Independent Research Firm Features Meraki In Higher Education Wireless Network Case Study
“ the choice of [Meraki]… paved a path for new services and communications channels previously unthinkable on [a] small campus.”
SAN FRANCISCO—April 27, 2010— Meraki, the cloud-based wireless networking company, announced today that it was featured in a new Forrester Research, Inc. Case Study called “The All-Wireless Campus: A Westmont College Case Study.” The report “explores how the choice of an infrastructure methodology that was a bold departure from that of many peer organizations enabled Westmont to usher in a new era of connectivity and IT service to its constituents.”
In a passage of the report, it was noted that “the experience of rolling out the Meraki network has delivered net positive results for the campus, enabling a greater use of the college network from more places, ushering services such as the school’s advanced mobile application and, in the process, has delivered cost-positive benefits in [capex reduction], [opex savings] and [future investment avoidance].”
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Westmont College chose to deploy Meraki for its campus-wide indoor/outdoor 802.11n network as part of a comprehensive cloud-based infrastructure. Westmont was the first college in the U.S. to deploy a campus-wide cloud-managed wireless network, choosing Meraki over other vendors. Since then numerous higher-education institutions have deployed Meraki on their campus, including Stanford and MIT.
“It’s exciting to see the analyst community recognize forward-thinking approaches to campus technology solutions, and we’re happy to be included as a key anchor point in this college’s success,” said Kiren Sekar, Product Marketing Manager at Meraki.
Click here to access a copy of Forrester’s report on Meraki’s web site.
About Meraki
Meraki offers enterprise-class wireless networks at a fraction of the cost and complexity of traditional networking vendors. Meraki’s unique cloud-based architecture enables an administrator to centrally configure and monitor thousands of wireless access points over the web. The company’s customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to world-class educational institutions. Meraki wireless networks serve millions of users on over 15,000 networks in more than 140 countries. Meraki is located in San Francisco, California, and is funded in part by Sequoia Capital and Google. Follow Meraki on Facebook and Twitter. For more information, go to www.meraki.com.
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Contact:
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Meraki, Inc.
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