SAN FRANCISCO, RSA Security Conference Booth # 1911, February 14 -- Newbury Networks Inc., (www.newburynetworks.com) the industry's first and only provider of location-based management and security solutions for wireless networks, today announced growing momentum for its WiFi Watchdog solution. Further validating the company's product strength and unique location-based security capabilities, WiFi Watchdog was selected as the Datamation 2005 Product of the Year in the wireless software category and for Network World's sixth annual 'Best of the Tests' awards.
WiFi Watchdog is an enterprise class application that monitors and secures 802.11-based wireless LANs (WLANs). Through its patented location technology, WiFi Watchdog provides unprecedented 24x7 wireless management and security capabilities, providing enterprises with the ability to effectively monitor, manage and secure WLANs.
"As enterprises begin to rollout WLANs as an integral part of their corporate networks, they are realizing the need for more sophisticated and comprehensive security solutions over and above the normal encryption standards provided by their access point providers," said Michael Maggio, President and CEO, Newbury Networks. "These recent awards acknowledge the need for best of breed solutions, such as our WiFi Watchdog system in deploying truly secure WLANs. Supported by our rapidly growing customer base, our robust security solutions provide wireless networks with the ability to enforce physical perimeter security policies by bringing control over the pervasive, invisible, and insecure RF environment."
Datamation 2005 Product of the Year
The Datamation 2005 Product of the Year awards recognize end users' and Datamation readers' choices for achievement and innovation in enterprise hardware and software products. Datamation has a long tradition of honoring the best IT products and vendors. The awards are a mark of distinction and achievement in a crowded, competitive marketplace.
"Datamation.com readers are hands-on users of enterprise technology," said Chris Nerney, Executive Editor of EarthWeb.com's IT Management Channel. "They are discerning professionals who demand the best products to help them run their networks. Datamation Product of the Year Award is a huge endorsement by enterprise professionals and technology buyers," added Nerney.
"Newbury Networks' WiFi Watchdog 3.0 was an easy winner in the Wireless Software category."
Network World "Best of the Test" Finalist
The 2005 "Best of the Tests" finalist designation has been awarded by Network World to selective products that registered the best performances in its hands-on testing program last year. In all, Network World tested and reported on 260 enterprise products in that time frame. Network World's sixth annual Signature Series Best Products Issue, published February 28, 2005 will highlight the best new products, services and practices in networking and the best new ideas on buying, building and managing networks.
Newbury Networks is the provider of the industry's first and only location-based management and security solutions that enables IT/Security professionals to locate, manage and secure WLANs. Newbury's award-winning products provide unprecedented security through its patented location-based tracking and perimeter security capabilities.
Unlike traditional wireless IDS and network infrastructure solutions, Newbury's products provide breakthrough capabilities for managing and securing WLANs by location - ultimately resulting in enhanced, airtight security and system performance. And unlike other location-based offerings, its server-based approach enables content and network provisioning, tracking, logging and analysis. Newbury Networks was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston.
Newbury Networks' solutions identify where WLAN activity is occurring and analyze the quality and type of network associations being established for classes of enterprise organizations. By utilizing Newbury Networks' patented location-based detection and tracking for 802.11, enterprises are able to precisely locate all wireless traffic and devices in and around their facilities, actively preventing access in un-authorized locations and to rogue access points, thereby creating a secure, physical perimeter around the facility and providing new business processes based upon on-demand, location-based services.
Newbury Networks' products and services are available across the enterprise, government, education, and healthcare markets and provide the only software system for both management and security of 802.11-based WLANs.
