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Nord Anglia Education Selects Xirrus for High Performance Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Scheme
LONDON, Jan 16, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Xirrus(R), the leader in high-performance wireless networks, today
announced that Nord Anglia Education has deployed Xirrus Wireless
Arrays to deliver high capacity, BYOD connectivity across its family
of 14 international schools throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle
East. The deployment enables teachers to deliver more dynamic lessons
using online learning resources as well as satisfying the growing
demand for wireless connectivity.
Nord Anglia Education is the leader in the international provision of
high quality, innovative education, training and guidance. It is
committed to providing cutting edge learning resources. Regional IT
Director for Europe, Mr. Bartlomeij Cezak said: "Many of our 10,000
students and 3,000 staff use their own laptops, tablets and
smartphones whilst at school to access the growing volume of online
educational tools. It is also becoming common practice for teachers
to stream or download content in the classroom, leading to an
increased demand for Wi-Fi coverage."
Nord Anglia Education has currently installed high performance Xirrus
Wireless Arrays across its European schools, along with a Xirrus
Management System and intends to do the same in Asia during 2013. The
unique architecture of the Xirrus solution meets Nord Anglia
Education's demand for capacity, providing four times the coverage
and up to eight times the bandwidth and capacity of traditional
access points. This is ideal for the high user density found in an
educational environment.
"Xirrus was the obvious choice for us as they were able to offer the
best in class for a wireless solution at a reasonable cost," said
David Kibble, Group IT Director at Nord Anglia Education. "Using
Xirrus also allows us to future proof our investment. Its arrays are
designed to support the new 802.11ac standard, which will be
certified next year and so if we want to upgrade, we can add or swap
802.11ac modules into the existing chassis. A key selling point for
me was to ensure that our wireless network evolves alongside new
wireless standards."
Safe, Secure BYOD
While BYOD is a great enabler for interactive learning, it exposes
the network to new devices and applications which need to be managed.
Nord Anglia Education uses Xirrus Application Control to optimise the
user experience by prioritising critical applications, restricting
usage of bandwidth-heavy applications and blocking restricted
applications. Using this feature, Nord Anglia Education can ensure a
safe, seamless network experience across its global family of
schools.
The reliability and performance of Xirrus Wireless Arrays has allowed
Nord Anglia Education to launch mobile applications to benefit
students and teachers. The virtual learning platform, Moodle, enables
teachers to post interactive video and picture content online, as
well as providing a central repository where homework can be
uploaded. Nord Anglia Education is also launching a wireless Student
Management System application in 2013 which automatically provides
teachers and staff with student information, attendance records,
medical history, and contact information for each student on their
mobile device.
The online safety of students remains of paramount importance to Nord
Anglia Education, so content filtering is a key element of their
Xirrus solution. Mr. Cezak says: "When students use their own mobile
devices we need to be able to control the content they are accessing
while on the school premises. The Xirrus solution is ideal, enabling
us to manage the content students can view, as well as monitoring how
and when it is accessed."
Sean Larner, VP of International Sales at Xirrus, said: "This
deployment is a great example of how schools are innovating to
accommodate the BYOD trend and provide better learning experiences
for students. We look forward to supporting Nord Anglia Education as
it continues to use wireless in exciting ways to engage students and
continue delivering strong final year results."
About Xirrus, Inc.
Xirrus is the leading provider of high-performance wireless networks.
Our array-based solutions perform under the most demanding
circumstances -- always. Wired-like reliability and superior security
allow our customers to confidently take their business-critical
applications and operations mobile. Our solutions are unique in the
industry, transforming enterprises and organizations around the
world. At a time when everyone expects to connect wirelessly
everywhere and business is increasingly done in the cloud, Xirrus
wireless solutions are providing a vital strategic business and IT
infrastructure advantage in thousands of deployments worldwide.
Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA, Xirrus is a privately held
enterprise designing and manufacturing its products and solutions in
the USA. For more information, visit www.xirrus.com.
SOURCE: Xirrus
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