Wavelink Acquires AirPrism, Furthering Its Integrated Mobility Management and Security Strategy

Business Wire, Oct 12, 2004

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Customers and Partners Benefit with Advanced Management Solutions for Wireless-Enabled Computers, Handheld Devices and Machines

Wavelink Corporation, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure management software for the enterprise, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire AirPrism, a provider of advanced mobile device management and security software. The acquisition furthers Wavelink's integrated mobility management strategy and leadership in delivering the industry's most comprehensive multi-vendor wireless network and device management solution. With AirPrism technologies, Wavelink's partners and customers will benefit from new management and security solutions across a wide range of wireless-enabled computers, handheld devices and machines.

"Wavelink's acquisition of AirPrism continues recent efforts to consolidate wireless network and device management," said Abner Germanow, enterprise networks research manager at IDC. "This combination enables customers to reach new levels of reliability and efficiency in wireless LAN network operations."

The proliferation of wireless devices in the enterprise presents a host of new management and security challenges for IT administrators. Through the acquisition of AirPrism, Wavelink will advance its wireless management solutions to enable enterprises to effectively deploy, manage, maintain and secure increasingly complex wireless networks.

Wavelink will integrate AirPrism's leading edge technologies into its current product line -- including self-healing and diagnostics, mobile data security, continuous management, asset management and tracking, software distribution, mobile data recovery and backup, and bandwidth optimizations.

"Wavelink's solutions for wireless device and network management have become industry standard across many vertical markets," said David Bullis, CEO, Wavelink Corporation. "Through the acquisition of AirPrism, we are extending our capabilities to meet the needs of a fast-growing enterprise market by providing a complete, integrated solution that controls, coordinates and secures the entire wireless system, from the network out to the end-user devices."

About Wavelink Corporation

Founded in 1992, Wavelink Corporation provides proven software for centralized management of the wireless LAN lifecycle. Wavelink has enabled many of the world's major corporations, including retailers, manufacturers and logistics companies to plan, deploy, secure, monitor and maintain their wireless LAN networks. Over 5,000 customers in nearly every industry use Wavelink to enhance the reliability and security of their WLAN network and the devices and applications it supports. Wavelink Mobile Manager(TM) and Wavelink Avalanche(TM) offer the most widely-used and scalable multi-vendor solution which solve wireless network and device management challenges by offering complete visibility, effective network management and control over wireless LAN access points and mobile devices. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.wavelink.com.