Legend to Bundle Green Packet's SONbuddy Wireless Community Networking Solution in All Wi-Fi Notebooks
Green Packet Solution Allows for Peer-to-Peer, Self-organizing Connections In Legend Laptops Without the Need for a Fixed Network
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Packet, a leading developer of intelligent roaming infrastructure and wireless network solutions, announced today that Legend, the leading IT enterprise in China, will bundle Green Packet's software platform SONbuddy(TM) in all its Wi-Fi notebook computers -- the Lenovo A820 and the Lenovo E360.
SONbuddy, an intelligent software platform enabling Wi-Fi-equipped devices to form spontaneous, self-organizing networks (SON), automatically seeks, organizes and maintains a peer-to-peer and peer-to-multi-peer ad hoc community based on user-defined preferred search parameters. These self-healing and self-optimizing properties allow Legend notebook users to communicate even in the absence of any fixed wireless infrastructure such as network hotspots.
"We see Green Packet's SONbuddy as a key element in helping future generations of mobile users to bridge the networking gaps whenever they roam beyond the reach of fixed infrastructure. This is especially beneficial for China where many small enterprises do not have WLAN. With SONbuddy, they can communicate and share the IT resources in the office more easily without the need of investing in WLAN," said Xia Yang, General Manager of Legend Notebook Business. "Apart from mobile computing, we can now offer our customers the added value of creating their own private mobile community network that the user only shares with friends or colleagues, or with other SONbuddy users, upon invitation. This provides a new way for users to network and participate in other communities discovered in the vicinity."
Green Packet's multi-hop technology allows wireless notebooks and other devices to become personal intelligent routers. When a transmission occurs from device A to device B, it multi-hops over other devices to create a connection. Together with its Internet sharing capability, SONbuddy's multi-hop and self-organizing attributes extend the traditional reach of a typical wireless LAN network.
"We are thrilled to be teaming with Legend to empower Wi-Fi notebook users with the ability to create or participate in one or more spontaneous interest-based community networks," said C.C. Puan, founder and President/CEO of Green Packet. "As China's leading IT enterprise with a strategic focus on increased mobility, Legend is an ideal partner to help us reach a wide audience of next generation mobile users with attractive SONbuddy applications."
Some of the applications available through the bundled SONbuddy include full-duplex Voice over IP, personal firewall, data authentication and encryption, Internet sharing, file sharing, and instant messaging and chatting.
Legend has recently launched its Lenovo A820 Notebook with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology to enable extended battery life in notebook PCs combined with integrated wireless connectivity and standards-based security support. Legend expects to integrate Centrino technology into a wider base of its notebook line in the coming year, with SONbuddy bundled in 100 percent of these Centrino models.
About Legend
Legend is a diversified technology company providing advanced IT products and services. From designing computers to providing Internet services, from manufacturing IT components to setting up corporate IT solutions, Legend is constantly tracking what people want from advanced technology.
Established in 1984, Legend is already itself a legend of sorts in China. Its PCs have been the best selling brand for six consecutive years in China since 1997 and the best seller in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) for three consecutive years since 2000. In 2002, Legend's market share in China and Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) are 27.3% and 12.4% respectively. Now employing over 10,000 staff, Legend is a diversified high- tech company which was ranked first among the Top 100 Electronic Enterprises in China for both 1999 and 2000. Legend has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 1994, and is one of the constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index.
About Green Packet
Green Packet is a leading developer of intelligent roaming and self-organizing networking solutions that allow mobile users the power and freedom to form instant and private peer-to-multi-peer networking communities and to stay securely connected, regardless of the nature and availability of wireless infrastructure. Operators can therefore unify different IP networks and wireless applications into one seamless service accessible from a single customer device using a single IP address. Based in Cupertino, CA with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Green Packet is a privately held company attracting some of the largest carriers, enterprises, wireless ISPs, and device manufacturers through partnerships, pilots and trials. For more information, contact Green Packet via email
sales@greenpacket.com or on the web at
http://www.greenpacket.com/.
CONTACT: Derek Kober of Neale-May & Partners, +1-650-328-5555, ext. 126, or
dkober@nealemay.com, for Green Packet.
Source: Green Packet
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