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Firetide Debuts Industry's First Reliable Wireless Network Edge Solution for Zero-Downtime Applications [Global Data Point](Global Data Point Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Firetide Inc., the technology leader in private wireless broadband networks, announced the availability of the HotPort® 5020, a wireless infrastructure node that breaks the price barrier to bring mesh to the edge. The HotPort 5020 expands Firetide's compelling value proposition of end-to-end redundancy and security to a wide range of data, video or voice applications, delivering a more reliable solution than traditional point-to-point (PTP) and point-to-multipoint (PTMP), which expose the network to single points of failure. Like all Firetide wireless infrastructure products, the HotPort 5020 delivers high reliability through its patented, self-healing AutoMesh™ technology, which ensures that the network remains available to high-bandwidth applications and always-on devices, even when the prevailing physical conditions are challenging. The 5020 wireless product line provides linear scalability when combined with the high-performance Firetide HotPort 7000 Series of wireless mesh nodes. "The Internet of Things is driving demand for more edge connectivity. Network architects and systems integrators looking to build advanced public safety, industrial automation, and service provider applications need a way to reliably attach an increasingly wide array of IP devices and sensors to the edge of a network," said John McCool, president and CEO of Firetide. "With the HotPort 5020, customers can now deliver the Firetide benefits of reliable bandwidth and redundancy right to the edge of their network at a cost-effective price point. With Firetide's AutoMesh technology platform, customers can start small and easily scale the network without pulling any fiber and with one consistent network and policy management -- effectively future-proofing their network." "By adding the 5020 to its product line, Firetide is offering a fast, edge-of-network node in a hardened outdoor package that is easily deployed," said Kenneth Giles of Giles Digital Construction, a Rockport, Texas-based installer of outdoor security equipment. "We have deployed multiple cameras per 5020 and it continues to deliver reliable, high bandwidth. The 5020 Series has started me thinking of all of the ways I can design new security systems, or extend previous deployments -- and that equals more business." Firetide AutoMesh reliability and security, now to the network's edge A reliable and highly available service are two must-have attributes for critical applications, such as video, that current PTP/PTMP wireless network technologies generally cannot address. Further, the single-hop limitation associated with these approaches often results in the deployment of heterogeneous networks, often from different vendors, which bring additional integration and management complexities. Additionally, because multi-vendor approaches cannot deliver the robust, end-to-end security of an integrated core network-to-edge solution, these alternate approaches are inherently less secure. With the HotPort 5020, Firetide extends its highly secure wireless technology to the very edge of the network for data, video or voice applications -- and at a cost-effective price point that brings it within reach of applications that include critical broadband Internet access, reliable utilities, wireless parking meters, smart grid communications, and asset security and surveillance. (c) 2013 Global Data Point. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |