Upgrade provides MSPs with new revenue opportunities and enterprises
with flexibility to best meet business needs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2013--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN) announces a major upgrade of its award-winning
Bluesocket virtual WLAN (vWLAN®) software which consolidates and adds
key features targeted towards the growing market for hosted WLAN and
mobile offload services. The upgraded solution helps Managed Service
Providers (MSPs) leverage Bluesocket vWLAN to offer resale,
managed WLAN or cloud-hosted WLAN services to small, medium and
large enterprise customers, while providing enterprises the flexibility
to migrate between deployment options. The enhanced vWLAN solution also
provides integrated support for mobile
offload services – enabling MSPs to generate additional revenue from
existing WLAN deployments. In addition to these features, the new vWLAN
solution introduces capabilities for large multi-national corporations
to support subsidiaries as distinct business entities with a complete
separation of administrator access-rights, users and policies.
Built around the concept of flexibility, the new version of ADTRAN’s
Bluesocket vWLAN now enables both enterprises and MSPs to address
various business models and network needs all from one virtualized
platform. MSPs can better target the fast growing enterprise WLAN market
with multiple options – resale, managed services or cloud-hosted WLAN
services. At the same time, the Bluesocket vWLAN architecture offers
enterprises the flexibility to choose the WLAN deployment model that
enables them to scale service as their business dictates, as well as to
smoothly migrate between the models.
“BYOD adoption is increasing across enterprises resulting in a scramble
to upgrade wireless networks. At the same time IT budgets are being
squeezed due to economic uncertainty,” said Mads Lillelund, general
manager of ADTRAN’s Bluesocket Business Group. “The new enhancements in
our Bluesocket vWLAN solution are breaking the current silos of resale
and hosted WLAN with a solution that offers enterprises the flexibility
to choose the deployment options that best meets their business needs.
At the same time, the flexibility of the solution allows MSPs to utilize
the same vWLAN software to offer multiple, revenue generating services –
resale, managed or hosted WLAN services, as well as mobile offload
services to maximize revenues by partnering with wireless carriers.”
The Bluesocket vWLAN’s unique architecture separates the control and
management plane from the data path, and moves it to the cloud. By
centralizing the control in addition to the management, network
administrators have a complete view and control of the entire network,
not limited to a subset of managed devices.
The latest release of Bluesocket vWLAN solution includes:
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Enhancements to the industry’s only hypervisor-based WLAN platform
supporting a multi-tenant function
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Support for multiple administrators with multiple levels of access
control rights
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Enhanced High-Availability features for improved system reliability
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Increased storage time for user statistics up to 30 days
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Enhanced reporting and alerts
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Support for the expanded portfolio of Bluesocket 1900 series Access
Points
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Access to the administrator portal from any mobile device including
iOS, Android and Windows-based devices, and
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Support for VMware ESXi 5.x.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and millions
of individual users worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
Source: ADTRAN, Inc.
Connect2 Communications for ADTRAN, Inc.
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com