Suffolk College Empowers Students and Teachers with Airespace WLAN System – April 2004
UK College Leverages Wireless Mobility to Enhance Educational Experience on Campus
San Jose, Calif., March 18, 2004—Airespace, Inc. today announced that Suffolk College, a leading supplier of further, higher, and adult education in the County of Suffolk, UK, has implemented the Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform within its campus environment. By deploying the Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform, the college is able to provide its student body, faculty, and campus visitors with mobile access to real-time information.
"Suffolk College is focused on delivering high-quality education to our students that employs the latest and most effective information technology," said Rod Burrell, Director of Network & New Media Services at Suffolk College. "Wireless technology is key to this goal, ensuring that students and teachers have constant access to vital information and resources. Airespace is the only WLAN system we evaluated that combines real-time RF management with best-in-class security, enabling us to cost effectively deliver WLAN services with minimal hands-on intervention."
Suffolk College chose the Airespace solution for its ability to deliver consistent performance regardless of network load. By leveraging patent-pending RF management technology, the Airespace solution dynamically detects changes in the air space and adjusts WLAN configuration for optimal performance. In addition, the Airespace network monitors the air space in real time, protecting the college from unauthorized rogue access points and malicious activity. By eliminating the need for an overlay security network, the Airespace system delivers secure, reliable WLAN services in a cost effective manner.
"The Airespace system is self-configuring, self-optimizing and self-healing, making it extremely easy to deploy and operate," said Tony Brar, of Sigma A&M, Airespace's strategic integrator on this engagement. "By seamlessly delivering robust WLAN services that are completely complementary to existing network environments, Airespace is an excellent choice for universities and other enterprises interested in capitalizing on wireless mobility."
"We are pleased to add Suffolk College to our growing list of customers in EMEA," said Marcel Dridge, Managing General Manager and Director of EMEA Sales at Airespace. "By working with leading institutions such as Suffolk College, Airespace can continue to develop a best-in-class WLAN system that meets the stringent requirements of enterprise environments."
About Suffolk CollegeSuffolk College is a large mixed economy institution within the Further Education sector providing higher, further and adult education over a wide range of subjects and modes of study. Suffolk College is an Accredited College of the University of East Anglia (UEA) for undergraduate programmes. The College develops, validates, teaches and assesses programmes that lead to awards of UEA.
For more information on Suffolk College and its courses, visit HYPERLINK " http://www.suffolk.ac.uk"www.suffolk.ac.uk or call Tracey Bailey Promotions Manager on 01473 296520 or email HYPERLINK "mailto:tracey.bailey@suffolk.ac.uk"tracey.bailey@suffolk.ac.uk
About Airespace, Inc.Airespace designs and develops intelligent wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company has set the standard for enterprise Wireless LANs, having earned Network Computing's "Editor's Choice Award," Network World's "World Class Award" and "Best of the Tests Award." Internet Telephony's "Product of the Year," nomination as one of the "Best Wireless Products of 2003" in InfoWorld's Reader's Choice Awards, and eWEEK's annual "Excellence Award." With dynamic RF management, air-tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications such as voice, Airespace helps enterprises implement secure Wireless LAN networks worldwide.
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