are determined through voting conducted by the publication's readership. Winners of this year's awards will be announced at an exclusive awards event to be held in San Francisco on April 21, 2009.
"AirMagnet Enterprise is among today's most respected security products as chosen by our panel. Security is a key challenge for IT organizations and businesses worldwide and our readers recognize that companies such as AirMagnet are helping them meet their security challenges," said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Illena Armstrong.
AirMagnet Enterprise is the industry's premier — and only independent solution — for continuous wireless LAN security and management. The solution provides organizations with unfettered visibility over all wireless assets, and quickly allows staff to prioritize events based on their impact to the network and enterprise policy. It detects and defends against the latest classes of wireless LAN exploits, delivers the industry's only forensic analysis for spectrum/RF threats and introduces a complete threat intelligence system to classify and prioritize all wireless events for simple management.
"The SC Magazine Awards are one of the industry's most highly regarded competitions and we were delighted that AirMagnet Enterprise won last year for Best Wireless Security Solution," said Chris Roeckl, vice president of marketing at AirMagnet. "Our entire team has worked hard to make Enterprise even better over the past year with exciting new capabilities around rogue tracing and blocking, as well as a slew of other features that improve performance and manageability. We're excited to be a finalist and look forward to the results early next year."
The annual SC Magazine Awards have recognized security's key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. Individuals, brands and products short-listed address not only the challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow.
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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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