Siracom announce Meru update opendays

Open Day Invitation: Meru Winter Update

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Location

The Donnington Valley Golf Club, Newbury - 15^th November

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The Alsager Golf Club, Stoke - 29th November

Starts 9.30 a.m. for 10.00 a.m.

Close 3.00 p.m

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Agenda

9.30 Welcome registration and refreshments.

10.00 Meru Education Update

Meru has continued it massive growth in Education with wins in every sector – primary secondary, private schools, colleges and universities. Mark Howell provides an update on the market, and information to help drive growth through 2012.

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Meru Enterprise Update

If you thought Meru was only good for schools, think again. The Meru enterprise business is rapidly expanding having enjoyed six consecutive quarters of growth.

Steve Woolley provides news of the wins, our reference sites and case studies and offers views on the best vertical markets to aim for. We will examine why each vertical buys wireless, the “pain” they have with their existing wireless and why they buy Meru. We will provide collateral to help you win your deals

LUNCH

1.30 Meru Product Update

News of Version 5 – Information on a mjor new software release and associated and hardware.

Meru and Bring Your Own Device

Tablets and Smartphones are driving a Bring Your Own Device revolution in Enterprise and Education.

We will introduce and demonstrate Meru’s new Identity Manager guest management system and Smart Connect bring your own device solutions.

3.00 CLOSE

Please register your interest by replying to lsmalley@siracom.com , specifying which date you would like to attend

Meru Enhances Guest Management Offering with Acquisition of Identity Networks

Meru has announced the acquisition of Identity Networks, who's guest management product is well known to Siracom customers. The Identity Networks product enhances Meru's offering in the areas of guest and device management.


Guest Management

The guest management solution enables the IT department to delegate the production of guest credentials to the people who invite the guests, it automates the process of notifying the guest of their credentials and manages the lifetime of the credentials (expiry). It also provides management tools to monitor and report on guest activity.

Create and Email guest credentials

People who need to create guest accounts are called guest sponsors. Sponsors log in to the guest sponsor portal, enter guest details and then the system creates guest credentials and access rights.  Credentials are  then printed  or emailed / sms messaged to the guest. Guests then gain access via a captive portal. A self service kiosk and payment system is also available.

Device Management and Bring Your Own Device

There is also functionality for active directory users visiting with their own device. When an AD user connects to the network the captive portal  redirects the browser to a provisioning server. Once the user is authenticated the provisioning server loads an app. on the user device. This app. autoconfigures corporate 802.1x settings on the device.

Once configured this enables the user to connect to the corporate network, using 802.1x / wpa2 every time they visit – without manual configuration. 

Bradford Networks

For those wishing to take security a step further Siracom offers Bradford Networks. Bradford is a multivendor product supporting wired, wireless and vpn (as is Identity Manager)

Bradford takes network access control a step or two further managing the whole connection cycle for people and devices.

Bradford offers a comprehensive security solution including:

Access Control: Identity based access control, role based access control and device based access control

Endpoint Compliance:  enabling policies that allow or prohibit access based on the security posture of the end device (patches/AV etc), and automates remediation

Adaptive Security Operates with other security devices to continuously reassess access rights based on security stance and network activity.

Further information available at http://www.siracom.com/identitynetworks.htm or http://www.siracom.com/bradford.htm

Siracom Brings Bradford to The Channel

Siracom is pleased to announce that it has entered a distribution agreement with Bradford Networks, the technology leader in Network Access Control

The Bradford solution enables organisations to implement, monitor and enforce their network security policy, across both wired and wireless infrastructure, giving granular control over who gets access to what resources, whilst taking into account the device being used and the security posture of the device.

Bradford offers an excellent opportunity to our partners. It is the right product, at the right time, addressing increasingly pressing problems in the right vertical markets

• Bradford is a world leading product that has, until now, not  been available via “the channel” in the UK.
• It offers a solution to the conflict between security and accessability, at a time when the number and diversity of network devices being deployed is growing exponentially.
• It is certified interoperable with Meru - via the Meru WINS program
• It is widely deployed in education and other vertical markets

Further information is available at www.siracom.com/bradford.htm

Meru Launches AP400 Access Point for Ultra High Density Deployments

Meru have announced a new accesspoint the AP400. 

The AP400 will be a fantastic addition to the Meru product range. It has three radios, which can run concurrently giving out of the box channel layering, to support very large densities of users. The radios are all triple stream giving device connection speeds up 450Mb/s– if you have the right NIC in your device.

Full information is available on the partner portal at: http://partners.merunetworks.com/apps/f?p=1:10:2038930242962057::::PGID:824

For information on lead times contact your Siracom sales representative.

Bridgewave installs 10,000th Gigabit Link

BridgeWave has announced that it has has now deployed more than 10,000 gigabit wireless systems in over 50 countries, entrenching its position as the number one supplier of ultra-high frequency, ultra-high capacity gigabit wireless solutions.

BridgeWave's high capacity wireless solutions provide carriers, operators, service providers and enterprise users with highly reliable and secure alternatives to fiber-based connections at a fraction of the cost and time associated with fiber implementations.

Guest Management Update and Webinar Invitation

The Identity Networks Guest Manager is the worlds leading product for managing public access to hotspots and guest access to enterprise and education networks. Guest Manager is tested and proven to be fully interoperable with Meru.

The public hotspot capabilities include:

Credit Card Support

Supports “self service” via direct purchase of accounts via credit card with integration into common payment gateways.

Scratch Card Support

Generate random accounts that can be exported for printing on scratch cards etc.

Smart Phone Support

A guest interface developed specifically to support  smartphones.

Customizable for Corporate Branding

The guest portal can be completely customised in terms of branding and content

       

These features are in addition to the corporate guest management functionality which include:

Guest sponsor self service

Enables anyone within your organization to become a guest sponsor and create an account for a guest in real time, which complies with security policy.

Guest Account Notification via Email and text

Audit and Reporting of Guest Activity

You are invited to a webinar for a full introduction to the Guest Manager. This will take place at 3.00 on the 19^th May. Please email Lianne Hill lhill@siracom.com to register or to receive further information.

Free demonstration systems are also available.

Meru Networks Wireless Seminar Series

We are pleased to announce a Meru Networks seminar series examining the future of wireless in education.
We will discuss how the evolution of devices, applications and usage patterns has driven a requirement beyond the ability of third generation wireless to deliver.  
We will examine how Meru’s fourth generation wireless infrastructure copes with whole school, high density teaching and learning,  with mass pupil mobility and with the advent of the “two device pupil”. 
We will show how wireless virtualisation enables the network to scale as user densities and application complexity demands. 

We will also explore the security implications of a campus wide wireless deployment and outline security solutions and finally we will show some real world implementation examples and run a live demonstration using our multimedia demonstration suite.

With speakers from Siracom, Meru Networks, a school that has installed Meru , and security specialists Bradford Networks this is a seminar not to be missed.

When and Where

10^th May Bristol                     14^th June Glasgow

17^th May London                   21^st June Newcastle

24^th May Manchester           

Who should attend?

Each day is split into two sessions, and a lunch is served for all in between.

Morning – Consultants and education influencers.   Registration  at 9.00 start at 09.30 close at 1.00

Afternoon – Resellers and their end users.                Registration at 1.30 start at 2.00 close 5.00

Agenda

•          Meru Networks, company, vision  and business update.
•          The evolution of the wireless landscape:- devices, applications, ownership and usage
•          Meeting the evolved requirement with 4^th Generation, virtualised wireless.
•          Meru in practise - a case study delivered by a Meru customer
•          Demonstration

If you would like to attend please register with Lianne Hill stating your preferred date and session
Email:  lhill@siracom.com Phone: 01256 844259

Identity Networks Pay Pal Support for Guest Creation via credit card.

We are pleased to announce that Identity Networks Guest Manager now supports Paypal Payflow Pro.

Identity Networks Guest Manager FREE Demo Systems

We are pleased to offer a zero-cost option for guest manager demonstration systems for Siracom partners.

Partners can now download and install the latest release of Guest Manager with a license for 10 concurrent guests free of charge.

There is no limit to the number of guest systems a partner can install, in fact we encourage our resellers to provide a guest management evaluation with every Meru system sold or demonstrated.

Demo License Features

• Supports 10 Concurrent Guests.
• No time restrictions - The license is not time restricted, it will never expire.
• No feature restrictions - All features are enabled in the product, all the rich guest management functionality is provided.

How to obtain

• Email your account manager to  request Guest Manager install image software.
• On  receipt of the software, follow the documentation to install on your own hardware or as a VMware virtual machine.
• Upon accessing the web interface of the Guest Manager for the first time you will be provided with instructions on how to generate your license.
•  Generate a new license for each demonstration system you deploy.

Upgrade to a full system.

The full system license supports more concurrent users – upto unlimited, and is available with support.  To upgrade, contact your Siracom sales representative.

Meru May Technical Training

Siracom is pleased to announce training dates in May for the 3 day Meru Certified Systems Engineer course, which will run at Siracom's offices in Basingstoke on Wednesday 18th May - Friday 20th May 2011.

The 3 day course will cover the following ;

• Configuration and installation of Meru Networks - Version 4.x
• Troubleshooting the solution
• EzRF Network Manager

The course is designed for the installation and support staff of companies selling Meru Networks, an is run by senior engineers covering lab and theory work.

The cost is £600 per delegate.

Drinks, snacks and lunch is all provided .

The course location is :

Siracom,

Unit T The Loddon Centre

Roengten Road

Daneshill East

Basingstoke RG24 8NG.

To book your place on the course email Lianne Hill at Lhill@siracom.com or call 01256 347460.