AirTight Wi-Fi Provides World's Largest Cloud Footprint; Six Globally Deployed Secure Datacenters Offer Massively Scalable Architecture

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTight Networks, the leading provider of secure Wi-Fi Solutions, has constructed the world's largest cloud footprint available today with tens of thousands of Wi-Fi networks attached to the AirTight Cloud. AirTight Cloud Services™, first launched in 2008, now offers six globally deployed secure datacenters with massively scalable architecture. AirTight's data centers are SAS-70 type II certified - secured with multiple levels of physical and cyber security measures, two-factor authentication and protection against environmental hazards.

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"Cloud managed wireless networks eliminate the cost and complexity of managing distributed Wi-Fi networks. AirTight provides its customers with carrier class scalability to meet their current and future needs," said Kaustubh Phanse, Principal Wireless Architect and Chief Evangelist at AirTight. "With fully redundant, fault tolerant datacenters in the United States (2), EMEA, Australia, South Africa and AsiaPAC and plans for additional geographic expansion, AirTight is well positioned to meet the growing demand for cloud-services as the enterprise becomes more comfortable with cloud managed solutions."

AirTight's globally distributed data centers offer five 9s uptime with local and WAN-based high availability and redundancy. AirTight APs and sensors at customer locations communicate with the AirTight cloud over an AES-encrypted tunnel. Both APs and sensors are capable of standalone operation and can continue to provide uninterrupted service even if Internet connectivity at a customer location goes down.

About AirTight Cloud Services

AirTight Cloud Services is a suite of hosted Wi-Fi access, wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS), and compliances services, which offers customers:

• Multi-tenant, massively scalable architecture
• Secure, fault tolerant datacenters
• Location aware centralized management
• Zero touch provisioning and flexible pricing

AirTight's family of secure wireless APs come equipped with the industry's top rated Wireless IPS (WIPS) for complete protection from wireless threats, including the innovative AirTight C60 - a multimodal dual radio, dual concurrent device that can be operated as: (a) an 802.11n AP with or without background WIPS scanning on both radios, (b) an 802.11n AP on one radio and dedicated WIPS sensor on the other radio scanning both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, or (c) a WIPS sensor on both radios, one scanning the 2.4 GHz frequency band and the other scanning the 5 GHz frequency band. The innovative design of C60 also makes it the only dual radio device that can deliver 3x3 MIMO performance on 802.3af power budget.

Depending on their requirements,enterprises can choose from a variety of deployment and pricing options. The AirTight service can be hosted and managed by the widest range of deployment options – (a) the industry's most scalable global multi-tenant public cloud, (b) customer specific private cloud, (c) on-premise VMware or (d) server appliance – allowing customers to select the option which best suits their business needs. Pricing is available as full Capex, full Opex (bundled) cloud service, or a hybrid (unbundled) cloud service. The AirTight Cloud Services™ can be chosen from pay-as-you-go subscription-based modules so that customers can buy only what they want and not pay for features they don't need.

About AirTight Networks

AirTight Networks is a global provider of secure Wi-Fi solutions that combine its patented and industry-leading wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) technology with the next generation cloud-managed, controller-less Wi-Fi architecture. This unified approach allows enterprises for the first time to benefit from Wi-Fi access while concurrently protecting their networks 24/7 from wireless threats at no additional cost. AirTight's customers include global enterprises across virtually all industries and range from those who overlay AirTight WIPS™ on top of other WLAN solutions, to those who leverage the AirTight Cloud Services™ to rollout and manage AirTight Wi-Fi™, WIPS, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI) across tens of thousands of locations from a single console. AirTight owns the seminal patents for wireless intrusion prevention technology with 29 U.S. and international patents granted, and more than 20 additional patents pending. For more information, please visit www.airtightnetworks.com

AirTight is a registered trademark of AirTight Networks, Inc. AirTight Networks, the AirTight Networks logo, AirTight WIPS, AirTight Wi-Fi, and AirTight Cloud Services All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE AirTight Networks