Play the video to watch Rich's interview with Dirk Gates:
Gates explained how he believes wireless can completely replace wired connections - even in the enterprise, which is much more bandwidth-intensive than Wi-Fi in the home. Forget the TCO advantage of "one wire to the desktop" for Voice & Data, how bout "NO wire to the desktop"?
That is Xirrus's mission. They believe their technology is reliable and can perform on par with wired connections with a much lower TCO.In fact, Xirrus's Dirk Gates told me they're eating their own dog food and running completely wireless for all of their employees. Xirrus also has an interesting case study with a customer of theirs with a very large Wi-Fi deployment. Coppell Independent School District, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas deployed Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi arrays. Today, as the largest employer in Coppell with over 1,200 employees, Coppell ISD has fifteen campuses serving nearly 10,000 students in grades K-12 including nine at the elementary level, three middle schools, two high schools, and an alternative campus. They would have to deploy 300 APs but were instead able to deploy only 17 Xirrus arrays saving money while retaining performance.
Chad Branum, Executive Director of Technology for Coppel Independent School District said, "A lot of our users over time had basically given up on wireless infrastructure and this [Xirrus] has allowed them to realize that it's solid it works well and that they can infuse mobility within their instruction within their classroom or anywhere in the facility. That I think has been the biggest mind shift from all of our staff members and our students. "
Check out this video from Brad Branum, explaining how Xirrus solved their wireless issues:
