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Trapeze Networks Joins Juniper Networks J-Partner Solutions Alliance Program

Posted on: Monday, 12 February 2007, 09:00 CST

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Trapeze Networks(TM), the award-winning provider of Smart Mobile(TM) wireless solutions, today announced that it has joined the Juniper Networks J-Partner Solutions Alliance Program. Through the program, Trapeze will offer its Smart Mobile architecture strategy with the Juniper Networks Unified Access Control (UAC) to provide customers a comprehensive solution for secure mobility. In addition, Trapeze also announced it has been recently named no. 1 in wireless LAN security by ABI Research.

Trapeze Networks joined the Juniper Networks J-Partner Solutions Alliance Program to provide Juniper Networks' customers the assurance that Trapeze products have been tested with Juniper solutions. The Juniper Networks UAC is an open-standards approach to network access control that includes support for 802.1X technologies and Trusted Network Connect (TNC) specifications. Together, Trapeze and Juniper Networks provide enterprise, education, and healthcare customers a secure and proven solution to meet their wireless LAN, Voice over Wireless LAN (VoLAN), Mobility, and Location Services needs.

"Juniper welcomes Trapeze as part of our Solutions Alliance Program and we're pleased to have its support behind UAC," said Doug Erickson, director of Worldwide Alliance and Channel Development at Juniper Networks. "Trapeze is an innovator in wireless LAN technology and working together will greatly expand our customers' choices when it comes to mobility solutions."

"Juniper has long delivered best-in-class networking and security products to solve the industry's most difficult problems," said Jim Vogt, president and CEO at Trapeze Networks. "Trapeze is excited to collaborate with an industry leader and offer a unique wireless infrastructure that naturally complements Juniper Networks' solutions."

Trapeze Smart Mobile combines the highest security standards for authentication and encryption with industry-leading intrusion detection and prevention, delivering the most secure wireless solutions on the market. Trapeze's identity-based networking assesses the user's identity to define and control access to resources, including virtual LAN (VLAN) or subnet assignment, quality of service/class of service and roaming across the network. Authorizations stay with users throughout the network, regardless of the underlying wired or wireless topology. This means workers can seamlessly roam within buildings and across campus while retaining consistent access to their assigned resources.

A summary of the ABI Research report highlighting Trapeze's number one position is available at http://www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/Who_Leads_in_WLAN_Security The complete 55-page report is available directly from ABI Research at http://www.abiresearch.com/ .

About the Juniper J-Partner Solutions Alliances Program

Juniper Networks transforms the business of networking by creating competitive advantage for our customers with the most sophisticated networking and security solutions in the industry. The J-Partner Solutions Alliances program offers six alliance categories, each one focused on a particular aspect in delivering next-generation networking and security solutions, providing organizations with integrated and interoperable best-in-breed solutions. The six categories are: Infrastructure, Security, OSS and Network Management, Applications, Content and Media, and Managed Services. For more information on joining the J-Partner Solutions Alliances program, please visit http://www.juniper.net/partners/ .

About Trapeze Networks

Trapeze Networks delivers Smart Mobile(TM) -- a ground-breaking approach to wireless networking, enabling organizations to deploy massively scalable mobile applications that leverage their existing infrastructure. Smart Mobile achieves this breakthrough by introducing intelligent switching, the first and only WLAN architecture that optimizes network traffic based on the underlying application. With Smart Mobile intelligent switching, organizations can support the most demanding next generation wireless applications such as toll- quality voice over WLAN for thousands of users, seamless indoor/outdoor mobility, and high-speed networks based on 802.11n -- all without requiring expensive forklift upgrades. Trapeze Networks is well-capitalized, with strategic investments from networking industry leaders including Juniper Networks, Motorola, and Nortel Networks. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with operations in Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.trapezenetworks.com/.

NOTE: Juniper Networks is a registered trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Trapeze Networks

CONTACT: Erin Hitch of Bite Communications, +1-650-326-5074, orErin.hitch@bitepr.com, for Trapeze Networks

Web site: http://www.trapezenetworks.com/http://www.juniper.net/partnershttp://www.abiresearch.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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