Washington County Public Schools Builds the Foundation for Tomorrow by Deploying Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays Today
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Posted on March 2, 2010 at 10:28:01 AM
Washington County Public Schools Builds the Foundation for Tomorrow by Deploying Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays Today
Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays Increased Performance into the Classrooms and Decreased Support Calls to Schools District's IT Staff
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 2 -- Xirrus®, the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays at Washington County Public Schools. The school systems services over 21,000 students across 30 campuses in Hagerstown, Maryland. By deploying Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays, Washington County Schools found they could improve network manageability and increase performance, using 75% fewer devices.
To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-county-public-schools-build s-the-foundation-for-tomorrow-by-deploying-xirrus-wi-fi-arrays-today-85948107. html
Dave Mundey, Manager of Technology Hardware for Washington County School System, explained his experience with Xirrus in a recent interview...
"We tested Nortel, we tested Aruba, and then we looked at Cisco and some of the bigger vendors that were in wireless. Through that process we found that the typical [Wi-Fi] solution would not work for us. Most school systems are limited in staff for supporting wireless network, so we [wanted] something that didn't increase our need for additional techs, manpower or administrators to manage the network. We took out the existing wireless and we put in the Xirrus wireless - we went from multiple complaints and problems to zero."
Continuing, Dave said, "We found out that we could reduce the number of Arrays, and increase performance into the classrooms. I think that the future is going to show that every student will have a laptop, so we're kind of building the foundation for tomorrow putting the Xirrus products in."
Learn valuable lessons from others deploying Wi-Fi at http://www.xirrus.com/customerdeployments.
Sign up for your site survey by visiting us at http://www.xirrus.com/sitesurvey or by calling 800-947-7871.
About Xirrus
Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM), manufactures the Wi-Fi Array® architecture that displaces both overlay Wi-Fi offerings and switched Ethernet or Fast Ethernet to the desktop. Unlike traditional access points, the Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12, 16 or 24 802.11abgn radios along with a high-gain directional antenna system, onboard multi-gigabit switch, Wi-Fi controller, firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer into a single energy-efficient and cost-effective device using 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus products are designed and manufactured in the United States. Xirrus is Wi-Fi, Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 Certified. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com/.
Xirrus. Switching: Without Wires(TM)
Xirrus. The Only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM)
Xirrus. High Performance Wi-Fi(TM)
Xirrus. The Wi-Fi Array®
Follow us at twitter.com/xirrus, facebook.com/xirrus, and youtube.com/xirrustv.
Related Link:
Xirrus. Switching Without Wires
Video: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-county-public-schools-builds-the-foundation-for-tomorrow-by-deploying-xirrus-wi-fi-arrays-today-85948107.html
Source: Xirrus
CONTACT: John Merrill, Xirrus, +1-805-262-1644, john.merrill@xirrus.com
Web Site: http://www.xirrus.com/
Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays Increased Performance into the Classrooms and Decreased Support Calls to Schools District's IT Staff
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 2 -- Xirrus®, the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays at Washington County Public Schools. The school systems services over 21,000 students across 30 campuses in Hagerstown, Maryland. By deploying Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays, Washington County Schools found they could improve network manageability and increase performance, using 75% fewer devices.
To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-county-public-schools-build s-the-foundation-for-tomorrow-by-deploying-xirrus-wi-fi-arrays-today-85948107. html
Dave Mundey, Manager of Technology Hardware for Washington County School System, explained his experience with Xirrus in a recent interview...
"We tested Nortel, we tested Aruba, and then we looked at Cisco and some of the bigger vendors that were in wireless. Through that process we found that the typical [Wi-Fi] solution would not work for us. Most school systems are limited in staff for supporting wireless network, so we [wanted] something that didn't increase our need for additional techs, manpower or administrators to manage the network. We took out the existing wireless and we put in the Xirrus wireless - we went from multiple complaints and problems to zero."
Continuing, Dave said, "We found out that we could reduce the number of Arrays, and increase performance into the classrooms. I think that the future is going to show that every student will have a laptop, so we're kind of building the foundation for tomorrow putting the Xirrus products in."
Learn valuable lessons from others deploying Wi-Fi at http://www.xirrus.com/customerdeployments.
Sign up for your site survey by visiting us at http://www.xirrus.com/sitesurvey or by calling 800-947-7871.
About Xirrus
Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM), manufactures the Wi-Fi Array® architecture that displaces both overlay Wi-Fi offerings and switched Ethernet or Fast Ethernet to the desktop. Unlike traditional access points, the Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12, 16 or 24 802.11abgn radios along with a high-gain directional antenna system, onboard multi-gigabit switch, Wi-Fi controller, firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer into a single energy-efficient and cost-effective device using 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus products are designed and manufactured in the United States. Xirrus is Wi-Fi, Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 Certified. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com/.
Xirrus. Switching: Without Wires(TM)
Xirrus. The Only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM)
Xirrus. High Performance Wi-Fi(TM)
Xirrus. The Wi-Fi Array®
Follow us at twitter.com/xirrus, facebook.com/xirrus, and youtube.com/xirrustv.
Related Link:
Xirrus. Switching Without Wires
Video: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-county-public-schools-builds-the-foundation-for-tomorrow-by-deploying-xirrus-wi-fi-arrays-today-85948107.html
Source: Xirrus
CONTACT: John Merrill, Xirrus, +1-805-262-1644, john.merrill@xirrus.com
Web Site: http://www.xirrus.com/