Xirrus Helps the American School Foundation of Monterrey Deploy Reliable 802.11n Network for Students

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Xirrus®, the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays at the American School Foundation of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. As a leading English language school in Mexico, the American School Foundation of Monterrey is in the process of uniting the Middle/High School campus and the Elementary Campus in one location. During this merge of campuses, ASFM chose to deploy Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays in order to deliver a wireless network reliable enough to support high bandwidth applications such as online testing and educational multimedia programs.

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"As a leader in education, ASFM is aware that technology has quickly become a fundamental tool in delivering a successful educational program to its students," said Luis Zuniga, IT Director at ASFM. "The backbone of the ASFM technology vision is the delivery of content and connectivity over a wireless network. In designing the technology plans for the new campus, I spoke to several IT directors and CIOs in both the educational and corporate fields to find out which wireless solutions were scalable, dependable, and cost effective. Time after time, the name 'Xirrus' was mentioned. After meeting with Xirrus, it was clear to me that not only is the Xirrus platform technologically advanced to meet our current and future needs, but the hands-on approach of the Xirrus team gave me the confidence to know we would have excellent support and help."

Luis continued by explaining the benefits of choosing Xirrus, "We have already seen the rewards as we begin to use the wireless network for applications we wouldn't have dared try before. The previous wireless network was unreliable enough that we hesitated to use it for 'mission critical' applications, such as standardized testing from laptops. There is also a growing use of multimedia content in education, some from the internet, some from our own internal servers - but in all cases, bandwidth limitations of our previous wireless network discouraged teachers from attempting to stream video, try online video conferencing or VoIP. With the Xirrus solution in place, teachers are beginning to cut the cord and use technology in more meaningful and authentic ways."

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Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi Power Play™, manufactures the Wi-Fi Array® 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 Alliance Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 Certified. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com.

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