[July 01, 2009] How Stanbridge Earls School Improved Student Network Connections Tweet THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Xirrus, Inc., the Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that delivers the most wireless coverage, bandwidth, and throughput in the industry, announced today the deployment of their high performance 802.11abg Wi-Fi Arrays throughout all 27 buildings on the Stanbridge Earls School campus in Romsey, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Stanbridge Earls, an independent day and boarding school for students with Specific Learning Difficulties, replaced their existing lackluster access point network with high performance Xirrus 802.11abg Wi-Fi Arrays as part of a campus-wide renovation. "It is increasingly important that we provide our students and faculty with the latest technology to assist learning and development in the classroom," said Dean Williams, ICT Manager at Stanbridge Earls. "The installation of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays will allow our educators the mobility to take learning beyond the confines of the classroom and better cater to the special needs of our students. With the long range and considerable bandwidth that Xirrus provides, our students will now be able to take full advantage of our entire 52 acre campus, indoors and out." "We are currently in the process of refurbishing our old buildings and constructing new ones so it was the perfect opportunity to upgrade our traditional APs to the more advanced and effective multiple-radio Array architecture offered by Xirrus," continued Dean. "We were able to deploy far fewer devices while maintaining a central management system and greatly increasing the user capabilities of our network. We are confident that the incredible coverage, bandwidth and throughput that Xirrus provides will be a sturdy backbone for the constantly evolving technologies used in education today." "The deployment of our 802.11abg Arrays at Stanbridge Earls will provide the boost in coverage and bandwidth that the school needed in order to renovate and expand," said Simon Hollister, Regional Manager for the United Kingdom at Xirrus. "With a single cable drop, one of our Wi-Fi Arrays can cover multiple classrooms or outdoor areas, support hundreds of concurrent users, and deliver the bandwidth necessary to accommodate an educational setting. The technology specialists at Stanbridge Earls came to us because they realized that no other Wi-Fi company comes close to this accomplishment." About Xirrus Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play", manufacturers the Wi-Fi Array® architecture that displaces both overlay Wi-Fi offerings and switched Ethernet to the desktop. The Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24 802.11abg+n radios coupled to a high-gain directional antenna system into a single device along with an onboard multi-gigabit switch, Wi-Fi controller, firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer. The Wi-Fi Array provides more than enough bandwidth, security, and control to replace switched Ethernet to the desktop as the primary network connection. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, throughput, and user density on a per device and per system basis than anything else available on the market today - resulting in a solution that uses 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus is a privately-held company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. For more information, please visit www.xirrus.com. Xirrus - Switching: Without Wires™ Xirrus - High Performance Wi-Fi™ Xirrus - The Air is the Network™ Xirrus - Wi-Fi Array® [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]