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NextHop’s CompleteMobility™, Software-Only Enterprise Wi-Fi Solution
Enterprise OEMs Can Now Integrate Wireless into Existing Platform
LAS VEGAS, Interop Booth #2357— May 22, 2007 — NextHop Technologies® Inc., the leader in Enterprise Mobility and Networking solutions, today announced NextHop CompleteMobility™, the world’s first secure, enterprise-class software solution available for integration into existing and future platforms. CompleteMobility enables a broad spectrum of OEM suppliers to integrate 802.11 Wi-Fi networking and access point control into existing systems without having to purchase dedicated Wi-Fi hardware equipment, enabling seamless management and improved security throughout the enterprise network at a much lower cost point.
"Convergence is almost an over-used word,” said Aaron Vance, senior analyst with Synergy Research Group. “Yet networking equipment suppliers are integrating wireless into their systems, which enables Voice over Wi-Fi on the network side. And IP-PBX suppliers are simultaneously integrating wireless into their systems for the same purpose. IP (internet protocol) is everywhere and both the voice and data communities are merging to meet the same requirement. NextHop’s CompleteMobility solution is right on target for being integrated by any of these suppliers to meet market demand.“
NextHop’s CompleteMobility-Enterprise solution creates the industry’s first full enterprise-class wireless control, software-only solution. The solution enables domains of multiple controllers that share ‘state’ information, causing multiple controllers to behave as one. This provides enterprise-class manageability, large scalability and robust resiliency. Should a controller or access point (AP) fail, another will take its place. CompleteMobility-Express is an enhanced, easy-to-use plug-and-play version for the SMB (small and medium business).
Demand for wireless is becoming ubiquitous across all platforms and applications within the enterprise. Innovative network suppliers such as D-Link, and 3Com are already supplying NextHop provisioned, integrated wired and wireless solutions. CompleteMobility will satisfy new demands in manufacturing for RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking, in the branch office for OIB (office in a box) solutions, and in hospitals requiring location-based services.
“Mobile environments, as in hospitals and on the manufacturing floor, have been strong markets for wireless growth,” said Craig Mathias, principal and founder of the Farpoint Group. “I’ve been predicting that Voice over Wi-Fi would be the next large growth area. With IP-PBX shipments now surpassing traditional analog PBXs, Voice over IP, and its natural follow-on, Voice over Wi-Fi, stands to be the next killer application for wireless in the enterprise. As a software-only solution, NextHop is ideally suited to serve the vast arrays of ensuing markets.”
“All industry experts recognize the value of mobility. It has pervaded every aspect of our daily life and now it’s transforming the enterprise. This next generation mobility and convergence presents tremendous opportunities for vendors who quickly adapt to the new dynamics,” said Ed Cluss president and CEO of NextHop. “NextHop CompleteMobility streamlines innovation for these vendors, enabling them to bring Wi-Fi into their platforms to extend their customer base with next generation requirements for wireless broadband communication without having to purchase separate and expensive pre-defined proprietary hardware.”
About NextHop CompleteMobility
CompleteMobility- Enterprise
- Enterprise-class scalability: 400 APs (access points); 10,000 clients. Multiple controllers within one domain.
- Enterprise-class integrated management: From any one controller, a management station will have full view and control over the entire wireless domain. No need for a separate appliance.
- Resiliency: If a controller or AP fails, another within the same domain takes its place.
- Enhanced security: Policy based rogue detection. Advance policy language enabling rule base detection and reporting of rogue APs.
CompleteMobility-Express offers SMBs easy-to-use plug-and-play enabling automatic configuration and set-up in just 15 minutes, plus new mobility features enabling ‘Toll Quality’ voice.
Pricing and Availability
NextHop CompleteMobility-Enterprise software is available in a number of different unit quantity AP packs. In a 100-unit AP pack, the price per controller is $4,000.00. Availability: July 30, 2007. Professional services offered for support and integration. For a demonstration, visit http://www.nexthop.com/company/contact.php.
About NextHop Technologies
NextHop Technologies is a leading provider of Wi-Fi mobility solutions and network protocol software for the wired and wireless communications market.
NextHop’s GateD® legacy provides the most complete and vendor-neutral set of switching and routing protocols in the industry. Fulfilling the needs of the fast growing mobile communications market, NextHop’s CompleteMobility™ hardware-agnostic software solutions are more reliable, easier to use and more scalable than any other solution. By providing turnkey software solutions on merchant silicon and off-the-shelf hardware, NextHop offers the unique combination of quick time-to-market and comprehensive networking functionality for mobile enterprise and carrier equipment manufacturers. NextHop is based in Mountain View, Calif. For further information, please visit www.nexthop.com.
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