May 30, 2006
TRAPEZE NETWORKS CUSTOMER WINS BEST ENTERPRISE WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT AWARD AT THIS YEAR?S WIRELESS EVENT TRADESHOW IN LONDON
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 30, 2006 – Trapeze Networks™, the award-winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, today announced that one of its customers, The Royal Group of Hospitals in Belfast, Ireland, has been awarded the Wireless Broadband Innovation Award for the Best Enterprise Deployment in the public sector at this year’s Wireless Event in London, England.
The Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards (WBIA), held in partnership with the Wireless Event, is the competitive independent awards for users and service providers of wireless broadband worldwide. The winners were announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Café Royal on the evening of May 17, 2006. The awards recognized excellence in service provision, in enterprise deployment by the end-user, in product development, and in personal and corporate achievement.
The Royal Hospital Group, consisting of the Royal Victoria, Royal Jubilee Maternity Service, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children and the Dental Hospital, is Northern Ireland’s largest and best known hospital complex, treating more than half a million people every year.
The Royal Hospital Group’s wireless network includes a secure WLAN based on Trapeze Networks’ award-winning Mobility System. Managed by Trapeze’s RingMaster™ management tool suite, the wireless network allows the hospital staff to use mobile technologies such as PDAs to communicate with colleagues in different departments, thereby reducing administration time and increasing operational efficiency.
“The award recognizes the hard work involved in rolling out these applications throughout the hospital and the strong partnership that we have with Trapeze,” said Paul Duffy, IT manager at The Royal Hospital Group. “Wireless applications have enabled us to implement new technologies – such as wireless voice and tracking – and provide strong patient-focused services. Having access to information at the bedside enhances the way that our clinical staff can deliver patient care and dramatically reduces the administration time – allowing us to discharge patients and free beds more efficiently.”
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.
