SAN BRUNO, CA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2008) - Today at CONNECTIONS: the Digital Living
Conference (Booth # 221), Devicescape Software, the leader in secure and
seamless access for wireless devices, announced the availability of the
Devicescape Agent 2.1, an embedded software package that enables electronic
manufacturers to bring next-generation service-enabled devices such as
handsets, cameras, televisions and all types of industrial and enterprise
equipment, to market quickly and efficiently. The improved Devicescape
Agent provides the highest level of security for Wi-Fi devices and eases
the interoperability and management of these wireless devices in home,
office and industrial networks.
"Consumer and enterprise customers demand secure and seamless access from
all their devices," said Simon Wynn, VP of Products of Devicescape. "As the
leader in software for
service-enabled devices, we are dedicated to providing our OEM customers
and ultimately the consumer, with the latest advances in wireless
technology to make their devices work better so their businesses and their
lives can be more productive."
The burgeoning demand to deliver easy to set-up and easy to use
service-enabled devices from OEMs to their consumer and enterprise
customers alike is exponential. Service-enabled devices require
interoperability with
web-based services, security and multimedia capabilities, posing new
challenges for device developers. With Devicescape, device manufacturers
can rely on the company's integrated suite of products to develop new,
innovative Wi-Fi devices. Additionally, with Devicescape, OEMs have a
solution to tackle engineering difficulties, leading to faster market
entry, greater differentiation and lower development costs.
Devicescape Agent has been deployed in a variety of next-generation
wireless consumer and office devices, including televisions, media players
and gaming consoles, printers, LCD projectors and scanners, Smartphones and
even automobiles. With the Devicescape Agent, OEMs have a proven technology
that gives end users unparalleled ease of use and industry leading security
in managing their Wi-Fi connections. Devicescape has been licensed by more
than 80 leading device manufacturers including Intel, Motorola, Nokia,
Fujitsu, HP and RIM. The Devicescape technology is shipping in more than
100 different devices for an installed base of millions of units.
The new Devicescape Agent 2.1 includes a total of 41 enhancements since DSA
2.0.1. Highlights of the new software package include improved support for
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Set Up) and support for Cisco CCX v5.
The Devicescape Agent 2.1 features also include:
-- Support for CCXv5 -- assuring device manufacturers that their
enterprise devices are compatible with Cisco networks and will receive a
"Cisco Compatible" stamp of approval.
-- Funk CCX OID support for greater flexibility and an upgrade path for
legacy Funk users
-- Improved Windows Reference GUI for Cisco CCX
-- CCX roam time optimizations
-- WPS optimizations to broaden device support, increase reliability and
significantly speed up the WPS transaction time
-- Power management support for Windows Mobile
-- Certificate store support for Windows platforms
Devicescape Agent comes with pre-validated support for the latest client
Wi-Fi chipsets from Atheros, Broadcom, Marvell and Intel. For customers
desiring it, Cisco CCX certification is assured and Wi-Fi Alliance
certification for WPS is also guaranteed. The Devicescape Agent was used as
the "Gold Standard" by the Wi-Fi Alliance test bed to certify
interoperability of IEEE 802.11 products and to promote a global, wireless
LAN standard. Devicescape was the first to develop and make commercially
available the WPS technology and the company is considered the worlds
leading vendor of CCX technology for mobile devices.
About Devicescape
Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the company is privately held and
backed by leading venture firms including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
August Capital, Enterprise Partners, and JAFCO Ventures. To learn more,
please visit
http://www.devicescape.com .
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