Oakington Manor Primary School Brings State-of-the-Art Technology to Pupils
Xirrus was Selected by Oakington Manor to Enable Wireless Connectivity and Collaboration with High Performance Wi-Fi Arrays
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Xirrus, Inc., 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 throughout Oakington Manor Primary School located in near Wembley Stadium, in the London Borough of Brent. Consisting of over 700 pupils, the school has its own radio station, video conferencing system, and a state-of-the-art ICT suite and library in which 3D technology is used to instruct students across multiple subjects. To enable more efficient and productive learning, Oakington Manor has deployed Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays allowing pupils and teachers to access the Internet and collaborate learning from anywhere on the campus.
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As Ophelia Vanderpuye, ICT/AST Advanced Skills Teacher at Oakington Manor Primary School explains, "We went down the Wi-Fi route mainly because of the fact that we were going to introduce Netbooks into the classrooms and address the 'every child matters agenda,' which actually would give children access to computers both at home and at school. In addition, we also have the teacher laptops -- teachers connect wirelessly…wherever the teachers are they can work and they can access the Internet. In comparison to some of the other companies we looked at, Xirrus was the best solution. And since we've had it installed, we haven't looked back."
Andrew Newton, Network Manager at Oakington Manor Primary School, continued by saying, "Within 3 classrooms [we] have something like 90 children wanting to log on wirelessly at the same time, and that was the really big technical issue. We discovered that other systems simply don't handle that many. We needed something much more robust and was guaranteed to work. We've got 30 laptops in 3 classrooms covered by 1 [Xirrus] Array and it all works fine. And it's quite spectacular to see it working so well, and it's reliable - that's the other great thing. And we found that Xirrus gave us everything we needed."
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About Xirrus
Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi Power-Play™, manufactures the Wi-Fi Array® architecture that displaces both overlay Wi-Fi offerings and switched Ethernet to the desktop. Unlike traditional access points, the Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12 or 16 802.11abgn 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. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com.
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