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Wi-Fi – It’s a Business Enabler or Inhibitor
How’s it working for you?
Charles Burns, Xirrus
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The State of Wi-Fi
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SOURCE: Cisco VNI Mobile, Dell’Oro Group, Wireless LAN Report Five Year Forecast 2014-2018, Gartner, Gartner Strategy Analytics, Morgan Stanley Research
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The average
smartphone
will generate
of traffic
per month
by 20194GB6.5M
New Wi-Fi devices ship
everyday
Globally, mobile data
traffic will reach
24.3per month by 2019of users say that bad Wi-Fi has
kept them from doing their job84%
of users think76%
62% still use it
Public Wi-Fi is not secure
25B
connected things by 2020
Exabytes
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Enable: • Provide with the means or opportunity
• To make possible, practical, or easy
• To cause to operate
• To cause (a feature or capability) to be active or available for use
Wi-Fi and Your Business
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Inhibit: • To prevent or slow down the activity or occurrence of (something)
• To hold in check : restrain
• To discourage from free or spontaneous activity
• To prohibit from doing something
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The Reality of Wi-Fi Performance
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Wi-Fi Has Changed, Demanded Everywhere
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Density/Volume is the #1 Challenge
Users Applications
6
Devices
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Wi-Fi Key Performance Indicators
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Business Enablement
— Stakeholder Involvement—
— Application Reliability—
— Infrastructure Flexibility—— Financial Value—
Financial
Stakeholders
Applications
Infrastructure
£ $ €
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Wi-Fi Dependability Stakeholders
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It’s Not just for IT’s Benefit
— Information Technology —
— Operations —
— Marketing —— Sales —
Budgets
BYOC
SaaS
BYOD
£ $ €
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Application Management
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— Business Critical —
— Social Media —
— Bandwidth Hogs —
— Multimedia —
PRIORITIZE – LIMIT – BLOCK - TIMELIMIT
Guaranteed Reliability
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Wi-Fi Infrastructure Management
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Cloud Based
Visibility & Manageability
— Access Management —
— Client Management —
— Application Management —
— Infrastructure Management —
Who
What
Why ??
WAPs
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Financial Value
11
How Much Wi-Fi Is Enough
— Initial Costs —
—Continual Monitoring —
— Solution Longevity —
— Continual Investment —
Budgeting
Affordability
Lifecycle
Adaptability
TCO
£ €
Differentiated Wi-FiThe Xirrus Advantage
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• Zero-touch Provisioning
• Intuitive And Simple UI
• Massively Scalable
• Firewall Friendly
• Multi-tenant
Xirrus Cloud Services
IT
Manager
CUSTOMER PREMISE
Management
Console
XMS-Cloud
EasyPass
XIRRUS
CLOUD SERVICES
Wi-Fi Access Network
Activation
Monitoring and
Configuration
Management
ANYWHERE
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Xirrus AP Portfolio
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Model / Series XR-320 X2 XR-600 XD2 XD4 XR-2000 XR-4000 XR-6000
Max Number
of Radios2 2 2 2 4 4 8 16
Technology 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 2 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 1 11ac Wave 1
Technology
UpgradableNA NA NA NA NA 11ac Wave 2 11ac Wave 2 11ac Wave 2
TurboXpress
(all radios 11ac)NA NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Controller Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated
Uplinks 1 GigE 1 GigE 2 GigE 2 GigE 2 GigE 2 GigE 2 GigE4 GigE
1 - 10 GigE
Example Use
Cases
Hotels
Dorms
Offices
Offices
Hotels
Classrooms
Offices
Classrooms
Retail
Dense Offices
Classrooms
Classrooms
Conf Rooms
Libraries
Classrooms
Conf Rooms
Libraries
Auditoriums
Conventions
Auditoriums
Conventions
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Xirrus Wi-Fi Solutions Are Powerful, Easy-to-Use, and Provide
the Best Value and Performance in the Industry
To Sum It Up – Wi-Fi That Just Works
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Flexible Services =
Ultimate Simplicity
High Performance Design
= Reliable Wi-Fi Service
Less Infrastructure =
Up to 50% Lower TCO
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Thank You!
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