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SOHOware, Inc., a wireless LAN pioneer, provides secure wired and wireless networking solutions through a VAR-direct channel model to small and medium businesses (SMB). SOHOware solutions conform to OACIS™, the Open Architecture for Converged IP Services that combines high performance and affordability.

Unique Business Model
SOHOware sells all products exclusively through its value added resellers (VAR). The products are not sold online or through the distributors. Our unique channel model allows us to manage the price and territory in the most VAR friendly manner while maintaining the service of a typical 2-tier distribution scheme. SOHOware provides free training, technical support, co-marketing and an online “Design Win Center” for VARs to help them win projects.

Global Partner Eco-System
SOHOware’s technical partnerships include hardware and software systems companies both in Silicon Valley and overseas. Leading edge Wi-Fi solutions for our AeroGuard™ family are provided by Airgo Networks® for advanced True MIMO™ enterprise class wireless LAN technology. Intel® provides their Internet Exchange Architecture (Intel® IXA) solutions for our BroadGuard® Firewall VPN Appliance family, enabling affordable high performance for secure business communications. The BroadGuard® platform operates with feature rich software developed by Intoto®, headquartered in Silicon Valley with research and development in India. Other industry leaders provide business-class Gigabit switches, high availability WAN load balancers for reliable Internet service links and Voice over IP solutions.

Unique OACIS™ Architecture
Integrating SOHOware’s product families is OACIS™, a unifying framework of solutions that offer modularity, scalability, security, manageability and affordability to SMB customers. Modularity supports specific vertical markets as well as horizontal network layer requirements. Scalability, security and manageability are highlighted through innovative business-class features specific to the network applications of each product family. All of these features enable a lower total cost of ownership for the SMB.

Solutions

SOHOware’s business networking solutions are distinguished by best of breed features that include: MIMO wireless LAN, VPN and Firewall, Multi-Homing Load Balancers, Gigabit Ethernet and NMS remote management appliances that are purpose-built for SME. Current offerings include:

AeroGuard™ 
SOHOware’s AeroGuard™ family of state-of-the-art MIMO based WLAN solutions including Access Points and Clients with enhanced MIMO performance, security, and scalable NMS management capabilities that support high ROI for VARs who target next generation business network applications such as voice over Wi-Fi.

AeroExtend™ 
Specialized outdoor suitable WLAN solutions for wide area hotspot and wireless backhaul applications for ISP local and last mile deployments, and corporate campus Intranets.

BroadGuard®
SOHOware’s BroadGuard® family of firewall VPN appliances enable secure branch office communications through advanced VPN and Firewall functionality built on Intel® IXA architecture. Designed to offer affordable security for small and medium business and distributed branch offices.

BroadSwitch™
SOHOware’s BroadSwitch™ family is a complete line of premium L2 switches that include managed and unmanaged models supporting stacking, high availability, QoS, bandwidth control, VLAN, and auto-sensing/auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 ports in 16 and 24 port densities.

BroadLink™
SOHOware’s BroadLink™ family are multiple WAN link devices that maintain high availability for Enterprise network boundaries, integrating auto-routing, load balancing, QoS and Firewall to improve network efficiency and reliability.

BroadTalx™
SOHOware’s BroadTalx™ includes cost effective IP-PBX solutions for VoIP in SMB applications. Coming in Q1.

AeroTalx™
SOHOware’s AeroTalx™ is a complete line of voice over Wi-Fi telephony solutions for use with business wireless infrastructure. Coming in Q1.

HotSpot Solutions
Targeting hotel and café hotspots, business conference centers and public meeting facilities with specialized guest management solutions that offer a configuration free, plug-n-play experience and back end AAA support for RADIUS and PMS integration. Products include all-in-one hotspot gateways and scalable component systems.

Market
SOHOware’s VAR partners serve small, medium and enterprise businesses in select vertical markets, such as:
  • Hospitality – hotels, meeting and event centers
  • Institutions – academic campuses, libraries and medical facilities
  • Multi-tenant business parks – clinics, law offices, corporate
  • Public hotspots – cafes, restaurants, public parks
  • Data collection management – inventory warehouses, logistics
  • Secure Intranets – branch offices, telecommuters
  • Large business – corporate offices and distributed branch offices
  • Corporate LANs - corporate offices and distributed branch offices
Executive Management
Dr. C.T. Wu - founder, president and CEO
Michael Mo - vice president of engineering
Ashok Kumar
- vice president of sales and marketing
Albert Teh - director of operations
Charles Tucker - director of marketing
Board of Directors
Chun P. Chiu - founder of IDT and Quality Semiconductor Inc.
Thomas H. Scholl - chairman of Paratek Microwave Inc.; former senior vice president of R&D at Hughes Networks Systems; founder of Telogy Networks
Dr. C.T. Wu - founder, president and CEO of SOHOware
Quintin Wu - chairman of USI Far East Corp., China General Plastic Corp., Asia Polymer Corp. and Taita Chemical Corp.
Roger Chiang - founder and managing partner of Cross Pacific Venture Partners, Inc., Taiwan
Technical Advisory Board
Clarence Bruckner - president and CEO of Magis Networks
Dr. Stephen Chiao - professor and director of the Broadband Optical Networking Lab, San Jose State University
Dr. Dhadesugoor R. Vaman - Texas Instrument Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University System.
Partnerships And Alliances
Technology Partnerships - Airgo Networks, Intel, Intoto, Monta Vista
Broadband Service Provider - Comcast, AOL Time Warner, Cablevision (Optimum Online), Cogeco, Cox, Shaw and Rogers
Date Founded
1990
Headquarters
3050 Coronado Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
Phone: 408-565-9888
Fax: 408-565-9889
http://www.sohoware.com

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