Sniffer Technologies and Cisco Systems Collaborate to Deliver Industry-Leading Wireless LAN Solutions

Strategic Insights -

Sniffer Technologies, a leading provider of network and application management solutions, has joined forces with Cisco Systems to offer customers worldwide industry-leading wireless local area networking (LAN) solutions through its Sniffer Wireless offering. This collaboration enables customers to manage their wireless LAN environment in real-time, leveraging the reliability and security of Cisco's Aironet wireless LAN products.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Sniffer Wireless product is the industry's first wireless LAN protocol analysis tool, providing customers with reliable and secure network management, monitoring, and analysis capabilities for their 802.11b-based wireless environment.
  • The solution allows customers to monitor and analyze business-critical data transmitted to their company database by Cisco Aironet wireless devices from various locations.
  • Sniffer Wireless enables customers to spot security risks and encryption issues in real-time, identify and resolve potential network problems and slow-downs immediately, and reduce unnecessary costs by building an efficient wireless LAN infrastructure.
  • The collaboration between Sniffer Technologies and Cisco Systems underscores the growing need for quality, long-term network management solutions for wireless LAN customers around the globe.
  • Sniffer Wireless supports Symbol Technologies' Spectrum24 High Rate Wireless LAN solution, expanding the solution's compatibility and further meeting customer needs.

Statistics:

  • The wireless LAN market is expected to be worth $2 billion by 2003 (industry analysts' estimate).
  • Sniffer Technologies has been aggressive in addressing the growing wireless LAN market, making recent announcements to expand its offerings and meet customer demands.
  • The Sniffer TNV suite, an integrated solution, supports one of the widest ranges of network topologies in the industry.
  • The Sniffer TNV suite meets the demanding 24x7 availability requirements of e-business Web sites, Internet applications, and converged voice, video, multimedia, and data networks.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire: "Industry Leaders Join Forces to Provide Wireless LAN Solutions" (Dec. 4, 1999)
  • Sniffer Technologies: "Sniffer Wireless Enables Real-Time Management of Wireless LAN Environment" (press release)
  • Network Associates: "About Network Associates" (company overview)