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MSPAlliance MSPWorld Miami Beach, February 1-3, 2012. Booth #831
MSPWorld™ is coming to Miami! MSPWorld will be collocated with ITEXPO. The event will take place February 1-3, 2012, at the Miami Beach Convention Center Miami, Florida . Since its inception, MSPWorld has been the only event with a single, vendor-agnostic focus of supporting Managed Service providers and their respective ecosystems.

LISA '11
LISA 2011 in Boston, MA, December 4–9, 2011
Join us for the most in-depth, practical system administration training available. The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system and network administrators and engineers; it is the crossroads of Web operations, DevOps, enterprise computing, educational computing, and research computing.

Interop in New York, October 3-7, 2011. Booth #655 and InteropNet
Interop gives you a comprehensive insight into all the latest innovations in cloud computing, virtualization, security, mobility and data center. See Opengear's console servers in action - managing all the equipment on InteropNet, the high-speed network that serves all the exhibitors, conference rooms and attendees.



January 2012 | Internap Network Services has acquired Voxel Holdings, the cloud services provider (CSP), for $30 million plus a potential $5 million earn out over the next two years
“Opengear has worked with both Voxel and Internap and we think this merger makes a lot of sense and will greatly benefit the channel,” said Todd Rychecky, VP of sales and marketing in North America
December 2011 | Opengear and Hardware.com agreement extends distribution for innovative, secure console and remote management technology
Opengear has announced a new distribution agreement with Hardware.com to extend its market reach across the UK.
December 2011 | Opengear has announced the Opengear IM4216-34
The IM4216-34 is a high capacity infrastructure management gateway that proactively monitors and maintains the health of all the IT equipment in data centers and remote locations; delivering faster troubleshooting and problem resolution.
December 2011 | Robert Waldie, VP Business Development UK & Europe discusses Protecting Critical Network Infrastructure at Distributed Sites
Westminster eForum eCrime, cyber-threats and protecting critical infrastructure
September 2011 | TMC Interview
Todd Rychecky VP Sales North & South America discusses Opengear solutions at Interop NYC 2011
September 2011 | Opengear Adds Automated Response Functionality to Toolbox
OpenGear introduced the latest addition to this field, announcing new “automated remediation” functionality for its console and remote-management products. Read on for details.
September 2011 | Opengear Spreads the Word about Expanded ARMS Functionality at Interop
“The goal of the expansion is that we provide a platform that gives you the ability to automate the troubleshooting of networking devices and proactively monitor and take action on that device when an event you don’t want happens,” Todd Rychecky, Vice President of Sales of North and South America.
September 2011 | Management of Critical Infrastructure at the Enterprise Branch Office
As the enterprise pushes into the cloud, it is important to remain mindful of the distributed IT and communications assets that are fundamental to day-to-day operations
September 2011 | Moving beyond KVM: The Evolution of Server Remote Control
Robert Waldie, VP Business Development UK, looks at how lights-out management and virtualization has changed Out-Of-Band server management in the data centre.
July 2011 | Opengear Appoints McAfee Vet as Newest CEO
The chasm between the open source and closed source channels can sometimes be a wide one, but that hasn’t stopped Rick Stevenson, formerly employed by McAfee, from making the jump to become CEO of OpenGear.
June 2011 | Opengear joins the Internet of Things
Pachube support added to Opengear smart management appliances and developer discounts extended to Pachube community.
June 2011 | Opengear, Cormant partner on infrastructure solution
While Opengear delivers the infrastructure, Cormant brings to the table tools for monitoring and documenting hardware throughout the network in the form of CableSolve.
June 2011 | Opening up shop
With support from UK Trade & Investment, Opengear has recently opened an office in Slough, enabling it to expand into the UK market and Europe.
June 2011 | Opengear teams with Cormant to increase security
Opengear and Cormant integration gives MSPs, VOIP service providers and others centralized management, secure access, control and visibility into all physical IT assets behind firewalls.
May 2011 | Video: Inside the opengear Linux powered console server
Console servers are critical bits of infrastructure, that many of us tend to overlook. Not so for Opengear, whose sole purpose is to build console servers leveraging open source software for both the OS and the underlying application.
May 2011 | SonicWALL selects Opengear for global out-of-band management
SonicWALL, provider of world-class security and data protection solutions, uses the Opengear CM4000 console servers for out-of-band management within its R&D infrastructure
May 2011 | Opengear launches smart appliances
Local company launch 'smart' network appliances at Interop trade show in Las Vegas. New software available to existing customers
April 2011 | Opengear export business grows 50%
Opengear export sales of remote management solutions have increased by 50% in 2010, and the company foresees healthy business growth in Europe, where they opened a subsidiary UK office in January
March 2011 | Opengear solutions launches in the UK
New office, development team and distribution established in the UK to help leader in open source management appliances expand into European market
March 2011 | TheVARGuy: Opengear reports major growth in 2010
Opengear announced that it grew North American sales by 50% in 2010 thanks to momentum via growing channel program, which grew the number of partners and resellers by more than 65%.
March 2011 | eChannelLine: Opengear takes unusual path to channel success
A large portion of the growth came through Opengear's growing channel program.
January 2011 | ChannelBuzz: Opengear grows Canadian channel to 15 per cent of total
With 75 Canadian VARs on board, remote management software vendor still looking to grow the business
January 2011 | Interop announces InteropNet Selected Providers for 2011
Opengear products chosen to support the ultimate networking challenge of powering the InteropNet, Interop's specialized cutting edge network.
December 2010 | Product of the week
The ACM5004-G smart cellular router lets network administrators securely monitor and manage all elements (Ethernet and non-Ethernet) of their network infrastructure using a 3G connection
December 2010 | Smart 3G router runs Linux
Opengear ships "smart" Linux-based cellular routers. The ACM5004-G routers support remote management via 3G, offering console server functionality and control of devices with serial, USB, Ethernet and digital I/O interfaces
September 2010 | eWEEK recommends checking out Opengear ACM5000 console manager
Each month, eWEEK editors name enterprise-class products that we think should be on IT professionals' radars-products and services that promise to create efficiencies as well as competitive advantage.




January 24th, 2012 Opengear Expands Secure Remote Monitoring and Management Gateway Line
Designed to work the way MSPs need to, by providing better control of and visibility into a network and its environment – easily and more affordable
December 14th, 2011 SSi Uses Opengear To Remotely Access IT Equipment In The Harshest Climates on Earth
“Opengear provides us a unique, secure remote console access to our equipment including Cisco devices, satellite modems and environmental monitors,” said Erik Sejr, Satellite Network Tech at SSi
December 13th, 2011 Hardware.com agreement extends distribution in Europe
“Now our customers can manage their remote servers and networking infrastructure from a central location easily, securely and affordably, without the need for onsite remote staff“ says Charlie Bellord, MD Hardware.com
December 6th, 2011 Opengear expands product line with a high capacity infrastructure management gateway
New Opengear IM4216-34 provides IT administrators secure remote management of co-location facilities
December 6th, 2011 Opengear strengthens its security with Kerberos support
Opengear adds support for Kerberos, the network authentication protocol developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and used by leading IT and security vendors.
November 9th, 2011 CooperVision uses Opengear for remote access around the World
“We are impressed with the functionality as well as the performance of the Opengear IM4200. We use it to do things we couldn’t do before with other products,” said Alexander Metlitsky, Manager, Global Network Services, CooperVision.
October 19th, 2011 Internap Network Services uses Opengear to simplify and secure remote access to IT infrastructure
"The Opengear IM4248 allows Internap to drastically simplify the out-of-band access and management of our network infrastructure through strong port density, an integrated modem and robust IPv6 feature parity,"
October 5th, 2011 Opengear hires security executive as VP of Product Management and CMO
Today, we announced the hiring of John Bedrick as chief marketing officer and vice president of product management.
October 5th, 2011 Opengear products now proactively heal network infrastructure
Opengear has expanded its Automated Remote Management and Support (ARMS) functionality across all of its product lines.
September 20th, 2011 Opengear supports OpenFlow/SDN Interoperability Lab at Indiana University
Opengear demonstrated continued support of the OpenFlow standard by donating equipment to the OpenFlow SDN Interoperability Lab at Indiana University.
July 14th, 2011 Opengear offers secure hands-on training capability for remote students in network training laboratories world wide
Opengear offers 50% discounts for qualified training centers and students
July 11th, 2011 Opengear hires Rick Stevenson as CEO
Stevenson has previously worked with Opengear’s founders while at several startups, including Stallion Technologies and SnapGear.
June 21st, 2011 Opengear joins the Internet of Things with Pachube
Pachube support added to Opengear smart management appliances, developer discounts extended to Pachube community
June 15th, 2011 Opengear expands product line with 32-Port Next Generation Console Server
With launch of new products, Opengear now has most diverse console server product line
June 7th, 2011 Opengear teams with Cormant to increase security, visibility, control and reporting
Opengear's secure in-band and out-of-band infrastructure access coupled with CableSolve ensures complete visibility, centralized secure access and control of the entire physical IT infrastructure
May 5th, 2011 Opengear launches Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 Cellular Routers and Console Servers at Interop
Opengear’s Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 management appliances enable customers to automate the discovery, diagnosis and resolution of technical problems at remote sites
May 3rd, 2011 SonicWALL selects Opengear CM4000 for global Out-of-Band management
SonicWALL is using the Opengear CM4000 as a part of its infrastructure for out-of-band management.
April 12th, 2011 Opengear export business growing 50%
Opengear sees open source growth opportunities in Australia - in the face of a booming A$
April 8th, 2011 Opengear expands full product warranty coverage to 4 years
Unlike many competitors in the console server and remote management space, Opengear warrants all of its product - including the software, hardware and power adapters - for the full four years.
March 24th, 2011 Opengear remote infrastructure management solutions launches in the UK
New office, development team and distribution established in the UK to help leader in open source management appliances expand into European market.
March 22nd, 2011 Channel powers 50% increase in Opengear sales in 2010
Opengear announced that it grew North American sales by 50% in 2010 thanks to momentum via growing channel program, which grew the number of partners and resellers by more than 65%.
March 18th, 2011 Opengear strengthens ties with New Zealand distributor
“Our resellers now have all the tools they need to simplify control of complex distributed systems and networks.” said SnapperNet Director, Richard Paul.
March 9th, 2011 Penn Foster relies on Opengear ACM5000 for Distributed Remote Site Management
“I am very impressed with the Opengear ACM5003-M. For the price and functionality I haven’t found anything that comes close.” said Thomas Jones, network engineer with The Princeton Review Inc.
January 31st, 2011 Opengear launches Verizon 3G certified cellular smart router
New Opengear ACM5004-GV cellular smart routers include embedded CDMA/EV-DO connectivity
December 7th, 2010 Opengear pioneers new class of smart cellular router with launch of ACM5004-G
ACM5004-G is next generation Cellular Router, Console Server and Firewall for smart infrastructure management
November 3rd, 2010 Opengear achieves RSA Secured® Partner Program certification to provide two-factor authentication technology for remote management
RSA Secured® certification creates seamless interoperability With Opengear next generation console server





USA & Americas
Bret Clement
Opengear Public Relations USA
bret.clement@gmail.com
Phone: +1 303.462.3057

UK & Europe
Anne Harding
The Message Machine
anne@themessagemachine.com
Phone: +44 1895 634573

Australia & New Zealand
Brendan Barker
Opengear Public Relations ANZ
brendan.baker@opengear.com.au
Phone; +61 7 38711800