AirMagnet
AirMagnet was a Wi-Fi wireless network assurance company based in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was founded in 2001 by Dean T. Au, Chia-Chee Kuan and Miles Wu and shipped its first WLAN analyzer product in 2002. In August 2006, the company shipped the Vo-Fi Analyzer, the first voice-over-Wi-Fi analyzer that could be used on encrypted VoWLAN networks. It was backed by venture capital firms such as Intel Capital, Acer Technology Ventures and VenGlobal.
The company manufactured and sold a suite of wireless site survey tools, laptop analyzers, spectrum analyzers, handheld analyzers, network management and troubleshooting solutions (including wireless access point management via LWAPP), as well as wireless intrusion detection systems (WIDS) and wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) products and VoWLAN instruments.
In August 2009, Fluke Networks acquired AirMagnet.[1][2] which later became part of NetScout.
On September 14, 2018 NetScout divests Handheld network testing (HNT) tools business to a private equity firm StoneCalibre.[3][4] This transaction includes AirMagnet Mobile solutions. AirMagnet Enterprise product line of WIPS monitoring solutions was retained NetScout.
August 14, 2019 StoneCalibre launched acquired HNT products as a new company NetAlly.[5]
References
- Joosting, Jean-Pierre (2009-08-27). "EETimes - Fluke Networks completes acquisition of AirMagnet -". EETimes. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- "Fluke Networks Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire Airmagnet | Network Computing". www.networkcomputing.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- "NETSCOUT Divests Handheld Network Test Business". ir.netscout.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- "StoneCalibre Acquires Best-in-class Handheld Network Test Tools for Wireless and Wireline Enterprise Networks | StoneCalibre.com". www.stonecalibre.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- "NetAlly Spins Out of NETSCOUT". NetAlly. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
External links
- Fluke Networks Completes Acquisition of AirMagnet
- Fluke Networks wireless products
- "AirMagnet Rolls Out Voice-Over-Wi-Fi Analysis Tool" May 2006 article in Information Week Magazine
- "Airmagnet Boosts WLAN Security, Monitoring Features" February 2006 article in ComputerWorld Magazine
- "Wireless Propagator: Seeing the Unseen" March 2006 article in Network Computing Magazine