Meraki Announces Partner Program for Innovative Wireless Installations
Leading Wireless Mesh Company Offers Resellers and IT Solution Providers Opportunity to Capitalize on Thriving Wireless Networking Market and Increase Revenue
SAN FRANCISCO — October 23, 2008 – Meraki, a leading provider of wireless mesh network solutions, today announced the Meraki Partner Program. Designed to help resellers and IT solution providers leverage Meraki’s unique wireless mesh networking technology, the program enables Meraki partners to deploy cost-effective wireless networking solutions rapidly so they can reach new markets more effectively, strengthen existing customer relationships and substantially increase their revenue. Meraki’s solutions are easy to manage and scale from small to large networks, making it perfect for a broad range of industries including apartment and condominium complexes, hotels and resorts, educational institutions, municipalities and many more.
“Wireless networking is clearly the way that most people will be accessing the internet in the coming years as internet-connected devices proliferate and the demand for broadband access grows,” said Sanjit Biswas, Meraki CEO. “Meraki’s easy to install and manage networks are in high demand in a range of industries and our partner program can help resellers and IT solution providers worldwide capitalize on this opportunity.”
Benefits of the Meraki Partner Program include dedicated account management, discounted pricing, training, lead distribution, technical support, and access to a partner portal. These benefits are being offered to complement the network deployment and support services Meraki authorized resellers provide their customers.
“We are very excited to be a part of Meraki’s Partner Program. We believe the Meraki product will help give us the necessary solutions to penetrate new markets and develop new long term wireless customers” said Denny Hoelzer, CEO of Sentinel Technologies Inc. “Meraki’s world-class wireless networking technology will allow us to deliver powerful networks to our customers at a much more affordable price”.
Meraki’s patented mesh technology is unlike any other wireless internet technology currently available and drastically alters the economics of internet access. With its simple plug and play architecture, Meraki’s technology is the fastest and simplest way to deploy wireless mesh networks of any size and its “software as a service” (SaaS) architecture simplifies network management and reduces operational expenses.
“The combination of Meraki’s reliability, feature set, ease of use and highly economical pricing are a perfect fit for the needs of many of our customers,” said Al Brown, CEO of SmartWAVE Technologies. “Meraki’s wireless solutions have allowed us to compete favorably in a number of markets where we previously had little or no success. Like a good partner, they fill a need of our customers, and in doing so, fill a need of ours.”
Meraki is a rapidly growing company that allows businesses and organizations to deploy large scale networks quickly, easily, and at a disruptively low total cost. Meraki’s customers span 125 countries ranging from operators covering individual buildings, to large carriers connecting entire towns and regions. To learn more about the Meraki Partner Program, please visit http://meraki.com/partners.
About Meraki
Meraki began in 2006, from a Ph.D. research project at MIT, with the intent of helping bring affordable access to people around the world. Starting with a single network which covered Cambridge, Massachusetts, the technology quickly spread into over 120 countries around the world in less than a year. Today, Meraki networks are being built in thousands of locations around the world, connecting people everywhere from San Francisco to villages in India. Meraki is based in San Francisco, California, and is funded in part by Sequoia Capital and Google. For more information, go to www.meraki.com.
Liz Haas
Atomic Public Relations
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liz@atomicpr.com
