Motorola Helps IT Departments Streamline Management of
Wireless Networks and Devices
Seamless Multi-vendor Management Solution Reduces Cost of Wireless Networking,
Ensures Consistency in Configuration and Compliance with Policies
Melbourne, Australia – APCO Australasia 2010 (Motorola Stand 21-28 ) – March 16, 2010 – The Enterprise
Mobility Solutions business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today introduced the Motorola AirDefense Infrastructure
Management solution, a powerful wireless LAN (WLAN) management tool designed to help IT departments gain
better visibility into their networks and reduce operational costs associated with managing fast-changing, growingly
complex and increasingly pervasive wireless networks.
By delivering centralised management and control for the wireless infrastructure through a single console,
Motorola’s latest solution can help customers simplify and automate network management, significantly lowering
the total cost of ownership and accelerating the return on their enterprise mobility investments.
The task of supporting multiple features in WLAN devices from different vendors, models and firmware versions is
complex. The AirDefense Infrastructure Management solution provides a comprehensive WLAN Infrastructure
Management module for seamless management of network devices from Motorola and other vendors, allowing
network administrators to manage large deployments from a single interface. Its Centralized Management Console
offers a vendor- and device-agnostic user interface to ensure consistency in configuration and compliance with
policies, while also reducing device- and model-specific expertise required by network administrators to install or
configure devices, simplifying their deployment.
The solution supports a variety of back-end management protocols to incorporate multiple vendor platforms and
presents a normalised representation of statistics, configuration and faults to the administrator. Instead of
separately managing multiple systems, IT departments can use a centralised management console to update
device configurations and firmware, monitor device status, capture faults, audit and automatically correct device
configuration issues, gather network statistics or generate trend and compliance reports.
“Enterprise mobility is considered a business necessity today, but most organisations still continue to be concerned
about the operational costs associated with maintaining the increasing number and complexity of applications,
devices and services available over today’s wireless LANs,” says Roy Wittert, general manager for Wireless
Network Solutions, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Australia. “The vendor-agnostic infrastructure
management solution marks the introduction of the Motorola AirDefense Services Platform, the industry’s first
service oriented WLAN platform designed to provide customers with best-in-class infrastructure management,
network assurance and wireless security services.”
About Motorola AirDefense Services Platform
While the capital expense of planning and deploying a WLAN continues to decline, the costs associated with
maintaining the wireless infrastructure are becoming the focus.
To help IT departments effectively address this issue, Motorola now offers the AirDefense Services Platform, which
seamlessly integrates multi-vendor WLAN infrastructure management, a 24x7 Wireless Intrusion Prevention
System (Wireless IPS) with built-in compliance reporting, and a full set of network assurance tools designed to
remotely troubleshoot user connectivity issues and fix WLAN performance problems from a centralised IT
helpdesk. The platform’s modular approach allows customers to choose the services they need based on their
specific requirements.
“Representing the industry’s first comprehensive service oriented WLAN platform, Motorola’s solution can be
leveraged by IT departments to dramatically reduce the total cost of ownership and achieve quicker return on
investment from their wireless infrastructure,” says Wittert. ”IT organisations now have a holistic services platform
that gives them the flexibility to address changing wireless needs as they leverage mobility to grow their business,
improve communications-enabled business processes and enhance the mobile user’s quality of experience.”
Based on a field-proven distributed architecture, Motorola’s powerful solution supports Motorola AirDefense
sensors reporting back to a centralised appliance. Sensing can be provided by dedicated sensing devices or
embedded in Motorola’s award-winning access points (AP), such as the 802.11n adaptive tri-radio AP-7131, for
additional hardware savings and reduced cabling costs.
The AirDefense Infrastructure Management solution announced today delivers vendor-agnostic management at
the application, device and network layer, giving the IT staff unmatched visibility into the performance of their entire
wireless mobility ecosystem. With support for both legacy standards and new devices, the solution helps
customers migrate to 802.11n technologies or introduce mobility solutions across their organisations.
AirDefense Network Assurance features powerful tools designed to help IT departments lower the costs
associated with maintaining their wireless infrastructure. It enables them to monitor and troubleshoot connectivity
issues remotely, from a centralised location. The AirDefense Advanced Troubleshooting module proactively
identifies wireless LAN configuration issues that affect business-critical applications, helping IT managers reduce
or eliminate bottlenecks and minimise downtime across the entire network. The AirDefense Spectrum Analysis
module provides IT departments with the ability to identify and classify possible sources of interference, such as
microwave ovens or cordless phones, and view their impact on the wireless network coverage and performance.
With the AirDefense LiveRF module, network administrators can visualize real-time RF coverage and assess the
impact of noise and interference on different applications using the WLAN. And, the AirDefense Advanced
Forensics module provides them with the ability to rewind and review detailed records of wireless activity, which
can be used to assist in forensic investigations or wireless network troubleshooting.
AirDefense Security and Compliance offers customers the industry-leading AirDefense Wireless IPS module,
which provides IT administrators with 24x7 monitoring and comprehensive security features for rogue wireless
detection and containment. IT departments can also leverage the AirDefense Wireless Vulnerability Assessment
module for automated remote wireless penetration testing, simulating attacks from a hacker’s point of view to
discover vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Field-proven in thousands of deployments worldwide, these tools
give network managers the confidence that their networks are secure while also significantly reducing the cost of
compliance with regulatory requirements mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPPA) or Payment Card Industry (PCI).
The AirDefense Infrastructure Management solution and all other AirDefense Services Platform modules are
available worldwide through Motorola channel partners and Motorola AirDefense sales.
Motorola delivers seamless connectivity that puts real-time information in the hands of users, which gives
customers the agility they need to grow their business or better serve and protect the public. Working seamlessly
together with its world-class devices, Motorola's unrivaled wireless network solutions include indoor wireless LAN,
outdoor wireless mesh, point-to-multipoint, point-to-point networks and voice-over-WLAN solutions. Motorola
AirDefense solutions are part of the broader One Point Wireless Suite, a set of powerful and innovative software
solutions that reflect Motorola's holistic approach to network design, management, security and assurance.
Learn more about the AirDefense Infrastructure Management solution and see the AirDefense Services Platform in
action by visiting Motorola at APCO Australasia, at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, from March
15-17.
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About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the
world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to
high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people,
enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $22
billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.
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