[December 05, 2012] |
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Aerohive Teams up With iPass to Form Managed Wi-Fi Service Partnership
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Aerohive
Networks, the
leader in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled enterprise networking,
today announced its partnership with iPass
Inc., (NASDAQ:IPAS) Managed
Network Services (MNS), a leading enterprise, Wi-Fi and high-speed
wide area networking (WAN) platform provider. As a managed service
provider (MSP), this new partnership enables Aerohive (News - Alert) and iPass to join
forces and deliver a fully managed, secure Wi-Fi solution for the
distributed enterprise and venue owners.
News Facts
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Seamless mobility with straightforward deployment, management and
scale are all critical attributes for today's enterprise networks.
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Aerohive's Cloud Service Platform, with its public and private cloud
technology, allows iPass (News - Alert) to quickly deploy and manage enterprise WLANs
without deployment of servers or controllers at every customer
location. This unique cloud-enabled
networking architecture provides flexibility and scale to end-user
organizations without capital investments in additional hardware and
software.
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Aerohive's distributed Wi-Fi architecture and cloud-enabled
infrastructure creates the ideal environment for a Managed Service
Provider (MSP) to quickly generate new service offerings and move them
to production environments without extensive back office architectural
changes. As a result, MSPs are up and running in no time, selling
services through this cloud interface.
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With WiFiEXTEND,
iPass Managed Network Services (MNS) offers a portfolio of highly
available WLAN and Wi-Fi networking solutions to businesses with
multiple geographically distributed locations. iPass has integrated
Aerohive's robust, controller-less technology into their cloud Wi-Fi
solution.
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Together, Aerohive and iPass help simplify networking by reducing the
cost and complexity of distributed enterprise WLAN deployments with
cloud-enabled Wi-Fi soltions.
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For more information on Aerohive's award winning technology, please
visit https://www.aerohive.com/solutions/solutions-overview.
Comments
"Delivering great turnkey Wi-Fi as a service is becoming more and more
important for fast growing verticals like retail, where rapid deployment
of robust and secure Wi-Fi that can easily scale is critical," said Bill
Hoppin, VP of business development, Aerohive Networks (News - Alert). "We are very
excited about this partnership and know that together we will bring next
generation Wi-Fi technology to even more businesses."
"This strategic alliance with Aerohive is exciting, as our customers are
seeking scalable and streamlined Wi-Fi solutions to support the ever
increasing demand for integrated mobility at the edge and the delivery
of more bandwidth," said Chris Linden, VP and general manager, iPass
MNS. "Aerohive's cloud-enabled, distributed architecture is an ideal
environment for iPass to provide highly available network
infrastructure, enabling us to deliver robust, managed Wi-Fi services to
our customers."
About
iPass Managed Network Services
The Managed
Network Services division of iPass delivers customized internet-based
wide area and Wi-Fi networking solutions for the enterprise. iPass
runs a state-of-the-art IP VPN Management Platform to remotely manage
large enterprise-grade networks and deliver the security, availability
and performance required today. iPass has relationships with over 200
internet broadband access providers, to provide a wide variety of high
speed technologies delivering 100 percent coverage for its customers.
About
iPass Inc.
iPass helps enterprises
and telecom
service providers ensure their employees and subscribers stay well
connected. Founded in 1996, iPass delivers the world's largest
commercial-grade Wi-Fi
network and trusted connectivity platform. With more than 1 million
Wi-Fi hotspots across 120 countries and territories, iPass gives its
customers always-on, frictionless connectivity for smartphones, tablets
and laptops anywhere in the world - simply, securely and
cost-effectively. Additional information is available at www.iPass.com
or on Smarter
Connections, the iPass blog.
About Aerohive Networks
People want to work anywhere; on any device, and IT needs to enable them
-- without drowning in complexity or compromising on security,
performance, reliability or cost. Aerohive's mission is to Simpli-Fi
these enterprise access networks with a cloud-enabled, self-organizing,
service-aware, identity-based infrastructure that includes innovative
Wi-Fi, VPN, branch routing and switching solutions.
Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
The company's investors
include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Northern Light Venture Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA)
and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). For more information,
please visit www.aerohive.com,
call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) @Aerohive,
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