Airespace

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Airespace, Inc.
FormerlyBlack Storm Networks, Inc.
IndustryComputer networking
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001) in San Jose, California
Founder
  • Pat Calhoun
  • Bob Friday
  • Bob O'Hara
  • Ajay Mishra
DefunctMarch 2005 (2005-03)
FateAcquired by Cisco Systems
Website airespace.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-04-13)

Airespace, Inc., formerly Black Storm Networks, was a networking systems company founded in 2001, manufacturing wireless access points and controllers of the former. The company developed the AP-Controller model for fast deployment and the Lightweight Access Point Protocol, the precursor to the CAPWAP protocol. [1] [2] [3]

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Corporate history

Airespace was founded in 2001 by Pat Calhoun, [4] Bob Friday, [5] Bob O'Hara, [6] : 70  and Ajay Mishra. [7] The company was venture backed by Storm Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Fidelity Investments, and Battery Ventures. [8] In 2003, it entered into an agreement to provide OEM equipment to NEC. [9] In 2004 it signed an agreement with Alcatel and Nortel to provide equipment to the two companies on an OEM basis. [10] [11] : 8 

Airespace was first to market with integrated location tracking. [12] Within a year and a half, the company grew rapidly into the market leader of enterprise Wi-Fi. [13]

Cisco Systems acquired Airespace in 2005 for $450 million; [14] this was one of 13 acquisitions Cisco made that year and the largest up to that point. [15] Airespace products were merged into Cisco Aironet product line. [16]

References

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  2. ↑ Ferguson, Bill (2015). CompTIA Network+ Review Guide: Exam N10-006. Wiley. p. 126. ISBN   9781119098164 – via Google Books.
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  8. ↑ Staff writer (August 3, 2004). "Wireless firms in San Jose, Calif., area receive added funding rounds". San Jose Mercury News. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News: 1. ProQuest   463889865.
  9. ↑ Nobel, Carmen (April 7, 2003). "Airespace Reins in Wireless Networks". eWeek. 20 (14). Ziff-Davis: 18. ProQuest   198485982.
  10. ↑ Cox, John (March 1, 2004). "Alcatel debuts wireless gear". Network World. 21 (9). IDG Publications: 11. ProQuest   215970895.
  11. ↑ Cox, John (October 18, 2004). "The air is starting to come out of the wireless LAN market". Network World. 21 (42). IDG Publications: 8, 68. ProQuest   215974717.
  12. ↑ Nobel, Carmen (December 8, 2003). "Airespace Sets WLan Tools for Remote Sites". eWeek. 20 (49). Ziff-Davis: 30. ProQuest   198555212.
  13. ↑ Hill, Bert (April 27, 2005). "... and he's still playing to win". The Ottawa Citizen: D1. ProQuest   240838050.
  14. ↑ Hochmuth, Phil (January 12, 2005). "Cisco nets Airespace for $450 million". Network World. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ Evans, Mark (May 13, 2005). "How Cisco maintains its spot at the top". National Post: FP8. ProQuest   330370091.
  16. ↑ Velte, Toby; Anthony Velte (2006). Cisco: A Beginner's Guide (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 22. ISBN   9780071776554 – via Google Books.
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