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December 04, 2008 - Xirrus, Inc., the Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and throughput in the industry, announces the deployment of 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi Arrays at Minervagymnasium, a 10-12 grade high school located on the campus of Umea University in Umea, Sweden. Minervagymnasium upgraded from Apple® Airport Extremes® to Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays to deliver 14X more Wi-Fi bandwidth and throughput for students and faculty throughout their state-of-the-art facility.
The highly respected and award-winning Minervagymnasium was established a few years ago to give students a desire for lifelong learning by providing them with a strong foundation in technology and global issues. Each student and teacher is issued an Apple Macbook® computer to be used for all schoolwork and communications while attending the school.
“We utilize the latest technology to create interaction and communication between each student, parent, and teacher, so our Wi-Fi network is a crucial component to our success,” said Mikael Westergård, Director of Information Technology at Minervagymnasium. “In upgrading our Wi-Fi network to 802.11n, we wanted a Wi-Fi architecture that would provide us the most Wi-Fi bandwidth with the fewest amount of devices – that choice was Xirrus."
“The Xirrus 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi Arrays easily handle the 475 plus Apple Macbooks and iPhones roaming through our 4,100 square meters of classroom and office space,” added Mikael. “Within a few minutes of installing the Xirrus products, we had over 150 users associated to a single Array – try to do that with traditional access point. We went from having a few hundred Megabits of Wi-Fi bandwidth to nearly 10 Gigabits with the Xirrus Arrays – ample bandwidth for our school."
“It is great to see the students of Minervagymnasium using the network in the classrooms, hallways, and meeting areas,” said Peter Degelin, Regional Manager at Xirrus. “Organizations around the world are enjoying the benefits of Wi-Fi and many are realizing that only the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array can effectively replace switching to the desktop due to the power and intelligence of our unique architecture.”
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About Minervagymnasium
Minervagymnasium is an independent public secondary school located in Umea, Sweden. The school focuses educational activities on the sciences, crafts, and music with a concerted effort to teach social skills, communication, language, culture, and health of mind and body. The faculty and staff strive to provide the knowledge and guidance in such a way that the student, on their own merits and goals, can lay the foundation for lifelong learning with a solid foundation in technology and good understanding of global issues. Minervagymnasium has been the highest ranked school on contemporary issues in Västerbotten County every year since 2006. For more information, visit www.minervagymnasium.se.
Xirrus Press Contact
John Merrill
E-mail: john.merrill ( @ ) xirrus dot com
Phone: +1.805.262.1644
About Xirrus
Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play," manufactures 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 support for more users 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.
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