Independence, a noble virtue that our forefathers fought and died for, is our reason for celebration this weekend throughout the United States of America. Boldly declaring our freedom from the Brits (no offense, chaps), we proclaimed that every American should be provided fundamental rights, with a core focus on free will.

Unfortunately, it is a concept that tends to frighten Corporate America.

Just think about it… between your iPhone, iTunes, USB-to-whatever-Apple-uses, iPod, and iLife, you’re all but fully committed to Apple, for better or worse.

But what if you wanted to manage your iPhone with something other than iTunes? After all, the interface is clunky, it converts your files into a (shockingly) proprietary audio format, and can take up more RAM than a fully loaded Microsoft Outlook. Well, good luck finding a supported software solution out there.

Apple will never in a million years tell you about an iTunes alternative, even if it means a better user experience for their customers. They are only interested in keeping you locked into their solution for as long as possible (which for them may be quite a while).

Meanwhile, folks in the networking industry are feeling trapped in their own right. With proprietary device management solutions, you need to upgrade or replace any hardware that is not supported by their current offering, or be left with gaping security holes in your network. In other words, you must assimilate!

But what happened to our freedom? It seems to me like it was discontinued a couple revs back.

AirWave Wireless is the alternative to WLAN vendor tyranny.

We give you the freedom to choose the best hardware for your environment, regardless of vendor, architecture, model #, firmware version, number of users, number of devices, whatever. We really don’t care what you have. We just help you secure it and support it.

Without a tool like the AirWave Wireless Management Suite (AWMS), you are handing your decision making power to a single corporation who can’t help but look after what is in the best interest of themselves.

Happy 4th of July!