Burlington, Mass. – April 1, 2009 – Bluesocket, Inc., the leader in trusted wireless access and enterprise mobility and Ekahau, Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi based real-time location systems (RTLS), today announced that Ekahau has certified Bluesocket’s wireless LAN equipment to work with Ekahau’s RTLS products. This certification provides customers with the assurance that Ekahau RTLS may be quickly and easily deployed on Bluesocket wireless LANs.
The companies also announced that Bluesocket and Ekahau have joined each other’s partner programs and that they have entered into a co-marketing agreement to coordinate their account engagements. The two companies began their relationship last year when Ekahau integrated Bluesocket’s APs into its industry leading Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) product giving integrators the ability to leverage Ekahau’s planning tool when deploying Bluesocket’s WLAN system.
Bluesocket’s leading WLAN technology is ideally suited for Ekahau RTLS deployments. Bluesocket continues to lead in WLAN technology innovation most recently winning Network World’s Clear Choice Award for its 802.11(n) Access Point. With Bluesocket’s vWLANTM (virtual WLAN) architecture, customers can continue to scale their WLAN environments with the best ROI solution in the industry. Bluesocket’s feature rich WLAN solution enables customers to quickly and accurately add Ekahau’s RTLS solution to their network
“Bluesocket’s feature rich solution provides unique advantages in location-enabled Wi-Fi environments,” said Patrick Foy, vice president of engineering, Bluesocket. “Ekahau’s mission is to provide the easiest, most cost-effective, and most accurate Wi-Fi positioning solutions, and partnering with Bluesocket enables us to deliver the highest-quality solutions possible to our 2600 plus customers.”
“Ekahau’s state-of-the-art location products provide workflow automation, asset tracking, and supply chain management while increasing safety and security,” said Tuomo Rutanen, vice president, business development, Ekahau. “Bluesocket’s focus on key verticals that require location based services ensures that our partnership provides increased value to our customers’ WLAN environment.”
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi-based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning andoptimization tools. Ekahau’s solutions are being used in more than 150 hospitals around the world, as well as by manufacturers, mining/oil/gas companies, government agencies and the military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S-based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at http://www.ekahau.com.
About Bluesocket
Founded in 1999, Bluesocket is a leader in open, standards based enterprise mobility solutions. Its industry-leading wireless LAN products deliver secure mobility to thousands of customers across the education, enterprise, government, healthcare and hospitality markets. Bluesocket’s complete wireless network solution portfolio brings trust and simplicity to increasingly complex wireless networks maximizing customer ROI and increasing their competitive edge. For more information, please visit http://www.bluesocket.com.
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