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Renowned Illawara Grammar School Selects Xirrus for Future Campus-wide Wi-FiTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Xirrus(R), the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today their deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays at the Illawara Grammar School located on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1959, this renowned Anglican School consists of 180 staff supporting nearly 1,150 students from Preparatory to Year 12. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays were selected because it was the only architecture capable of providing the necessary bandwidth and user capacity required to support their digital learning initiatives well into the future. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/renowned-illawara-grammar-school-selects-xirrus-for-future-campus-wide-wi-fi-87121937.html Neil Cross, ICT Manager at Illawara Grammar School explained their search for a high performance Wi-Fi solution, "We needed a unique type of set-up to be able to accommodate all our classrooms. We needed to find a wireless solution that was going to afford a whole gamete of different devices. When we looked at what the capacity, or what the saturation would be, we realized that there are not a lot of [Wi-Fi] solutions out there. We looked at several vendors, but those would have required hundreds of APs." Describing his decision to choose Xirrus, Neil said, "When we heard about Xirrus it seemed they're offering something outside the box and it seemed to be what we were looking for. It's going to be a solution that we can manage and tailor to our needs. [Xirrus] is very versatile... we can manage throughput, we can manage the capacity, and we can upgrade as well." Learn valuable lessons from others deploying Wi-Fi by visiting www.xirrus.com/customerdeployments. Sign up for a site survey at www.xirrus.com/sitesurvey or by calling 800-947-7871. About Xirrus Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM), manufactures the Wi-Fi Array(R) architecture that displaces both overlay Wi-Fi offerings and switched Ethernet or Fast Ethernet to the desktop. Unlike traditional access points, the Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12, 16 or 24 802.11abgn radios along with a high-gain directional antenna system, onboard multi-gigabit switch, Wi-Fi controller, firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer into a single energy-efficient and cost-effective device using 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus products are designed and manufactured in the United States. Xirrus is Wi-Fi, Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 Certified. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com. Xirrus. Switching: Without Wires(TM) Xirrus. The Only Wi-Fi Power Play(TM) Xirrus. High Performance Wi-Fi(TM) Xirrus. The Wi-Fi Array(R) Related Links: Xirrus. Switching: Without Wires(TM) Follow us at twitter.com/xirrus, facebook.com/xirrus, and youtube.com/xirrustv. SOURCE Xirrus |