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The enterprise wireless Lan market has been steadily consolidating for several years, as Cisco and Motorola/Symbol solidify their leads and platforms become more commoditized. In the latest move, switchmaker Trapeze Networks has acquired Newbury Networks, a specialist in location technology.

Newbury, a privately held vendor, makes a specialist location services appliance with application software, and Trapeze already sells its own version as the LA200, running Newbury apps.

Jim Vogt, president of Trapeze, said that the companies would have "better leverage" when combined, plus his firm would add the revenue from the Newbury apps to its sales book.

The LA200 platform brings security 'fingerprinting' to Trapeze WLan networks, preventing access by applications in certain locations such as outside the building. This was a system originally conceived and marketed by Newbury as Wireless Watchdog and Vogt told Techworld it was a strong alternative to traditional intrusion detection systems.

Location and tracking are increasingly seen as strong differentiators for wireless systems, and so should help Trapeze in the difficult business of keeping a step ahead of Cisco, in a world where many of its fellow Wi-Fi switch pioneers have already been snapped up. Trapeze itself is now part of structured cabling company Belden, which bought it in June.

Newbury will remain an independent business unit, employing 16 people at its Boston headquarters,

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