AirFlow Networks Closes $8 Million for WLAN Management

AirFlow Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, closed $8 million in an initial round of funding for its development of WLAN management and security solutions. AirFlow Networks is developing a new wireless LAN architecture which it describes as far simpler to deploy than current systems. AirFlow's first products are slated for launch in the second half of 2003. Specifics have not yet been disclosed. The funding round includes $2 million in seed funding from the company's founding in January 2002. AirFlow also named Bob Machlin as its new president and CEO. Prior to AirFlow, Machlin was President & CEO of Catena Networks, a DSL remote access telecommunications manufacturer, and was previously vice president of worldwide marketing for Ascend Communications through its acquisition by Lucent.
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