AirTight Networks Joins Juniper Networks Technology Alliance Program

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTight® Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and cloud-based wireless security, compliance and secure Wi-Fi access, today announced that it has joined the Juniper Networks Technology Alliance Program. AirTight's award-winning WIPS products are integrated with Juniper Networks® WLC Series WLAN controllers to provide customers with the most accurate and reliable wireless intrusion prevention and security on the market today.

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Juniper's Technology Alliance program is designed for partners who work with Juniper to deliver exceptional customer experiences through complementary technology solutions. AirTight's SpectraGuard® wireless IPS, together with Juniper's WLAN infrastructure, allows administrators to deploy a flexible, scalable and secure wireless network that improves performance and reliability and precisely enforces their wireless security policies across all users and locations.  AirTight is the only WIPS provider that delivers the necessary controls to restrict access of personal smart devices on enterprise networks, eliminating data leakage, malware and wireless backdoor entries through unapproved smart devices.

"AirTight is pleased to be part of Juniper's Technology Alliance Program. Together we can help our joint customers keep ahead of wireless threats by delivering an integrated access and security solution while lowering operational costs," said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight. "This integration allows customers to unify their security controls into one single pane of glass and provides them with a robust wireless security solution which protects against current and emerging threats."

"Juniper and its partners deliver a wide range of mobility solutions that bring high-performance mobile access to everyone from mobile workers accessing corporate data centers to service providers designing next-generation mobile networks to serve them," said Steve Troyer, vice president, wireless product management, Juniper Networks. "AirTight has demonstrated a commitment to innovative thinking around the moving target that is the wireless threat landscape. It is, therefore, a welcome addition to our Technology Alliance Program and will make a significant contribution to our Simply Connected product portfolio, assuring that we continue to deliver value by providing leading wireless access and security."

About AirTight's Products

The AirTight SpectraGuard solution family has achieved industry leadership based on patented technology that blocks wireless threats immediately and automatically, locates wireless devices and events with pinpoint precision and eliminates the false alarms that plague busy network operations and IT professionals.

Both its onsite WIPS product, SpectraGuard Enterprise and its pioneering on-demand AirTight Cloud Services™ are low touch solutions providing easy deployment and automated scanning and reporting with little human intervention. AirTight's patented technology has proven over and over again that security and simplicity are not mutually exclusive.

About AirTight

AirTight Networks is the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions. AirTight's patented technology protects enterprises from the growing problem of Wi-Fi security threats, while allowing organizations to better manage their WLAN environment and comply with emerging wireless compliance standards (i.e. PCI). The Company's award-winning SpectraGuard wireless intrusion prevention solution (WIPS) family provides enterprise security and compliance professionals with unparalleled capabilities to accurately detect, classify, block and locate all Wi-Fi security threats, while helping network operations staff to quickly monitor and troubleshoot WLAN performance issues. AirTight's pioneering Cloud Services family of cloud-hosted subscription services delivers the world's first and only "No Capex" multi-tenant WIPS, PCI wireless compliance and controller-less WLAN access solutions all in a single device. 

AirTight's award-winning solutions are used by customers globally in the government, financial, retail, hospitality, telecom, technology, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and education sectors. AirTight owns the seminal patents for wireless intrusion prevention technology with 24 U.S. and international patents granted to date (UK, Australia Japan) and more than 20 additional patents pending. AirTight Networks is a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA.

AirTight Networks, the AirTight Networks logo, Cloud Services are trademarks; AirTight and SpectraGuard are a registered trademarks of AirTight Networks, Inc.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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