Rivermount College Makes 1:1 Student Computing a Reality with Xirrus Wi-Fi

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Thousand Oaks, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) February 15, 2011 --

Thousand Oaks, CA – February 15, 2011 – Xirrus®, the only Wi-Fi Power Play in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance Wi-Fi Arrays throughout Rivermount College in Yatala, Queensland, Australia. Rivermount College is an Independent, non-denominational, co-educational Christian College that strives to provide a superior learning environment for students to nurture and stimulate their growth as individuals while obtaining a first-class education. After 19 years of operation, Rivermount College now accommodates 820 students from Preschool through Year 12 and is continually working to provide those students with the most up to date technology for educational enhancement. Rivermount College chose to upgrade their legacy access points to Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays in order to meet the heavy bandwidth and user density requirements placed on their network due to their 1:1 program.

“In order to have a 1:1 program we needed a wireless network that had the capability to handle growth in devices and bandwidth for digital education resources,” said Michal Durand, Network Manager at Rivermount College. “The wireless we had before Xirrus was not sufficient enough to cope with the amount of devices that were going to be online with our 1:1 program. After hearing about Xirrus on an online forum, I researched what products they had to offer. I was very excited about the technical aspect of the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array and the impressive amount of bandwidth and user density it was capable of. After weighing up multiple solutions against our wireless requirements, we decided that Xirrus was the best fit for our 1:1 program, while also giving the college the ability to grow and expand network resources.”

Michal continued by describing their personal experience with Xirrus equipment, “Our first use of the Xirrus Array came when we had 70 laptops logon via a single XN4 Wi-Fi Array to access digital resources and we found that it didn’t even reach the limit of the array. Since the deployment of Xirrus, our staff has been switching from wired connections to wireless because of the stability and high performance of the new network. Using the Arrays has allowed us to deliver predictable connectivity to the college network while providing a better mobility experience within the classroom and throughout the campus. I would highly recommend Xirrus to anyone who would like to achieve similar results.”

About Xirrus

Xirrus, Inc. is a privately-held wireless technology company and the leader in high performance Wi-Fi, manufacturing the patented Wi-Fi Array, the only fully distributed, dense radio Wi-Fi architecture available in the industry today. The innovative Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers unmatched performance on a per access point and system level basis – and is proven to deliver 3X the Time-To-Value compared to any other offering because it requires fewer devices, switch ports, and cabling along with less time and effort to install and maintain. Xirrus was founded in 2004 by Dirk Gates (previously founded Xircom) and backed by strong investors including August Capital, Canaan Partners, InterWest, QuestMark Partners, and US Venture Partners. Xirrus manufacturers its products in the USA and is Wi-Fi Alliance, Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 certified. For more information, please visit www.xirrus.com.

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