South Vermillion Community School Corporation Saves Valuable Time and Money Selecting Xirrus

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Xirrus®, the Wi-Fi "Power Play" that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today their deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays across South Vermillion Community School Corporation, located in Clinton, Indiana. This school system is composed of three public elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school, employing nearly 280 staff and educating over 2,000 students. South Vermillion Community Schools selected Xirrus as the Wi-Fi solution because Xirrus was able to deliver higher performance wireless connectivity with fewer devices, saving the district a substantial amount in equipment costs compared to any other vendors offering.  

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Jenny Fossi, Director of Instructional Technology for South Vermillion Community School Corporation, spoke on her decision to select Xirrus, "We knew we were going to continue to expand our wireless capabilities, greatly increasing our need for a wireless solution that would not only be easily deployed but managed as well. We did a comparison between Xirrus and others -- the cost was a huge factor – we really saved on the equipment cost choosing Xirrus. We are continuing to deploy laptops and iPods to all of our schools for the teachers and students, so bringing out the [Wi-Fi] Arrays and running a live site survey was very impressive and provided the confidence we needed to select Xirrus. We haven't had any difficulties integrating the Arrays into our infrastructure - they are really working for us."

Unlike other Wi-Fi vendors, Xirrus performs site surveys using real devices to help design a wireless solution capable of delivering the coverage, density, and bandwidth then back up those plans with an implementation guarantee.

"We've found the Xirrus product is extremely user friendly - really it has just been seamless. We haven't had to deal with programming or any support issues - the Arrays are in place and working flawlessly," continued Jenny. "Eventually we hope to allow visitors to come in with their own devices. Everyone I have dealt with at Xirrus has been very helpful, very willing to accommodate our goals. I definitely would recommend Xirrus."

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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 or Fast Ethernet to the desktop. Unlike traditional access points, the Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, 12, 16 or 24 802.11abgn 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.  Xirrus products are designed and manufactured in the United States.  Xirrus is Wi-Fi, Verisign, PCI, FIPS 140-2, and ISO 9001:2008 Certified. For more information, please visit http://www.xirrus.com.

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