Miami-Dade County Public Schools Forge Ahead With 1-to-1 Computing, Powered by Meru Education Grade (MEG) Wi-Fi With Identity...
June 25 2014 - 08:00AM
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools Forge Ahead With 1-to-1 Computing,
Powered by Meru Education Grade (MEG) Wi-Fi With Identity Manager
The Fourth Largest School District in the U.S. Rolls Out Windows
8(R) Devices and Digital Learning With High Confidence in Secure,
Reliable and Speedy Wi-Fi
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 25, 2014) - Meru Networks®
(NASDAQ: MERU), a leader in intelligent Wi-Fi networking, today
announced that Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has
expanded its Meru Education-Grade (MEG™) Wi-Fi solution and rolled
out Meru Identity Manager to automate student access as part of
their 1:1 mobile device program. During this second wave of its 1:1
computing program, M-DCPS is giving every student in elementary,
seventh and ninth grades Microsoft® Windows 8® devices. The Meru
Wi-Fi currently supports about 150,000 students and their mobile
devices. When the rollout is complete, it will connect all 345,000
students and 40,000 teachers in 392 schools.
"Our 1:1 initiative is really what we call a 'digital
conversion.' We're taking instruction from the traditional teacher
lecturing the class to a personalized, collaborative and
differentiated learning program," said Debbie Karcher, CIO of
Miami-Dade County Public Schools. "The Meru Wi-Fi network has
worked extremely well to support our 1:1 learning objectives and it
continues to scale and meet our requirements. Meru is rock-solid,
and we have not found another product that can compete at the same
scale and price point."
To ensure success for its 1:1 program, M-DCPS expanded its Wi-Fi
to better support rich-media content and online assessments in its
high-density environment. The ability to do so is vital to
implementing Common Core State Standards (CCSS). M-DCPS uses a
variety of academic and administrative applications over the Meru
wireless network. Educational applications on the network include
e-textbooks, Lightspeed, Edmodo, Discovery Education, IMath and
Scantron. Administrators and staff also access student information
systems and financial applications over the Wi-Fi, in addition to
systems that support food services, transportation and
facilities.
M-DCPS' use of Meru E(z)RF® Network Manager helped speed
deployment of tens of thousands of Meru access points across
hundreds of schools. E(z)RF is a centralized network management
software application for Meru wireless LANs. It provides
network-wide monitoring, end-to-end visibility and powerful control
of wireless deployments. Its intuitive, web-based interface
delivers superior ease-of-use and offers instant access to
real-time and historical performance metrics on each managed
controller, access point and client. E(z)RF can be deployed on a
Meru Services Appliance or on a VMware-based virtual appliance.
Meru Identity Manager automates network access for
district-owned and guest devices, while reducing the burden on IT
staff with self-service functionality. Identity Manager Smart
Connect is optimized for both administrators and end users,
enabling one-click self-provisioning of client devices for secure
wireless connectivity. Identity Manager Guest Connect improves
guest management by authorizing internal sponsors to create guest
accounts and enabling guests to securely self-register.
The MEG wireless solution is designed to solve schools' 1:1 and
BYOD challenges and support their learning-essential applications.
MEG starts with three simple steps:
- On-board quickly with 1:1 and BYOD provisioning and
secure wireless access mapped to IT policies.
- Connect all 1:1 and BYOD devices reliably anywhere on
campus.
- Learn by deploying validated learning and teaching
applications on 1:1 and BYOD devices over the MEG wireless
solution.
"Miami-Dade is providing students from very diverse backgrounds
equal access to state-of-the-art technology for learning. The
district has prepared itself for success by deploying the Meru
Education-Grade solution to deliver high-performance, along with
reliable and secure access to educational resources so that
students can gain the knowledge and skills they need for future
success," said Sarosh Vesuna, vice president and general manager of
Meru's business units. "The performance and simplicity of the MEG
solution enables school districts to deliver seamless connectivity
for secure 1:1 learning programs."
Additional information about the Meru MEG solution is available
here: http://bit.ly/MGBWiU.
About Meru Networks Meru Networks (NASDAQ: MERU) is a leader in
intelligent 802.11ac Wi-Fi solutions, delivering uninterrupted user
experience for education, healthcare, hospitality and enterprise.
The Meru MobileFLEX architecture is designed to enable seamless
roaming with traffic separation for critical applications,
providing top performance and high capacity in high-density
environments. Visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300 for
more information.
©2014 Meru Networks. Meru Networks, Meru and E(z)RF are
registered trademarks and the Meru logo is a trademark of Meru
Networks, Inc. in the United States. Microsoft and Windows 8 are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks
mentioned in this document are the property of their respective
owners.
Press Contact Wilson Craig Director of Public Relations Meru
Networks +1 408 516 6182
wcraig@merunetworks.com
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