The Johnson School at Cornell University Shares 'Lessons Learned' in Deploying Wireless LAN Technology

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2004

BeaconWorks is the only router-based wireless LAN solution available today. Its future-proof architecture is the foundation for voice and data traffic and mobile applications. By putting the networking protocols on Layer 3, not Layer 2, Chantry's approach is more sophisticated and offers customers a more secure investment in wireless technology.

BeaconWorks is composed of the BeaconMaster(TM) access controller, BeaconPoint(TM) access points and the VNSWorks(TM) technology for multiple virtual subnets on a single physical network. Since its public unveiling less than one year ago, Chantry's BeaconWorks has won multiple awards for its innovative architecture and comprehensive approach to the future of wireless networking.

About The Johnson School

The Johnson School at Cornell University, founded in 1946, is Cornell's graduate school of management. The Johnson School combines leading edge intellectual capital with "real time, real world" business practice and is among the top business schools in the world. Opportunities for experiential learning, such as immersion programs and student-run venture capital and mutual funds, distinguish the Johnson School's curricula. Programs include MBA and doctoral degrees, a twelve-month MBA option for students with advanced degrees in science or engineering and an executive MBA. The Johnson School is located at the center of Cornell University-the largest of the Ivy League schools and one of the world's top research institutions. For more about the Johnson School please visit: www.johnson.cornell.edu.

About Chantry Networks

Chantry Networks is the leading provider of secure integrated mobility management solutions for wireless networks. Chantry's innovative WLAN suite of products, BeaconWorks, offers unprecedented scalability and availability, coupled with unique network virtualization features, to overcome the obstacles inherent in traditional WLAN systems and provide enterprises and service providers with the first economical and practical solution for building seamless and pervasive wireless networks. Founded in April of 2002, Chantry Networks is headquartered in Boston with offices in Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Chantry is backed by top-tier investors including Flagship Ventures, Primaxis Technology Ventures, Venture Coaches/Skypoint Capital and Ventures West.