TRAPEZE NETWORKS WINS AWARD FOR WLAN INNOVATION.

Trapeze Networks(R), Pleasanton, Calif., the award-winning provider of Smart Mobile(TM) wireless solutions, has received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year for the European market. Trapeze won the prestigious award for its introduction of Smart Mobile Phase Two, which builds on and extends the company's original Smart Mobile solution that was launched last year. Frost & Sullivan, a leading global technology consulting and research firm, gives this award each year to a company that "has proven to be a leader in the industry and that, through its pioneering technology, sound business strategy, and research efforts, has been successful in moving the state of the industry forward." The award citation noted that Smart Mobile Phase Two "adds a critical new dimension to today's WLAN deployments that is genuinely new to the market: the non-stop WLAN." Key innovations in Smart Mobile Phase Two result in the industry's first and only WLAN with always-on availability and resiliency.

"We are extremely proud to have received this major industry award for Smart Mobile Phase Two," said Jim Vogt, president and chief executive officer, Trapeze Networks. "As Wi-Fi rapidly becomes an essential part of enterprise network infrastructures -- not just a convenience -- it must meet a demanding new set of requirements. With the capabilities being introduced in phase two of Smart Mobile, Trapeze becomes the first and only vendor to address these requirements, delivering performance, scalability, and reliability on par with today's largest and most advanced wired networks."

Rigorous Selection Methodology and Measurement Criteria

In choosing the award recipient, Frost & Sullivan analysts tracked emerging and existing markets and evaluated the contributions of industry participants, through interviews with major market participants and extensive secondary research. Industry contributions that analysts considered included elements such as the creation of new industry standards and the adoption of a product or process by leading manufacturers. Analysts then compared and ranked competitors for relative position and presented the award to the company that "has most altered the industry due to its creativeness and innovation."

Smart Mobile, Phase Two

Announced in June 2007, Smart Mobile Phase Two supports the largest-scale enterprise wireless LAN deployments and mission-critical applications through a new generation of high-performance software and hardware. It includes three new components:

-- Industry-leading wireless availability, reliability, and scalability -- advanced enterprise enhancements to Trapeze's Mobility System(R) Software (MSS(TM)) that deliver the industry's first and only always-on, non-stop WLAN; and

-- Highest-performance WLAN controller -- the Mobility Exchange(R) 2800 (MX(R)-2800), the industry's first and only 28 Gbps WLAN controller; and

-- Highest-performance 802.11n access point -- the Mobility Point(R) 432 (MP(R)-432), providing the industry's smoothest, most cost-effective migration path to 802.11n.

The Non-stop WLAN -- Delivers Industry's Highest Availability and Resiliency

Frost & Sullivan recognized Smart Mobile Phase Two as adding "a critical new dimension to today's WLAN deployments that is genuinely new to the market: the non-stop WLAN." Smart Mobile Phase Two delivers this capability -- an industry first -- through major enhancements to Trapeze Mobility System Software, including new approaches to WLAN switch management such as "cluster switching" and "cluster configuration." These enhancements enable all switches in the network to act collectively as a single virtual switch, providing many-to-many redundancy, hitless failover, and zero-downtime in-service upgrades. The net result is to deliver the industry's highest WLAN availability and resiliency.

Highest Capacity WLAN Controller

In citing Trapeze's technology innovation versus competitors, the award recognized the company's new MX-2800 as "the highest-capacity controller announced by any WLAN vendor to date." As the industry's first and only controller providing 28 Gbps of throughput, the MX-2800 also supports greatest number of active client devices (12,000).

802.11n: The Future of WLAN without Costly Forklift Upgrades

The Frost & Sullivan award contrasted Trapeze's unique Smart Mobile architecture, which enables wireless traffic to be forwarded at the access point layer without having to pass through a WLAN controller, with the centralized legacy approaches of vendors such as Cisco and Aruba, which require all traffic to pass through a central controller. This uniquely allows Trapeze customers to deploy 802.11n-based MP-432 access points without having to upgrade their WLAN switching infrastructure, resulting in significant cost savings.

"As Cisco and Aruba customers deploy 802.11n access points, they will likely exceed the throughput ratings of current generation Cisco and Aruba controllers, and will have to incur costly forklift upgrades of their switching infrastructure," the award citation stated. Commenting that other WLAN vendors have responded to Smart Mobile Phase Two with similar sounding initiatives, the award citation stated "Upon closer inspection however, these vendors require new architectures (such as Meru's 3-Tier Distribution System) in order to support the new bandwidth required by 802.11n."

"Setting the Industry Agenda"

The award citation noted that Trapeze continues to maintain an aggressive technology leadership position, with the most advanced, enterprise-class WLAN in the industry. The announcement of Smart Mobile Phase Two "again puts Trapeze on the offensive, setting the industry agenda and forcing its competitors to respond."

About Trapeze Networks

Trapeze Networks delivers Smart Mobile(TM) -- a ground-breaking approach to wireless networking, enabling organizations to deploy massively scalable mobile applications that leverage their existing infrastructure. Smart Mobile achieves this breakthrough by introducing intelligent switching, the first and only WLAN architecture that optimizes network traffic based on the underlying application. With Smart Mobile intelligent switching, organizations can support the most demanding next generation wireless applications such as toll-quality voice over WLAN for thousands of users, seamless indoor/outdoor mobility, and high-speed networks based on 802.11n -- all without requiring expensive forklift upgrades. Trapeze Networks is well-capitalized, with strategic investments from networking industry leaders including Juniper Networks, Motorola, and Nortel Networks. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with operations in Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.trapezenetworks.com/.

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