BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$14.7M
- Private
- US
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In 2001, AirMagnet realized the risks and challenges that businesses faced with a rapidly growing mobile workforce environment that was evolving virtually unchecked and unmanaged. Anticipating the needs of IT and security managers for more insight and control over the wireless enterprise, AirMagnet delivered the industry's first expert system for monitoring and troubleshooting wireless LANs. Fast forward to 2007, and we see AirMagnet's vision is reality, with forecasts for the enterprise WLAN market reaching $1.6 billion by the end of the year*, and the demand for technologies to manage and secure the wireless LAN at an all time high. In the midst of this fast-paced and challenging marketplace, AirMagnet continues to lead the way by delivering on the needs of enterprises. Today, AirMagnet makes it possible for over 6,000 businesses worldwide to deploy and manage more secure, better performing wireless LANs through innovative planning, troubleshooting and monitoring solutions.
President & CEO
Dean T AuNumber of Employees 67
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Computer Related Services: 541519
Recent Events
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Business Briefs for the Week of Sept. 21, 2009
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Fluke Networks buys WLAN specialist
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Fluke Networks acquires AirMagnet
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Venture capital firms sell AirMagnet to Fluke Networks
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Network tester Fluke to buy AirMagnet
News & Analysis
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Cisco WLAN Vulnerability Uncovered by Researchers
AirMagnet researchers uncover a way for attackers to take advantage of Cisco Systems' Over-the-Air-Provisioning feature. Cisco responds with a security advisory giving some mitigations for the OTAP vulnerability.Researchers at AirMagnet have uncovered a serious flaw in a provisioning system used by Cisco Systems WLANs that could enable attackers to gain...
Cisco Wireless LAN Vulnerability Uncovered by Researchers
Researchers at AirMagnet have uncovered a way for attackers to take advantage of Cisco's Over-The-Air-Provisioning feature. Cisco responded today with an advisory with some mitigations.Researchers at AirMagnet have uncovered a serious flaw in a provisioning system used by Cisco wireless LANs that could enable attackers to gain access to WLAN-attached...
Cisco APs at risk from SkyJack attack
Businesses using Cisco's Over-the-Air-Provisioning OTAP may be at risk of a hacking attack which targets access points to gain control of a corporate networks. The potential exploit, dubbed SkyJack by wireless security firm AirMagnet, creates a situation whereby control of a Cisco access point can be obtained, whether intentionally or...
Cisco wireless LAN: At risk from 'skyjack' attack
Cisco Systems wireless local area network equipment used by many corporations around the world is at risk of being used in denial-of-service attacks and data theft, according to a company that offers protection for WLANs. Researchers at AirMagnet, which makes intrusion-detection systems for WLANs, discovered the vulnerability, which affects all...
University of Arizona Leverages AirMagnet Tools for Ongoing Management and Planning of Massive Wireless Campus Network
- With 5,000 Access Points, the University Relies on AirMagnet Survey and Planner to Optimize Network Performance and Expansion - SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet Inc., the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, today announced that The University of Arizona is using the company's award-winning WLAN...
AirMagnet Receives Network World "Best of the Tests" Award for 2007
AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer Honored as Top Product for Wireless Management SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet Inc., the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, today announced that AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer has been named "Best of the Tests" by Network World. Each year, Network World looks back on...
AirMagnet Receives Frost & Sullivan Mobility Award for Providing Wireless Network IT Professionals with Reliable Performance and Secure Data Transmission
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Frost & Sullivan Mobility Awards Committee recently recognized AirMagnet with the 2008 North American Mobility Award. AirMagnet received this Award for its ability to consistently offer innovative intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) to the wireless LAN WLAN market since 2001. AirMagnet's products provide complete control...
Wi-Fi, Health Care, and HIPAA: WLAN Management in the Modern Hospital
Wireless networking has quickly become a critical aspect of daily life in the hospital IT environment. With the maturation of the 802.11 standards (collectively known as Wi-Fi), hospital staff can remain connected to their critical systems regardless of their location in a facility. Additionally, a new breed of mobile applications...
VeriLAN Utilizes AirMagnet for Critical Wi-Fi Deployments; VeriLAN Installs and Monitors Wireless Network at IEEE 802 Meeting with AirMagnet Laptop Tool
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet, Inc., the leader in wireless LAN WLAN security and performance solutions, today announced that VeriLAN, a global wireless network designer, selected AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer 5.0 to set up, manage and secure its wireless network for the July 2005 IEEE 802 Plenary Session at the Hyatt Regency...
AirMagnet Named by eWEEK as a Winner in the Fifth Annual Excellence Awards Program
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the industry's leading enterprise IT magazines, has named AirMagnet Enterprise 5.0 a winner in eWEEK's Fifth Annual Excellence Awards program, in the Networking & Management Tools category. Winners will be honored at a special...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dean T Au | President & CEO |
| Alex Kunz | Chief Technology Officer, Nicholas K. |
| Chia Chee Kuan | Cto and Senior Vice President of Engineering |
| Miles Wu | Chief Architect |
| Greg Yates | Executive Vice President |
| Chris Roeckl | Vice President of Marketing |
| Rich Mironov | Vice President of Marketing At Airmagnet |
| Tim Straight | Vice President of Sales |
| Doug Sawamura | Director of Business Development |
| Kevin Allan | Senior Director of Marketing |
| Ron Hysert | Director of Deloitte's Security Services Group |
| Ronald Shaul | Director of Technology for Smart City |
| Dilip Advani | Product Manager |
| Bruce Hubbert | Airmagnet Engineer |
| Demetrius Stavropoulos | Telecommunications Professional With Cdhs |
| Greg Taylor | Senior Wireless Consultant at Ins |
| Jon Shorten | Principal Technical Specialist for Logicalis |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Chris Davies | Board of Directors |
| Gary Cheng | Board of Directors |
| Joe Kennedy | Board of Directors |
| Matthew Whitehead | Board of Directors |
| Ronald Chwang | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Network Associates | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Information Technologies, Inc. | Engineering Director | Former |
| 3Com Corporation | senior engineering manager | Former |
| Network General Corporation | Former | |
| The Ohio State University | Master of Science in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer, Nicholas K. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Cto and Senior Vice President of Engineering | Current |
| Stanford University | Masters In Computer Science | Former |
| Stanford University | Bachelor of Science In Information Engineering | Former |
| National Taiwan University | Bachelor of Science in Information Engineering | Former |
| Packet Design, Inc. | Technical Staff Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Chief Architect | Current |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| The University of Georgia | Masters In Computer Science | Former |
| The University of Georgia | Bachelor of Science In Forestry | Former |
| National Taiwan University | Bachelor of Science In Forestry | Former |
| Novell, Inc. | Member | Former |
| Packet Design, Inc. | Member | Former |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Member | Former |
Greg Yates has more than 20 years of sales experience in various high-tech sectors within the B2B marketplace and has held sales executive positions at companies from start-ups to major Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, Yates was vice president of sales for Inet Technologies, where he expanded the sales force from five to 78 people, grew revenue from $20 million to $140 million, and helped drive the company?s successful public offering. Prior to Inet, Yates was the vice president of North American sales at Hughes Network Systems, cofounded ParaData Systems and held sales management roles at DIRECT Inc. and ECS Microsystems.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Inet Technologies, Inc. | Vice President of Sales | Former |
| Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Vice President of North American Sales | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Vice President of Marketing | Current |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Vice President of Corporate Marketing | Former |
| NetScreen Technologies | Director of Product Marketing and Corporate Marketing | Former |
| Infoblox, Inc. | Senior Director of Product and Technical Marketing | Former |
| Robert Frances Group | Technology Analyst | Former |
| Humboldt State University | Bachelor of Arts Degree In Journalism | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Vice President of Marketing At Airmagnet | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Vice President of Sales | Current |
| Commtouch Software Ltd. | Vice President of Sales and Marketing | Former |
| Mirapoint Inc. | Former | |
| NetScreen Technologies | Former | |
| University of Rhode Island | Bachelor?S Degree In Journalism | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Director of Business Development | Current |
| Inktomi Corporation | Director of Product Management | Former |
| California State University | B.S. In Business Administration, Management Sciences | Former |
| Golden Gate University | M.B.A. | Former |
| California State University | B.S. In Business Administration, Management Sciences | Former |
Kevin Allan has more than 20 years of technical, marketing and management experience at companies ranging from high-growth start-ups to large, public companies. Prior to AirMagnet, Allan served as director of product management and marketing for NETGEAR, Inc., where he significantly grew the SMB product division?s profitability and oversaw development and marketing of the award-winning ProSafe business unit. Prior to NETGEAR, Allan held product management positions within Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and SynOptics Communications and technical and marketing positions at EP Technologies and Rosemount, Inc. Mr. Allan holds a MBA from Santa Clara University, a BSBA from the University of Phoenix, an AET from Northwestern Electronics Institute, and an AA from Normandale Community College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Senior Director of Marketing | Current |
| NETGEAR, Inc. | Director, Product Management | Former |
| Rosemount Inc. | Former | |
| Nortel Networks Corporation | Former | |
| SynOptics Communications | Former | |
| Bay Networks | Former | |
| Santa Clara University | Mba | Former |
| University of Phoenix | Bsba | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Director of Deloitte's Security Services Group | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Director of Technology for Smart City | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Product Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Airmagnet Engineer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Telecommunications Professional With Cdhs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Senior Wireless Consultant at Ins | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Principal Technical Specialist for Logicalis | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| VenGlobal Capital | General Partner | Current |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Monte Jade Science and Technology Association | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Omneon Co | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | Current |
| Nextaid and Partners | Architect | Current |
| Omneon Co | Member of the Board | Current |
| ConSentry Networks | Board of Directors | Current |
| Adaptec, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pluris Inc | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Rapid City | Founder | Former |
| Phoenix Technology | Founder | Former |
| Zilog Inc. | director of engineering | Former |
| Pluris Inc | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | M.S. In Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | A.B. Degree In Computer | Former |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Degrees In Architecture | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | Degrees In Architecture | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chil Semiconductor Corporation | Chairman and President | Current |
| R-Gator | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Current |
| Id Softcapital Group | Chairman & President | Current |
| Robotic Fx, Inc. | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Current |
| Packbot | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Current |
| iRobot Corp. | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Current |
| Nekton Research, LLC | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Current |
| Qpixel Technology Corp. (Apac) | Chairman and President | Current |
| Fortressware | Chairman and President | Current |
| Airmagnet, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. | Director | Current |
| ATI Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Coadna Photonics, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Wiquest | Board of Directors | Current |
| Acer America Corp. | CEO | Former |
| Veloz Global Solutions, Inc. | Chairman and President, Acer Technology Ventures | Former |
| Cspa | Chairman & President, Id Ventures America | Current |
| Axon Sleep Research Laboratories Inc | Chairman and President | Former |
| Intel Corporation | Development and Management Positions | Former |
| Bell Northern Research | Development and Management Positions | Former |
| Octasoft | Former | |
| Acer Incorporated | Former | |
| Ontario Corp. | Board Member | Former |
| Chil Semiconductor Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Cspa | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Southern California | Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| McGill University | B.S. In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| iRobot Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
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