amigopod Selects Be-IP as Key Distribution PartnerParis, France – July 7th, 2010 – amigopod, a global leader in Unified Visitor Management solutions has today announced it has appointed Be-IP as its first distribution partner in France. Be-IP, an expert distributor in WLAN solutions for France and North Africa, will be primarily responsible for accelerating amigopod’s market growth through its portfolio of value adding partners. In all environments, from enterprises to universities, shopping centres, sporting venues and airports, the demand for network access from guests and visitors is relentless. To remain competitive and add a valuable service, all industry sectors are increasingly looking for a way to allow the provisioning and management of guests through a simple and effective process. amigopod addresses this challenge with highly customisable and flexible visitor management solutions that enable network guest access to be easily and efficiently provided while maintaining complete control and management of users. “With corporate lacking a well-defined process to enable guest access, and public environments wanting to improve the visitor experience, amigopod is the platform the industry is desperate for,” said Erwan Leguen, Managing Director, Be-IP. “As it integrates with all major wireless, security and infrastructure vendors, including Aruba and Motorola in our portfolio, to provide the key visitor administration interface, amigopod is a key differentiator and offers an attractive and high value business proposition for our partners. We share amigopod’s vision and ambition for growth and look forward to working together.” amigopod’s family of Visitor Management Appliances are available as hardware or software and tightly integrate into existing network equipment and broadband Internet connections to enable a simple and centralised system, based on a RADIUS database, for managing visitors on a network. “All organizations need to offer guest access, but it is often complex and time-consuming for IT. In addition, traditional hotspot providers are looking for the next generation business model to offer wireless access to the public,” said Philippe Mesguich, Sales Manager, France, amigopod. “Our unique and flexible platforms simplify the provision of corporate guest access and provide the gateway to the next generation hotspot, and we know Be-IP has the expertise, knowledge, vision and partnerships to develop amigopod’s presence in France.” Deployed for use in a variety of applications, and with a unique plug in architecture and ability to provide customised branding, customers across all industry sectors have experienced the benefits of amigopod Unified Visitor Management.
About amigopodamigopod is a global leader in Unified Visitor Management solutions for both enterprise and public access deployments. amigopod builds flexible guest access and identity management solutions helping companies to implement a common and efficient process for providing external users access to their network. amigopod’s unique universal visitor management and intelligence proposition sets the industry standard for managing corporate access for guests, and is pioneering the next generation of public access hotspots. The company’s range of Visitor Manager Appliances have been installed in hundreds of customers in over 15 countries around the world including both start-up and established blue chip companies. For further information, go to www.amigopod.com. Press ContactDavid Rowlands About Be-IPBe-IP is an expert distributor of IP convergence solutions and is one of the major players in mobility and IP video security in France. Be-IP offers central infrastructure and satellite application solutions based on mobility, interconnection and IP video technologies. To enable its certified partners to leverage its best of breed solutions, Be-IP has developed a complete pre-sales and post-sales service offering including certification training, technical support, site audit and deployment assistance. Press ContactSerge Leroy |