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Virtualization

Top 10 Things CIOs Need to Know About Virtualized Wireless LANs
With WLAN Virtualization, CIOs gain control over growing costs while keeping up with the ever-increasing demands on the network from users and new applications. This document outlines how WLAN Virtualization helps CIOs do more with less.

Top 10 Things Network Managers Need to Know About Virtualized Wireless LANs
WLAN Virtualization gives Network Managers granular control over every client and an infrastructure that can adapt to unpredictable workloads and grow with business needs, all at a lower cost than other wired or wireless network architectures. This document outlines the myriad of ways that Network Managers benefit with Meru's solution.

Increasing the Reliability and Reducing the Cost of Wireless Networks with Virtualized WLAN
As wireless networking matures, growing from being a supplement to the copper-based edge network to the primary network in its own right, the hidden costs of deploying such a network based on radio waves in the unlicensed, free-for-all spectrum begins to unfold. Regaining predictability is the key to containing wireless network operational costs. This predictability can be gained by employing technology that draws on the concept of Virtualized WLAN.

Wireless LAN Virtualization: Twice the Network at Half the Cost
Wireless LAN Virtualization gives wireless networks all the performance, reliability and security that users and applications expect from wired Ethernet. It combines these with the mobility of cell phones and the flexibility of virtualization to reduce costs while making the network more adaptable to business demands. This document explains how WLAN Virtualization works, what it means for the enterprise and why it requires Meru's unique technology.

Security

Security: Multiple Lines of Defense
Wireless LANs can now be just as secure as their wired counterparts, yet many people still see the technology as inherently vulnerable to attacks. This document outlines the threats that face wireless networks and the measures that organizations must take to prevent each of them. It explains how three layers of defense can be employed to protect the wireless network from attacks that target the physical perimeter, the over-the-air connection and networked applications.

Technology

BYOD: Implementation, Infrastructure Provisioning and Troubleshooting
BYOD is a phenomenon in growing demand in the industry; enterprises large and small, schools, retail businesses, and healthcare providers are all at various stages of adoption. They face the common challenges of provisioning mobile devices for secure access to the network and scaling the WLAN solution to meet the onslaught of devices without an overwhelming burden on IT.

The Extended Enterprise: The New Frontier of Wireless Networking
High speeds of 802.11n are now allowing the extended enterprise to unwire, abandoning fixed infrastructure in favor of flexible wireless. Learn how Meru enables the extended enterprise.

The Evolution of WLAN Infrastructure
Confused by the different options available for wireless LAN architecture? This document offers a comprehensive overview of the five generations that wireless LAN has passed through, from standalone access points through to virtualization. Each new innovation solved problems but presented new challenges.

802.11n and Voice: High Throughput Does Not Guarantee Good Voice Quality
Building a predictable, stable, toll-grade quality voice network that also serves today's and tomorrow's bandwidth intensive applications essentially requires switching away from legacy microcell-based wireless to the more flexible, stable, and diagnosable WLAN Virtualization architecture. The whitepaper outlines the challenges presented by voice and 802.11n and covers the differences between wireless architectures with an eye on CAPEX and OPEX costs.

The State of 802.11n
Deploying 802.11n is more than just a matter of replacing your 802.11 a/b/g network. Learn what the ratification of 802.11n technology means to your organization and the benefits of designing a network for 802.11n from the ground up. Free your network from the wires of Ethernet without sacrificing speed and reliability.

An Extensible Platform for WLAN Service Assurance
For the 802.11n wireless network to be successful, the wireless network must have the same predictability and availability of the fundamental service it provides as that of the wireline network which it displaces. This requirement, for a stable and predictable wireless network rather than one that merely provides convenient access, is driving the need for service assurance for wireless to the forefront.

First in 802.11n
Learn from two early adopters, an International airport and a major league ballpark, that utilized an 802.11n network.

Top Twenty Questions About 802.11n
Wireless local area networks have come a long way from their introduction nearly a decade ago as a convenience for home and small office networks. The largest companies and institutions run their daily business over large-scale enterprise 802.11n WLANs, dependent on the mobility, cost savings, and reliability that they can provide. The following twenty questions will help guide your investigation into different 802.11n solution offerings, highlighting where and how wireless networks can replace wired networks and focusing on the up-front and hidden costs of each.

Wireless LAN Operations: From Reactive to Proactive
As enterprise wireless networks grow, the number of devices, along with the number and type of business critical applications grows exponentially. Enterprises are finding the complexity of managing all these devices and applications difficult and costly requiring a different, proactive, approach.

Healthcare

HealthSense's eNeighbor® Wi-Fi™ Wireless Nurse Call System at Maple Knoll Village
As the United States adapts to the growing elderly population, senior living providers will increasingly need to embrace aging services technology solutions. Maple Knoll Village, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community with a history of more than 160 years of service, is part of this study on the evolution and integration of aging services technology.

Education

Enabling the Wireless School: Challenges & Benefits of Wireless LANs in Primary Education
Many K-12 schools are seeking new technological solutions that help optimize learning and collaboration among their students, faculty and administrative staff. Following on the success of Wireless LANs (WLANs or Wi-Fi) in higher education, an increasing number of K-12 schools are also integrating wireless and mobile technologies to better meet instructional demands and provide more users with on-line resources.