Aerohive Introduces Virtualized WLAN Management

SANTA CLARA, CA, Jul 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
Aerohive Networks, creators of the controller-less "cooperative control"
wireless LAN (WLAN) architecture, today announced the introduction of
Virtual HiveManager, a new feature of the company's HiveManager network
management system (NMS). Virtual HiveManager extends Aerohive's existing
role-based management to provide up to 50 virtual HiveManager instances,
each with separate views, policies, and reporting. This enables flexible
delegation of network management authority, not just by role, but also by
company, business unit, and geographic location. The capability increases
network management flexibility and reduces the cost of deployment,
benefiting managed wireless LAN service providers and large, distributed
enterprises seeking flexibility in the management of their wireless LANs.

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Aerohive's unique cooperative control wireless LAN architecture, in which
the management plane is completely separate from the control plane and the
data plane, makes HiveManager's virtualization possible. In addition,
because Aerohive wireless LANs do not use centralized network controllers,
administrators are never faced with the challenge of splitting a
controller between organizations, locations, or customers.

Benefits for Managed Wireless LAN Service Providers

The Virtual HiveManager capability is ideal for creating new managed
wireless LAN service revenue streams. A single HiveManager can manage
multiple customers' wireless LANs, eliminating the need to deploy a
separate NMS instance for each customer and amortizing the HiveManager's
cost across many customers. The HiveManager can also be flexibly
configured to provide each customer, via the Web, with self-service
network monitoring rights, network modification rights, or full network
management rights. Automatic email reporting pushes reports to each
customer.

The Virtual HiveManager augments Aerohive's inherent advantages in remote
site deployments to deliver the industry's leading managed service
solution. Aerohive's cooperative control architecture eliminates wireless
LAN controllers, reducing equipment cost, eliminating single points of
failure, enabling customer deployments to be flexibly scaled, and enabling
zero-configuration access point deployment -- even across NAT boundaries.

"Aerohive continues to lead the wireless LAN market in technical
innovation," said Shane Moore, director, business development, Excalibur
Integrated Systems, a wireless technology systems integrator.
"HiveManager's new virtualization and delegation capabilities enable
wireless LAN resellers and service providers to easily create feature-rich
and competitively priced service offerings for their customers."

Benefits for Large, Distributed Enterprises

The new HiveManager's ability to flexibly segment a wireless LAN and to
delegate network management authority also benefits large, distributed
enterprises by allowing customized local wireless LAN management without
the expense of additional NMS appliances. Wireless LANs can be segmented
to provide a company's business units, geographic locations, or buildings
with separate domains. Domains can also be created by location type, such
as distribution centers, warehouses, and retail stores. Finally, wireless
LAN management functions may be delegated to departments or roles within a
domain, such as networking, security, and help desk.

"The ability to provide virtualized wireless LAN management is yet another
benefit of Aerohive's award-winning cooperative control architecture,"
said David Flynn, chief executive officer, Aerohive. "Virtual HiveManager
uniquely delivers our resellers and partners opportunities to create new
service revenues and provides enterprises with the industry's most
flexible wireless LAN management solution."

Pricing and Availability

The Virtual HiveManager capability will be included in every HiveManager
appliance with no additional licensing and at no additional cost when
HiveManager 3.1 becomes available in August 2008.

About Aerohive

Aerohive Networks' cooperative control enterprise wireless LAN
architecture provides all the management, mobility, and security of
controller-based architectures without the cost, capacity, performance,
and availability issues associated with controller deployments. The
architecture also scales easily to support 802.11n. In addition, Aerohive
solutions provide the reliability and scalability necessary for
mission-critical networks and are optimized for voice over wireless LAN
(VoWLAN) applications. Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered
in Santa Clara, Calif. The company's investors include Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Northern Light Venture
Capital. For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com or call
408-988-9918.

Contact:
Christian Danella
Prequent, Inc. (for Aerohive Networks)
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