March 03, 2006
TRAPEZE NETWORKS™ NEW RINGMASTER SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIES CONFIGURATION OF VOICE, SECURITY AND OTHER WIRELESS SERVICES
PLEASANTON, Calif., March 6, 2006 - Trapeze Networks™, the award-winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, today announced a new and improved version of its RingMaster? lifecycle network management tool.
A number of new features have been added to simplify deployment of wireless services such as voice and security. Additional improvements allow for scaling RingMaster to support configuration and monitoring of thousands of Mobility Exchange™ switches and tens of thousands of Mobility Point™ radios, a necessary requirement for managing large branch networks.
Wireless services such as voice, WPA2, and a web portal for browser-based access can all be configured through simple wizards that step operations staff through the process. Configuration options are clearly presented or excluded as the operator steps through the wizard so that complex services can be configured with a few mouse clicks, without introducing errors.
The overall structure of RingMaster has been changed to improve usability. All of the major functional areas &em; RF planning, configuration, monitoring and reporting among others are now available on a tool bar. Any feature, creating a report on network utilization for example, can be reached with no more than two mouse clicks so any task can be executed quickly.
Navigation enhancements and persistent memory allow paging through (forward and back) panels or wizards a network manager has used. Configuration panels have been flattened to allow both simultaneous display and change of parameters on a single page.
With this new release a single RingMaster server can support up to 500 Mobility Exchange switches, 2,000 Mobility Point radios and 30,000 clients. Multi-server configurations allow scaling to thousands of switches and tens of thousands of Mobility Points.
"We?ve been a Trapeze customer for over two years now and have watched the evolution of Trapeze's RingMaster lifecycle network management suite," said Cliff Weaver, director of MIS for Memorial Hospital. "It remains the most powerful WLAN management tool on the market and with the latest release they have made it simple to deploy complex services like voice and advanced security features like WPA2. This not only saves my staff time but eliminates configuration errors."
Availability and Pricing
Trapeze's new RingMaster feature set, part of its 4.1 release, is available now through Trapeze. This software release is a free upgrade to all existing customers with a support contract.
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with Motorola (NASDAQ: MOT) in August 2005, a partnership with 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS) in August 2004, a partnership with both D-Link and Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) in March 2005, and a partnership with Enterasys Networks in May 2005. Trapeze has also been the recipient of eleven industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN solution in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze has raised $72.5 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.
