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Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks
Company(TM), today introduced three new wireless products that expand
its Secure Wireless product portfolio: The RoamAbout(R) AP4102 unified
access point, the AP1002 thin access point, and the 8400 wireless
switch. Key features of these products include:
-- Advanced Wireless Encryption: All three products support
802.11i, which uses AES, the gold standard for wireless
encryption.
-- Policy-based Secure Networks(TM) Capabilities: Secure Networks
policy support goes beyond wireless encryption by
automatically applying uniform policy rules across both wired
and wireless networks to ensure safe networking behavior (both
enabling and limiting the locations and protocols for each
user, based upon their role). For example, employee computers
may be allowed access into appropriate segments of the
corporate network, but are prevented from accessing ports
commonly used by worms and viruses.
-- Voice over WiFi: Both new access points support 802.11e,
providing the quality of services enterprises require for
voice-over-WiFi applications.
"Enterprises expect their wireless network to be as fast, reliable
and--most importantly--as secure as their wired infrastructure," said
John Roese, chief technology officer of Enterasys Networks. "Our
unique Secure Networks strategy delivers the industry's most
comprehensive embedded network security capabilities. Enterasys sees
wireless as an application on the enterprise network, not a separate
network. These new products make it easy for network managers to
deploy the same policies across the entire network with a single click
to ensure the highest level of security and protection from internal
and external threats."
RoamAbout 8400
The RoamAbout 8400 wireless switch is a high-performance switch
optimized for data center deployment. It has four Gigabit Ethernet
connections, supporting up to 120 access points anywhere across an
enterprise network. Like the entry-level RoamAbout 8100 switch--which
debuted in the second quarter of 2005 and supports 24 access
points--the RoamAbout-8400's key features include:
-- Self-Healing and Self-Optimizing: The network can
automatically adjust to changes in the customer's RF
environment to ensure high wireless throughput.
-- Fast Handoff and Subnet Roaming: Enterasys wireless switches
support fast handoff across access points within 25
milliseconds, whether the new AP is on the same or a different
subnet, and without any change to the client's IP address.
-- Advanced Rogue Handling: The switch can determine the position
of the rogue access point, pinpoint its location on a floor
plan, and even disconnect the rogue AP from the wired network
itself.
-- 1:N Redundancy: Each wireless switch supports 1:4 redundancy,
allowing a single RoamAbout 8100 or 8400 to backup four active
switches of the same type, and take over in case any of them
fail.
RoamAbout AP1002
The AP1002 works with both the RoamAbout 8100 and 8400 wireless
switches. It supports dual radios, enabling simultaneous "A" and "B/G"
operation and providing high throughput on each radio.
RoamAbout AP4102
The AP402 is a Unified Access Point, meaning it can operate in
standalone mode or in thin mode with the RoamAbout 8100 and 8400
wireless switches. In addition to having the same capabilities as the
AP1002, the AP4102 also supports LAN-LAN connections in either
point-to-point or point-to-multipoint mode. The AP4102 also supports
two external antennae in standalone mode (one for the "A" band and
another for the "B/G" bands), enabling high-gain external antennae
that operate in workgroup mode and LAN-to-LAN mode.
Pricing and Availability
The RoamAbout 8400 wireless LAN is available now from Enterasys
and its worldwide distribution partners at a list price of US$11,995.
The AP1002 is available now in North America and will be available
worldwide in December 2005 at a list price of US$449. The AP4102 will
be generally available worldwide in November 2005 at a list price of
US$699.
The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage
Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks products and solutions
provide the industry's most comprehensive embedded infrastructure
security available today. Secure Networks delivers granular
policy-based security, providing visibility and control down to the
network device, individual user and application level, which enables
network managers to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and
protect against attacks. This unmatched security comes from the
integrated policy-based management software architecture that works
with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its
entire product line. Enterasys' unique architectural approach offers
significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendors
that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an
attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can
even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure.
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks is the Secure Networks Company, providing
enterprise customers worldwide with the industry's most up-to-date
portfolio of edge-to-core networking products, solutions and services,
with award-winning policy-based security capabilities embedded in the
infrastructure. For more information on Enterasys Secure Networks and
the company's comprehensive wired and wireless products, visit
www.enterasys.com. (ETS-P)
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Some risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to
differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to: worldwide and regional economic uncertainty and
recent political and social turmoil may continue to negatively affect
our business and revenue; we have a history of losses in recent years
and may not operate profitably in the future; our quarterly operating
results may fluctuate, which could cause us to fail to meet quarterly
operating targets and result in a decline in our stock price; we earn
a substantial portion of our revenue for each quarter in the last
month of each quarter, which reduces our ability to accurately
forecast our quarterly results and increases the risk that we will be
unable to achieve previously forecasted results; we continue to
introduce new products, and if our customers delay product purchases
or choose alternative solutions, or if sales of new products are not
sufficient to offset declines in sales of older products, our revenue
could decline, we may incur excess and obsolete inventory charges, and
our financial condition could be harmed; we may be unable to upgrade
our indirect distribution channels or otherwise enhance our selling
capabilities, which may hinder our ability to grow our customer base
and increase our revenue; we have experienced significant changes in
senior management and our current management team has been together
for only a limited time, which could limit our ability to achieve our
objectives and effectively operate our business; there is intense
competition in the market for enterprise network equipment, which
could prevent us from increasing our revenue and achieving
profitability; a portion of the enterprises we sell to rely in whole
or in part on public funding and often face significant budgetary
pressure, and if these customers must delay, reduce or forego
purchasing from us, our revenues could be harmed; we depend upon a
limited number of contract manufacturers for substantially all of our
manufacturing requirements, and the loss of any of our primary
contract manufacturers would impair our ability to meet the demands of
our customers; and those additional risks and uncertainties discussed
in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2,
2005.