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Bluesocket, Inc., provider of open wireless network, security and management solutions, has developed a new software platform designed for its BlueSecure Controller family. The new platform combines the underlying architecture of the Bluesocket WLAN solution, delivering a number of new features related to improved scalability, security and administration, and system management.

 

The Bluesocket software platform (v6.1) fully supports the latest line of BlueSecure Controllers. The platform includes an edge-to-edge networking feature that allows for more flexible and scaleable network architectures, Guest/Hotspot multi-property support per BlueSecure Controllers, as well as customized accounts and integrated revenue reports for Guest Access Services, enhanced Clientless Scanning, including scheduled checks for anti-spyware updates, roaming support between BlueSecure Access Points (APs) and 3rd-party Aps, improved usability including extensive inline/onscreen error checking and diagnostics etc.

 

The v6.1 software platform delivers Bluesocket’s edge-to-edge architecture across all BlueSecure Controllers and APs, providing companies with flexibility in how they manage data flow for process-intensive functions such as Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) and security-intensive functions such as electronic medical records and credit card data processing.

 

By taking advantage of the Bluesocket edge-to-edge architecture, customers can design their networks so that defined portions of their wireless traffic are tunneled to BlueSecure Controllers, while traffic from other SSIDs is given access to an available application specific VLAN. This architecture leverages the design of Bluesocket APs, allowing for certain functions such as Access Control (802.1x), Load Balancing and QoS to take place on the AP, as opposed to the network Controller.

 

“The enhanced network performance, security, and system management capabilities delivered by the latest Bluesocket wireless LAN products, will allow us to realize significant improvements in our to day-to-day business activities,” said John Sheridan, network engineer at Southcoast Hospitals Group, the premier health system in southeastern New England in a statement. “Bluesocket’s edge-to-edge architecture, MIMO AP technology and leading RF management tools deliver not only the capabilities we need today but also the flexibility to expand as Southcoast enhances its wireless infrastructure to support business operations and deliver high-quality patient care and guest services.”

 

 

 

 

 

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