NetVersant Upgrades Northern Essex Community College's Network for Cost-Effective Communications Using Avaya's IP Telephony Solutions

Staff and faculty have greater mobility, increased communications capacity and capabilities over multiple campuses

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. , US /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today announced that Northern Essex Community College (NECC) has upgraded its communications network using the Avaya Enterprise Branch Connect solution, including the company's latest Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and messaging technology.



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NETGEAR Selects SOFTBANK BB Corp. as Sole Product Distributor in Japan

Networking Products Company Enhances Presence in Retail Market with Increased On-Site Personnel, Improved Service Program, and Relationship with Japan’s Leading Broadband Services Provider

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — December 4, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with SOFTBANK BB Corp. (SBB), one of Japan’s largest broadband communications carriers and IT distributors, for the exclusive distribution of NETGEAR’s products in Japan. The appointment of SBB will increase NETGEAR’s brand and product awareness for both business and consumer product lines in Asia’s foremost market.

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EDS Incorporates 3Com Enterprise Data and Voice Networking Solutions

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. and PLANO, Texas, /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) and EDS announced (December 2, 2003) they have signed an agreement in which EDS will include 3Com's broad portfolio of switches, routers and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) enterprise networking products into its solutions. The launch complements 3Com's extensive reseller and partner channel which continues to be successful in targeting mid-and small-enterprise customers.

3Com and EDS will collaborate in solution development activities meeting the needs of enterprise customers.


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Fujitsu open its Fujitsu Solution Square strategic center
Tokyo, (November 27, 2003) /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Fujitsu Limited announced the opening of Fujitsu Solution Square, a strategic center for its software and services business. Solution Square is designed as a launching pad for new work styles that enable more pervasive and direct interactions between people and information technology. Serving as a global knowledge hub for Fujitsu's solutions business, Solution Square will offer one-stop solutions and provide integrated global support with accelerated services.

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Apple to open First Retail Store in in Tokyo, Japan

TOKYO - November 27, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Apple's first retail store in Japan will open in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district this Sunday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. JST. The five-floor Apple® Store Ginza is Apple’s first retail store outside the U.S.

“Over the last two years, Apple has redefined computer retailing for Mac and PC users in the U.S and now we are bringing the best personal computer buying experience to one of the greatest shopping destinations in the world—the Ginza in Tokyo,” said Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail.


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Aruba Wireless Introduces the Aruba 2400 Wi-Fi Switching System

LONDON, England - November 20, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Aruba Wireless Networks (http://www.arubanetworks.com) unveiled the newest member of its Wi-Fi switching family, the Aruba 2400 Wi-Fi switching system, a mid-range, centralized Wi-Fi switch for dense building environments.

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NETGEAR’s FSM7326P Layer 3 Managed Switch with Power Over Ethernet Seamlessly Integrates with the WG302 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point and Connects VoIP Equipment for Complete, Affordable Solution Supporting Advanced Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — November 17, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- NETGEAR, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced an enhanced and expanded business-class networking solution designed to meet the needs of growing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) for applications including advanced wireless local area network (LAN) deployments and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. Utilizing the newest member of NETGEAR’s line of Layer 3 switches, the FSM7326P Layer 3 Managed 10/100 Switch with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), in combination with NETGEAR’s recently announced PoE enabled WG302 802.11g ProSafe Wireless Access Point and/or any standards-based VoIP phone system equipment, small to medium businesses now have a complete, affordable solution for deploying advanced applications previously attainable only with an enterprise-class budget.



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NETGEAR First to Launch Layer 3 Switch with Power over Ethernet to Small and Medium Business Market Delivering Lowest Price Per Port.

FSM7326P 24+2 Layer 3 Managed 10/100 Switch Integrates Layer 2 and Layer 3 Managed Switching Functionality with Power-Over-Ethernet to Support Advanced Networking.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - November 17, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- NETGEAR, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the latest addition to its line of Layer 3 switches, the NETGEAR FSM7326P 24+2 Layer 3 Managed Switch with Power-Over-Ethernet. Designed to address the price and functionality requirements of growing companies in the small and medium business sector, the FSM7326P provides both Layer 2 and Layer 3 managed switching functionality to enhance traditional data networking performance while supporting standards-based IEEE 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) devices such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, security cameras and PoE-enabled business-class wireless access points, including NETGEAR’s WG302 ProSafe™ 802.11g Access Point.

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Cisco Announces Cisco Compatible Devices from Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Linksys, NetGear and Toshiba Now Shipping; Florida Hospital Implements Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network Solution

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 12, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced the Cisco Aironet 1200 and 1100 Series IEEE 802.11g Access Points (APs) that reaffirm the enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and flexible wireless local-area networks (LANs). These new 802.11g devices provide a maximum data rate of up to 54 Mbps, up to five times that of the IEEE 802.11b standard, and industry leading range. Designed for full backward compatibility to Cisco Aironet and Cisco Compatible 802.11b clients and the Cisco Wireless IP Phone 7920, these new 802.11g-based devices can easily be integrated into existing networks for increased performance.

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Agere Systems and Maxtor Develop an Integrated Serial ATA System-On-A-Chip for High-Performance Hard Disk Drives

ALLENTOWN, Pa. /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR.A, AGR.B) today announced that it has co-developed a Serial ATA (SATA) system-on-a-chip (SoC) with Maxtor Corporation (NYSE:MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives. The custom SoC will be used in Maxtor's next-generation MaXLine™ and DiamondMax® SATA hard drives.

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