Stories about: Bluesocket

Enterasys is looking to make one or two acquisitions this year in an ambitious effort to increase revenue to US$1 billion -- it isn't close today -- by expanding the company's presence in security and wireless.

Speculation is swirling that network equipment maker Enterasys Networks is buying wireless security company Bluesocket, which recently announced its first 802.11n products.

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In 2008, the enterprise wireless LAN will be reinvented, at least for those enterprises where mobility is a requirement rather than a convenience.

Bluesocket has unveiled a wireless LAN software architecture, along with its first 802.11n access point.

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A trio of recent wireless LAN vendor acquisitions is evidence that the industry is still in creative ferment.

Wireless security vendor Bluesocket has bought open source IP PBX maker Pingtel in hopes of creating a platform that will let customers inexpensively blend mobile and fixed wireless voice gear.

Wireless LAN switch start-up Aruba Networks this week went public, and its initial stock price surged by nearly 30 percent in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange.

A quick study of the network industry could be enough to give you the blues.

Aruba Networks has adopted network management software that will hook up stand-alone "fat" access points into switched wired networks -- letting users keep kit that would otherwise be rendered "orphaned."