1 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD) DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN UNCONTROLLED NOVEMBER 2011 Perry Correll Xirrus, Principal Technologist

2 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved AGENDA Evolution of Wi-Fi Designing for BYOD/T Summary Xirrus - First Modular Wireless Switch Case Study: Griffin-Spalding County Schools Rod Smith - Director of Instructional Technology

3 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved Explosion of smartphones and tablets Rapid rise in rich media content and applications Emergence of cloud computing Work force increasingly mobile and connected THE WIRELESS TIPPING POINT 1,000,000 mobile apps has transformed software adoption. Source: Jefferies, billion Wi-Fi devices in 2010 to 3 billion in Source: Gartner ,000 Android devices activated a day. Source: Google 2011 High Performance wireless networks are the new norm being driven by a device explosion, mobile applications, and access to the cloud Mobile data traffic will increase 26X between 2010 and Source: Cisco VNI

4 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved EVOLUTION OF STANDARDS 2.4GHz is reaching end of the line for performance Future is in 5GHz and other frequencies a 54Mbps n 600Mbps ad >5Gbps 60GHz g 54Mbps ac 1Gbps n-Draft 300Mbps GHz 5GHz n-Draft 150Mbps (non-bond) n 300Mbps (non-bond) b 11Mbps

5 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved BANDS & CHANNELS © 2011 Xirrus, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Two frequency bands used in Wi-Fi (27 channels) 2.4GHz – used by b/g/n clients 3 non-overlapping channels Limited bandwidth, prone to interference 5GHz – used by a/n clients 24 non-overlapping channels (differs by geo region) 8X the bandwidth, Less potential for interference 2.4GHz 5GHz

6 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved CLIENT DEVICES Clients - The Weakest Link Client Growth Drivers 1 to 1 initiative in classroom Users are carrying 3x number of devices Students Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) New devices are engineered as Wi-Fi only Campus & Classroom IT Smart whiteboards Video / Surveillance Projectors LaptopsTabletsSurveillanceAudioPhoneAudioPrinters

7 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved WI-FI INSPECTOR DEMO

8 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved AGENDA Evolution of Wi-Fi Designing for BYOD/T Summary Xirrus - First Modular Wireless Switch

9 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved 9 THE BYOD INVASION

10 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved WIRELESS NETWORK PERFORMANCE What happens if you do nothing? As device density and traffic goes up, so will complaints Wireless networks that ran fine all of a sudden do not work 10 As Density/Usage Increases… The Network Deteriorates Works Does Not Work ?

11 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved Traditional approach ­ Deploy more equipment ­ …and more cables ­ …and more switch ports ­ …and re-tune the RF Better approach ­ Deploy higher capacity equipment ­ More radios per AP ­ No more cables or switch ports ­ Add radios to chassis to grow capacity 11 WIRELESS NETWORK CAPACITY EXPANSION

12 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE Wireless networks must be designed for tablets/smartphones ­ Spotty/hot spot coverage insufficient Signal must be solid in all areas ­ –67dBm minimum ­ Live site surveys Full coverage for both Wi-Fi bands ­ 2.4GHz as LCD ­ 5GHz for most tablets & BEST performance 12

13 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved DEVICE MONITORING & CONTROL (MDM) Identify station type and class, e.g. tablet, phone, Blackberry, iPad, etc. Classify and manage devise based on this information

14 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved AGENDA Evolution of Wi-Fi Designing for BYOD/T Summary Xirrus - First Modular Wireless Switch

15 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved THE LEADER IN HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRELESS Traditional wireless network deployments are failing in the face of an onslaught of devices and application usage Dense Radios Xirrus has a unique platform and architectural advantage The XR Wireless Array is an industry first: a truly modular wireless switch Directional Antennae Virtualized Controllers

16 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved XIRRUS WIRELESS ARRAY Greatest Device density –100’s of Wi-Fi devices per Array Highest capacity –Multi-gigabit capacity per Array Broadest coverage –4X the coverage per Array 1st Radio Upgradeable Wireless Platform –Scale by adding radios to Array platform –Scale without adding Arrays to network 1st Software Upgradeable Performance –Upgrade radios from 300Mbps to 450Mbps 1st Multi-State Radio Platform –2.4GHz and 5GHz capable on every radio 1st ac-ready Product –Modular platform supports new wireless technologies Extensible to other wireless technologies 450Mbps 11n 300Mbps 11n 11ac/11ad/Other ?

17 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved CASE STUDY: FORSYTH COUNTY (37,000 STUDENTS) First Year of BYOT 7,529 Active Devices past 24 hours! /3 of student on Wi-Fi ??? Devices ­ Gemtech school provided devices ­ Some iPad Carts! ­ But Apples mostly BYOT devices 586 Arrays

18 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved CASE STUDY: DREAMFORCE The event ­ Salesforce.com – world’s largest enterprise software conference ­ Over 45,000 attendees over 2 million sq ft at Moscone Center The entire show… ­ 18,000+ unique Wi-Fi users ­ 58 Xirrus Arrays with 660 radios The keynote… ­ 15,000+ attendees in a single room ­ 7,700+ unique Wi-Fi users ­ 4,200+ concurrent Wi-Fi users on 20 Xirrus Arrays 1 Array… ­ 6779 unique stations in 24 hours ­ 643 concurrent Wi-Fi users

19 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved THE ULTIMATE BYOD – DREAMFORCE 2011

20 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved BYOD CASE STUDY: GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY ROD SMITH - DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Who we are ­ 20 Miles South of Atlanta ­ Instructional Technology Department Staff of 14 Who and what we support Network Infrastructure Network Security Web-Content Filtering Desktops Support Enterprise Backup and DR and a host of instructional applications ­ 20 Schools ­ 10,650 Students ­ 665 Full-Time Teachers Our wireless implementation story

21 © 2011 XIRRUS :: All Rights Reserved SESSION EVALUATION

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