February 01, 2006
TRAPEZE NETWORKS CONTINUES TO EXPAND EMEA PRESENCE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS
Pleasanton, California, February 1, 2006 – Trapeze Networks™, the award winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, today announced that it has expanded to a larger European headquarters due to the increased demand for its products throughout Europe. Its new facilities include customer and partner training centers, plus new offices in Germany and Sweden. The company also hired a pre-sales support manager for southern Europe.
In EMEA, the Trapeze Mobility System is sold through an authorized channel partner base of over 100 resellers and systems integrators that are trained and annually certified to sell and support the Trapeze Mobility System. In 2005, Trapeze’s EMEA headquarters, located in Hilversum, the Netherlands, trained over 400 channel partners.
With this new larger office and the new training center equipped with state-of-the-art , multi-functional training equipment, Trapeze aims to double the number of technically trained engineers in the EMEA hemisphere. The new office and training facility, also located in Hilversum, will open this month and will allow Trapeze to train 20 engineers concurrently.
Trapeze has opened new offices in Germany and Sweden. The new German office is located in Munich and is being run by Martin Scheller. Joakim Wiling has been hired as the Sales Manager for the Nordics region and will be in charge of all Trapeze business in Denmark , Finland, Norway and Sweden. Olivier Carbonneaux is the new pre-sales support manager for southern EMEA. All three have many years of sales and technical support in the wireless field.
“Our presence in Europe is continuing to expand rapidly,” said Kees van Veenendaal, vice president of sales and managing director for Trapeze’s EMEA headquarters. “We have over 400 customers in EMEA, which is twice the number of customers we had a year ago. Expanding our EMEA headquarters and European presence will provide us with the extra space and resources needed to train and support our customers and partners throughout Europe.”
Trapeze EMEA customers come from a variety of vertical markets including Healthcare, Education, Finance, Logistic, Retail, Local & Central Government, Manufacturing and Consulting. Some larger names in Trapeze’s European customer base include: Fortis Bank, Manchester Airports Group , Gemeente Amsterdam, Douglas, Londonderry City Council, Behr-Hella, France Television, Oxford University, Aberdeen City Council, Arvato Group, Max Planck Institut es and Discovery Communications.
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
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