AirMagnet Helps Certified Trainers Teach Key Wireless LAN Fundamentals

(Business News & Technology News, 8 Aug 2007)

AirMagnet Inc. has announced the AirMagnet CWNP Training Partner Program, wherein Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) trainers can utilize AirMagnet solutions for instructing students on wireless LAN fundamentals, including planning and design, deployment and troubleshooting, and security assessment and risk mitigation.

The CWNP Program is the industry standard for wireless LAN training and certification. IT professionals in 106 countries have achieved CWNP certifications in how to make wireless LANs more secure, cost-effective and reliable. The program was created by Planet3 Wireless Inc. in Atlanta.

The AirMagnet program encourages the use of the company's solutions, by providing CWNP Certified Learning Partners incentives to use AirMagnet equipment on which they can base training. Students who participate and complete the training programs also have the ability to purchase select AirMagnet products at a discounted rate. The program currently has more than 30 active training partners serving classrooms across the United States.

"AirMagnet is giving students of CWNP classes the opportunity to install and use AirMagnet's products during hands-on lab exercises," said Robert Bartz, founder of Eight-O-Two Technology Solutions. "CWNP students gain first-hand knowledge and see the value of AirMagnet's solutions within the wireless LAN environment. In addition, AirMagnet is offering generous discounts on certain products to students that attend authorized CWNP classes."

"CWNP Programs are the industry standard for wireless LAN training and certification," said Devin Akin, CTO at CWNP. "AirMagnet brings an entirely new dimension back to CWNP by offering such a comprehensive set of WLAN products, including the industry's first voice over WLAN management product and its Laptop Analyzer, the first to market with support for 802.11n. We're really excited to have a company like AirMagnet dedicated to helping train and teach the next generation of WLAN specialists."

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