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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information contact:
Elizabeth Stewart
GlobalNet Training
972.392.3922
Bluesocket Launches Wireless LAN Certification Program
Enlists GlobalNet Training for program development
and delivery
Burlington, Mass. -- March 18, 2003
-- Bluesocket, Inc., the fast-growing developer of
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) management and
security solutions, today announced its Bluesocket
Wireless LAN Certified Professional (BWCP) program
for channel partners who wish to enhance their WLAN
offerings through the sale of professionally developed
and delivered third party training programs to their
customers.
Developed in conjunction with GlobalNet
Training, one of the leading network training companies
exclusively featuring curriculum by best-selling author
Todd Lammle, the BWCP program and an additional, comprehensive
5-day WLAN certification program, will both be sold
by Bluesocket to channel partners focused on deploying
wireless in enterprise, government, healthcare, retail
and education markets.
"Companies are faced with increasing threats and vulnerabilities when they utilize
wireless networks and handheld devices within an organization. GlobalNet is proud
to have developed a WLAN certification course in conjunction with Bluesocket
to aide in preventing these malicious attacks, " said Todd Lammle, CEO of GlobalNet
Training. " Bluesocket offers a superior product for managing and securing wireless
networks. We are very excited to be working with Bluesocket to provide top IT
WLAN training solutions to ensure users can securely connect and manage wireless
devices within corporate networks."
Aimed at VARs, MSPs, system integrators
and resellers who wish to provide customers with the
knowledge and skills needed to configure, deploy and
manage WiFi 802.11 WLANs, the BWCP program will also
help students gain the expertise required to secure
and manage WLANs using Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways
including:
- Authentication: NT Domain, Active
Directory, LDAP, Radius, etc.
- Encryption: PPTP, IPsec, etc.
- QoS: Bandwidth Management, Prioritization, etc.
- Policy Management: Role-based Access Control,
Service/Destination Policies, etc.
- Mobility: How
to enable subnet roaming with security across
the organization
Monthly classes will initially be offered
in Dallas, Texas and Burlington, Mass., with local-area
training available for classes comprising of six
or more students.
Partners can order BWCP training by contacting
GlobalNet Training toll free at (866) 392-3922
and referring to course number BL2501.
www.globalnettraining.com
About Bluesocket Wireless
Gateways
Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways, recognized as the "Best Security
Product of 2002" by
the Networking Industry Awards are open, interoperable systems
to secure and manage wireless networks and provide authentication,
subnet mobility, policy management, and bandwidth management
of WiFi networks running in educational institutions, enterprises,
government offices and public hotspots. The Wireless Gateway
provides strong encryption and creates a trust boundary between
an enterprise's access points (wireless base stations) and
the secure, wired network.
About GlobalNet Training
GlobalNet Training provides reliable and cost
effective wireless and LAN/WAN certification training
instruction that enables IT professionals to increase
individual productivity, income and company revenue.
As one of the nation's focused network training
companies, GlobalNet Training provides quality
education through access to more equipment and
hands-on practice. The company's learning solutions
feature Todd Lammle's curriculum and are targeted
to both individuals and corporations. For more
information, please visit the Web at www.globalnettraining.com
About Todd Lammle
Todd Lammle www.lammle.com
is the co-founder of GlobalNet training and the
number one leading author of the SYBEX CCNA Study
Guides, the best selling networking book for two
years in a row with more than 500,000 books currently
in print. Lammle's 20 plus years of network experience,
including wireless, Ethernet, LAN and fiber optics,
has been instrumental in designing his unique
way of making complex and difficult-to-understand
networking concepts easy and fun to learn. With
Lammle's easy-to-read training guides, paired
with GlobalNet Training's certification courses,
IT professionals can obtain the most rapid acquisition
of networking skills available today.
About Bluesocket,
Inc.
Bluesocket, Inc., www.bluesocket.com,
manufactures solutions to manage and secure
wireless local area networks (WLANs) in enterprises
and public hotspots worldwide. Bluesocket provides
organizations including the National Security
Agency ATOS KPMG Consulting, Harvard Medical
School and Best Western Hotels with elegant systems to
secure, manage and profit from their WLANs. With
offices in the U.S., U.K., and Asia, Bluesocket,
Inc. is a private, global corporation managed
by executives from BT, Cisco, GTE, Eriksson, Intel,
Nortel; other industry leaders.
For More Information contact:
Jill
Frank, Director of Marketing
GlobalNet Training, Inc
Toll Free: 866-392-3922
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