Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Creighton School District Upgrades

Xirrus, Inc., the Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that delivers the most wireless
coverage, bandwidth, and throughput in the industry, announced today
the deployment of their 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi Arrays throughout the
Creighton School District, located in Phoenix, Arizona. The new Xirrus
802.11n Wi-Fi network services 7,500 students and 1,200 staff
utilizing computing devices such as Microsoft-based notebooks, Apple
MacBooks, and BlackBerrys across 9 different campuses. Creighton
School District chose to upgrade to Xirrus' 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays
because Xirrus delivers the most throughput with one-third the
devices, cable pulls, and switch ports than Cisco.

"We have been utilizing Wi-Fi in our district for over 4 years now,
but those traditional access points just didn't have the throughput to
support all staff and student laptops, including four 1:1 classrooms,
two Language Labs using Rosetta Stone, and professional development
for over 400 certified staff members," said Ed Stolze, Director of
Information Systems & Technology at Creighton School District. "Xirrus
offered a far superior solution over Cisco, which would have required
more than 500 access points, cable pulls, switch ports, along with
several weeks to install and program. The Xirrus solution required
roughly 65% less devices, which is a big deal when pulling cable
through cinder block wall buildings. Thanks to Xirrus, we have no
problem putting 40 to 60 teachers in a multi-purpose with ready access
to the network for real-time technology professional development."

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