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BLUESOCKET PARTNERS WITH THE CWNP PROGRAM
CWSP wireless security classes will now include the new Bluesocket WG-400 Wireless Gateway
ATLANTA, Georgia, December 15, 2004 - The CWNP Program, the industry standard for wireless LAN training and certification, today announced a partnership with Bluesocket. The Bluesocket products will become one of 12 labs taught to students in the CWSP Wireless LAN Security instructor led training course. The CWSP class gives IT professionals the necessary skills for implementing and managing wireless security in the enterprise by creating solutions using tools from more than 20 industry leading wireless LAN manufacturers.
Wireless security training is critical for today's wireless LANs, and security for wireless solutions comes from educated wireless networking professionals implementing multiple safeguards. CWSP is the leading wireless LAN security training and certification available. Bluesocket recommends that its system engineers and VAR SEs pursue CWNP certifications.
"We are very excited to have Bluesocket become part of the CWSP curriculum," says Kevin Sandlin, CEO and co-founder of the CWNP Program. "Enterprise Wireless Gateways are a critical part of wireless LAN security, and this partnership adds even further value to an already outstanding array of products that are taught in our security course. Students who attend the CWSP wireless LAN security class are always astounded at the quantity and quality of information they learn, and now CWSP students will get first rate hands on training on the leading Enterprise Wireless Gateway."
"We have been quite pleased in hearing from a number of our partners about how impressed they are, as well as their clients, in the quality and the depth of information covered in the CWNP Program," says Bob Blatchford, Director of Channel Marketing at Bluesocket, Inc.
Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways offer an affordable, open system enterprise-class WLAN solution to the remote administration and management, interoperability, quality of service (QoS) and security issues facing enterprises and their branch offices. Bluesocket's high performance, policy-based wireless LAN security and management solutions are deployed worldwide by hundreds of large institutions, corporations and public access providers utilizing Bluesocket's Secure Mobility® technology for wireless voice and data applications.
About Bluesocket, Inc.
Founded in 1999, Bluesocket, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of systems to secure and manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions and public access venues in 45 countries worldwide. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by leading enterprises including Harvard University, Honeywell, Universal Health Services, Toyota, and Parker Hannifin and others who require policy-based, open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. (www.bluesocket.com)
About The CWNP Program
The CWNP Program is the industry standard for wireless LAN training and certification. IT professionals in 86 countries have achieved CWNP certification in how to make wireless LANs more secure, cost-effective, and reliable. The CWNP Program was created by Planet3 Wireless, Inc., a privately-held Georgia corporation. Information about the CWNP Program can be found at www.cwnp.com