Salem State University Achieves Unmatched Wireless Potential with Xirrus Arrays

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thousand Oaks, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 15, 2010 --

Xirrus®, the only Wi-Fi Power Play in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance Wi-Fi Arrays campus-wide at Salem State University in the historic seacoast town of Salem, MA. Located just north of Boston, the campus is one of the largest state universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, spanning nearly 115 acres. Salem State educates over 10,000 students per year, providing a high quality, student-centered education to a diverse community of learners. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays solve the connectivity and density issues faced by their previous antiquated wireless network, while providing the capacity and bandwidth for growth.

“We always struggled with handling large numbers of users, especially in small areas,” claimed Brian Helman, the Director of Networking Services at Salem State University. “With Xirrus those problems have gone away. We are no longer receiving calls from faculty about the wireless network – the Xirrus solution allows students to all connect simultaneously!”

“The Xirrus design significantly reduced the number of network ports needed in our closets, as well as the amount of wiring needed in our ceilings,” said Brian. “We have buildings that range from new construction to over 100 years old, and selecting the Xirrus product allowed us to reduce our cabling requirements significantly. Currently, we have 270 Arrays installed in 30 buildings and Xirrus offered us the ability to maintain the aesthetics of those buildings – which meant a lot to us!”

Continuing, Brian stated, “We were impressed with Xirrus from the start - they believe in their product. Everything that we needed, and Xirrus promised, actually came to fruition. With Xirrus we have substantial growth opportunity, not just with the Arrays we have currently deployed, but with any future installations. With Xirrus, we haven’t saturated our wireless network - we have the capacity for growth on the Arrays, for the years to come. We’ll be able to continue providing a reliable service that has been light-years ahead of what we’ve provided to our students and faculty in the past.”

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About Xirrus

Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi Power Play in the industry, manufactures the High Performance Wi-Fi Array, which is the only fully distributed, dense radio Wi-Fi architecture available in the industry today. The innovative Xirrus architecture delivers unmatched RF innovation and wireless performance on a per access point and system-wide basis. It also accelerates the Time-to-Value by 3X by requiring far fewer devices, switch ports, cabling and less time along with less effort and time to implement and maintain than traditional offerings. Xirrus designs and manufactures 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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