Mobile App Managed, Controller-Free Wi-Fi System Delivers Simplicity, Reliability and Affordability to Small Businesses Demanding Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi Solutions
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. has unveiled Xclaim, a new kind of Wi-Fi system exclusively developed for the small business market that redefines the model for offering enterprise-grade Wi-Fi services to organizations that have little to no IT expertise.
A new brand of disruptively priced, cloud-ready, controller-free Wi-Fi products, Xclaim represents a fundamentally different approach to delivering enterprise-class Wi-Fi. Unlike alternatives, Xclaim eliminates the cost and complexity associated with conventional Enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) systems for smaller organizations that can’t justify purchasing them, but still desire best in class Wi-Fi connectivity, coverage, and performance, with simple, easy management.
Included within the Xclaim portfolio is the free Harmony for Xclaim™ mobile application. Purpose-built for the iOS and Android operating systems, Harmony for Xclaim radically streamlines installation, configuration and ongoing administration of a Wi-Fi network. Within minutes, small businesses can begin offering secure, robust and reliable Wi-Fi at a fraction of the cost and complexity of traditional enterprise alternatives.
“New wireless LAN products and services have been introduced by leading vendors targeting smaller-sized businesses,” said Chris DePuy, vice president of Wireless LAN research at Dell’Oro Group. “Two main product types have typically been used to target these businesses: Enterprise-class access points and Small Office Home Office, or ‘SOHO’, access points. Vendors are now bundling these products with services and software that are customized – and in some cases, cost-optimized – for SMBs. Given the expansion in the number of products being introduced to address SMBs, we estimate the SMB WLAN market opportunity will now approach $1.3B in the next several years,“ concluded DePuy.
Unlike so-called ‘controller-less’ Wi-Fi alternatives that still rely on virtual controllers in the cloud, Xclaim Wi-Fi systems are controller-free, combining exquisite functionality and high-performance with the incredible management and deployment simplicity SOHOs and small businesses need and want. “Ruckus is widely recognized for delivering carrier-class Wi-Fi performance and reliability to mid-market enterprises and global service providers,” said Rob Mustarde, vice president and general manager of the Xclaim product line at Ruckus Wireless. “With Xclaim, we are now extending this same value to the SOHO and ‘S’ of the SMB market. This segment is experiencing the same Mobile Internet revolution as everyone else, but hasn’t had reliable, powerful Wi-Fi solutions available that are also simple to operate and manage, and affordable. Xclaim means these businesses no longer need to endure poor, consumer grade Wi-Fi or deal with deployment costs beyond their reach and systems they can’t easily comprehend and manage.”
With the rising popularity and pervasive use of Wi-Fi, offering enterprise grade Wi-Fi services has effectively remained out of reach for small businesses that want better Wi-Fi to support a multitude of new media-rich applications, devices, and users.
To deal with the growing need for Wi-Fi to function as a reliable business utility, smaller organizations have been forced to either purchase enterprise-class, controller-based systems (either on premises or in the cloud) that are too costly and complex for their business, or buy consumer-grade Wi-Fi products that lack the reliability, functionality and management required to support the myriad mobile devices and applications flooding the market.
With Xclaim, this quandary has been resolved. When ultra-affordable world-class Wi-Fi is coupled with an easy-to-use mobile Wi-Fi management application that’s free of any type of controller, installing, configuring, and managing enterprise-class Wi-Fi networks becomes as simple as turning on a smartphone.
Xclaim Product Details
Xclaim features four best-in-class indoor and outdoor 802.11n and 802.11ac Wi-Fi solutions for small businesses designed within sleek, lightweight, and low profile form factors. They include:
•Xi-1: dual-band (selectable) 2×2:2 802.11n indoor access point (AP)
•Xi-2: dual-band 2×2:2 802.11n indoor access point
•Xi-3: dual-band 2×2:2 802.11ac indoor access point
•Xo-1: dual-band 2×2:2 802.11ac outdoor access point
Xclaim indoor and outdoor controller-free APs deliver enterprise-grade wireless performance and reliability at breakthrough price points, making them ideal for cost-conscious small business environments.
Enterprise Wi-Fi capabilities such as dynamic channel selection, band steering, client isolation, and airtime fairness all come standard in Xclaim APs to ensure the highest levels of Wi-Fi reliability, security and performance without constant manual optimization.
Local management is provided immediately through Harmony for Xclaim. Supported on iOS and Android smart mobile devices, Harmony for Xclaim revolutionizes and simplifies the discovery of APs, the configuration of wireless parameters and the ongoing monitoring of wireless LAN environments–-truly controller-free—eliminating the requirement for businesses to purchase any additional management hardware, software or AP licenses.
Xclaim is supported through an online community forum of experts, offering free and instant answers to operational questions.
