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Pacific Northwest Burger Chain 'Beefs' up Customer Experience with Aerohive's Secure and Robust Retail Networking Solution
[March 17, 2014]

Pacific Northwest Burger Chain 'Beefs' up Customer Experience with Aerohive's Secure and Robust Retail Networking Solution


SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Aerohive Networks®, a leader in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking for the enterprise market, today announced that Burgerville, a Pacific Northwest quick service restaurant company, has implemented Aerohive's wireless LAN networking solution to offer secure and robust wireless access across its store locations and become fully PCI (News - Alert) compliant in restaurant operations.

News Facts

  • Established in 1961, Burgerville is a quick-service restaurant company with 39 locations throughout Oregon and Washington, and a workforce of over 1,500 employees.
  • Burgerville required an upgrade from its consumer-class wireless product at its headquarters and restaurant locations. Apart from poor connectivity and complaints from guests, Burgerville needed a solution that would have enterprise-grade security features for PCI compliance, as well as centralized management capabilities for its VPN.
  • Initially, Burgerville's legacy system was approaching its end of life, but a network upgrade using another controller-based system would mean increased cost and complexity with greater risk of a single point of failure.
  • PCI compliancy was the main driver for Burgerville's network infrastructure. In addition, Burgerville sought a new POS solution that enabled a Wi-Fi solution that was robust and resilient enough to support the POS application and tablet devices. Aerohive (News - Alert) offered active directory authentication, a key requirement for PCI compliance, which allows corporate employees at restaurant locations to authenticate back to corporate, a capability Burgerville did not have previously.
  • Burgerville is using HiveManager® Online to manage all Aerohive branch routers and access points, allowing the company to update configurations simultaneously in the cloud, as well as exploit a variety of features available from Aerohive. Burgerville also implemented Aerohive's Branch on Demand solution, combining branch router platforms, HiveOS® router capabilities, cloud-enabled VPN gateway, and the Aerohive Cloud Services Platform.
  • The IT team at Burgerville worked closely with PavelComm to deploy Aerohive's technology throughout the restaurant chain. PavelComm is a technology company and authorized Aerohive reseller primarily focused on the Oregon and Washington markets. A close partner with Aerohive, PavelComm played a significant role in the implementation process.
  • Since deploying Aerohive's access points and HiveManager Online, Burgerville is now able to prioritize traffic and devices, as well as allow priority on the network for its employees and applications.
  • To read the full Burgerville case study, please visit http://www.aerohive.com/resources/burgerville



Comments

"Regardless of the industry, from medical, education to retail, Aerohive is an ideal Wi-Fi solution," said Dave Tallbut, director of IT services at PavelComm. "Aerohive offered a compelling retail solution for Burgerville, allowing the company to offer seamless WLAN to guests, be fully PCI compliant and take advantage of a host of enterprise features for greater productivity and enhanced customer experience."


About Aerohive Networks (News - Alert)

Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The company's investors include Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) and Northern Light Venture Capital. For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com, call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog, join our community or become a fan on our Facebook page.

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