[November 20, 2012] Adtran's network virtualization solution gets innovation award Tweet Nov 20, 2012 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Adtran, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN) said that its Bluesocket virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) solution has been recognized by multiple industry awards for demonstrating innovation and a groundbreaking approach to providing end-to-end control of wireless and wireline networks. The solution was honored by TMC, winning an Internet Telephony Excellence Award as well as a Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. The American Business Awards also recognized vWLAN with a Gold Stevie in the Best New Telecommunications Hardware Product/Service category. All three award programs aim to acknowledge ingenuity in product development and overall leadership in the telecommunications industry. Traditionally, WLAN deployments tied scalability to single purpose devices, where the addition of more users and access meant enterprises had to purchase more and larger controllers. Adtran's Bluesocket vWLAN solution utilizes network virtualization to scale and manage wireless networks through software based on a hypervisor, eliminating the need for hardware controllers. The solution enables enterprises to virtualize control and management of the network and support up to 1,500 access points and 48,000 users in multiple locations on a single software instance. This approach provides increased performance, efficiency, reliability, unsurpassed scalability and reduced CAPEX and OPEX for businesses looking to achieve advanced IP communications networks. As an additional benefit, Adtran's Unified User Access Control Software for vWLAN supports users from third party access points as well as wired ports, allowing enterprises to provide identical service delivery, flawless user-experience and dependable authentication regardless of a user's access method. The software also simplifies administration by ensuring all users are given the same set of policies. Furthermore, when combined with Adtran's LAN and Unified Communications portfolio, vWLAN is the industry's most integrated, carrier-class, seamless wireless/wireline end-to-end voice, data, video and mobility solution with virtual control. Adtran, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment. Adtran's products enable voice, data, video and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures. Adtran solutions are currently in use by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users worldwide. For more information, visit www.adtran.com. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]