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Xirrus has announced that it’s deploying a high-performance WiFi (News - Alert) network covering all 55 schools in the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado.

 

“Xirrus is well-positioned to handle the requirements of leading organizations like Boulder Valley School District and we’re excited to be a part of their complete infrastructure upgrade,” said Alan Amrod, vice president of sales and marketing at Xirrus. “BVSD can now provide a state-of-the-art wireless network for its students and the surrounding communities capable of supporting a wide range of educational tools both now and in the future.”

 

BVSD has 29 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 10 high schools, and six multi-level schools with 28,000 students and 4,200 employees.

 

The district-wide deployment includes a high-speed Wide Area Network, Voice over IP implementation, and a video distribution system. Theupgrade is part of anverall infrastructure upgrade plan to support new types of teaching including distance learning, e-learning, and the distribution of educational video content directly to students using laptops in the classroom.

 

“Our legacy Wi-Fi network used thin access points and controllers and couldn’t handle the density or flash traffic patterns that were occurring in our classrooms,” said David Williamson, chief information officer of the school district. “We looked at several different options and we found that Xirrus’ solution provided the most coverage and capacity per cable drop allowing us to support a wide variety of educational enrichment applications and to better serve our community.”

 

The deployment of the WiFi network was started last summer with first installation at the district’s headquarters and at Columbine Elementary School. The WiFi network coverage would be extended to the residents of the local communities as well through free WiFi hotspots.

 

The Washington County School District in Utah is also deploying WLAN through Xirrus. “We conducted substantial testing of several Wi-Fi manufacturers, but found only the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array capable of supporting the heavy loads from our wireless computer carts,” Charlie Roberts, Technology and Media Director at WCSD.

 

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