Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that it is deploying a high performance Wi-Fi network across Eastern Sierra Unified School District (ESUSD). The ESUSD deployment will cover all seven schools and the administration facilities spread across eight towns in Northern California.
Situated south of Reno, Nevada and east of Mammoth Lakes, ESUSD services the students of Topaz, Coleville, Walker, Bridgeport, Lee Vining, June Lake, Benton and Chalfant. Though extremely rural, ESUSD strives to bring top notch staff and technology, to its students. The district-wide Wi-Fi deployment is part of an overall technology upgrade that includes over 300 Apple® MacBook® computers and Internet connectivity for students and faculty in order to further enrich the district’s curriculum, online project collaboration, and extend reference materials to students where libraries are limited.
“In addition to offering wireless access throughout each school, the Xirrus Wi-Fi network will also provide the students of the rural communities with Wi-Fi Internet access,” said Bob Hurst, director of IT at ESUSD. “Because our Wi-Fi network will be the primary connection for all of our students, we needed a reliable network that would give us the flexible security to manage student access times. We choose Xirrus because it gave us the greatest coverage, bandwidth, and student capacity with far fewer devices to deploy and manage -- zero frustrations.”
“The forward-thinking leadership of the Eastern Sierra Unified School District has provided a state-of-the-art wireless network for their students and surrounding communities,” said Charles Bettinelli, regional sales manager at Xirrus. “They now have a powerful Wi-Fi network that is capable of supporting a wide range of educational tools both now and in the future, and we are glad to be a part of it.”
About Eastern Sierra Unified School District
Nestled between the rugged eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains to the east, the Eastern Sierra Unified School District (ESUSD) serves students from Topaz, Coleville, Walker, Bridgeport, Lee Vining, June Lake, Benton and Chalfant. Though extremely rural, ESUSD strives to bring top notch staff, technology, and inspiring workshops, assemblies, and seminars to its students. Students of ESUSD have participated in opera performances, science festivals, techno-music productions, hip hop happenings, and Meet the Masters art classes. Schools in ESUSD actively pursue interventions for each student to boost their skills and enhance learning.
About Xirrus
Xirrus, the leader in high performance Wi-Fi designs and manufactures the patented Wi-Fi Array. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array obsoletes traditional Wi-Fi offerings by integrating 4, 8, or 16 radios and high-gain directional antennas into a single device along with an onboard Gigabit Switch, Wi-Fi Controller, Firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi Threat Sensor, and embedded Spectrum Analyzer, providing the performance and security to replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi technology.
The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers more range, more coverage, more bandwidth, more throughput, and more intelligence per cable drop than anything else available today - resulting in a solution that uses 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays are ideal for any organization moving towards Wi-Fi as their primary network connection, especially those that must cover large areas, support large user populations, and/or use high bandwidth/throughput applications.