Profile
Traditionally, both hardware and software for all LANCOM routers are developed and tested in Germany. In the process, customer feedback plays a key role in the creation and design of new products, just as the specific demands of the German and European markets do.
Like the LCOS operating system, LANtools are also developed directly by LANCOM and ensure a high level of user friendliness – for everyone. This assures all of our customers that any modifications made to meet new standards will be integrated quickly and reliably and provided to all users through our free update service.
We offer our customers more and help them design their business processes more flexibly and efficiently with significant savings in time and cost at the same time.
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Business Areas
Network Connectivity. LANCOM products facilitate the professional networking of enterprises, subsidiaries and home offices while meeting the highest demands on quality, availability and security.
With fully integrated solutions offering uniform network management, LANCOM supplies all necessary components from a single source: High-performance VPN routers, VPN central-site gateways, switches, a variety of clients, and options including safe web-content filtering. LANCOM technology interconnects sites and integrates mobile users over wireline, WLAN or UMTS (HSxPA) connections, all secured by VPN based on the high-security IPsec standard.
Routers, gateways and switches from LANCOM are a highly effective basis for operating multiple simultaneous data and communications services that include real-time applications such as Internet telephony (VoIP) – with reliability, security and cost-effectiveness. LANCOM's proprietary virtualization solution ARF provides flexible network virtualization beyond the LAN and across the WAN.
Wireless LAN. LANCOM offers an extensive range of wireless networking solutions: From conventional indoor WLAN access points to the highly robust models for industrial and outdoor applications and also specialized hotspot solutions for Internet guest access accounts. High-performance wireless LAN controllers provide efficiency in WLAN management and they enforce the highest standards of security.
WLAN solutions from LANCOM are based on the very latest WLAN standards to provide maximum security (WPA2, 802.1x, RADIUS authentication), speed (802.11n with 300 Mbps), reliability, and availability. This makes them ideally suited for run-time critical real-time applications such as Voice over WLAN and for establishing complex multi-service wireless LANs in virtualized environments.
Furthermore, LANCOM outdoor access points have become established as economical alternatives for the fast provision of broadband to rural areas (WLAN bridge links & wireless distribution systems).
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Publications
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Management
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Ralf Koenzen
Managing Director and Founder of LANCOM Systems
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History
LANCOM Systems’ award-winning products and solutions have been successful in the market for many years. In the year 2002, LANCOM Systems GmbH was split off from the former division “Communication Systems” of the ELSA AG and formed as an independent company. Ralf Koenzen began building the division in 1995 and successfully continued running the management buy-out with Ulrich Prinz. Since November 2007 Ralf Koenzen is the sole managing director.
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Milestones
2010
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays a visit to LANCOM during her traditional CeBIT walkabout to learn more about the potentials of LANCOM Outdoor Wireless LAN as a “Last-Mile” alternative in rural areas.
- The LANCOM L-320agn is shortlisted as “Best ICT Product of the year 2010” by funkschau, a leading German ICT magazine.
2009
- Winner of the IT Innovation Award in the category "Storage / Networks" (LANCOM OAP-310agn Wireless)
- Channel Champions 2009: Winner in the category "telecommunications", second in the category "Networks”
- Finalist at Wireless Broadband Innovation Award 2009 in the category "Best Wireless Broadband Security Innovation" (LANCOM 1751 UMTS)
- New platform: Enterprise Central Site Gateway LANCOM 9100 VPN for up to 1,000 tunnels; WLAN Controller LANCOM WLC-4100 for up to 1,000 access points
- Portfolio complemented by offering Gigabit Network Switches
2008
- Award with the Initiative Mittelstand (SME Initiative) Innovation Prize 2008 in the category "Storage/Networks" (LANCOM 1751 UMTS)
- Reference award from Network Computing for best upgrade policy
- 300-Mbps wireless LAN range of 802.11n products
- World's first 802.11n Outdoor Access Point (LANCOM OAP-310agn)
- Wordwide first business VPN router with UMTS/ADSL2+ and integrated GPS anti-theft protection: LANCOM 1751 UMTS
2007
- LANCOM WLC-4025 and WLC-4006 WLAN controllers for easy and secure WLAN management
- Integration of PBXs in all LANCOM routers
2006
- First business VoIP gateway with integrated ADSL2+ modem and VPN
- LANCOM VoIP Call Manager: Current LANCOM routers can be upgraded thanks to software options
2005
- LANCOM WLAN management for central administration of medium and large WLAN installations
- WLAN products with special protective housing constructed for tough outdoor and industrial environments
- Expansion of portfolio to include the core business Voice over IP (VoIP)
2004
- First European manufacturer with enhanced WLAN security (IEE 802.11i, LEPS)
- Integration of Voice over IP functions in all LANCOM products
2003
- First WLAN products with up to 108 Mbps data transfer speed certified throughout Europe
- First simultaneous dualband 54 Mbps WLAN access point for standards IEEE 802.11a, g, b
2002
- LANCOM Sytems GmbH becomes an independent company and wins
T-Com as OEM customer - First European 54 Mbps WLAN products in IEEE 802.11a standard that are RegTP-certified
- First WLAN access points worldwide with integrated VPN technology (IPSec over WLAN)
- Integration of firewall functions in all LANCOM products
2001
- First WLAN access point with integrated accounting software for HotSpot operations
2000
- First 11 Mbps WLAN access point worldwide with integrated router and ISDN interface
- LANCOM Dynamic VPN technology allows connections with dynamic IP addresses for the first time
1999
- VPN/IPSec encryption technology for the LANCOM product series
- First combined ISDN/DSL router
1998
- First 2 Mbps WLAN access point worldwide with integrated router and ISDN interface
- Firmsafe security concept (for LCOS uploads)
1997
- LANCOM office products: First ISDN router with toll protection and budget control and integrated PBX; LANcapi – ISDN CAPI interface
- LANtools set the standard in intuitive user interfaces
1995
- “Communications Systems” business division founded at ELSA GmbH
- First multi-protocol router with integrated ISDN interface
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