STOCKHOLM, June 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swedish Crown
Princess Victoria will marry Daniel
Westling in Stockholm on
the 19th of June 2010. The
City of Stockholm honors the
marriage with a two week celebration; LOVE Stockholm 2010.
Thousands of journalists are expected to attend the event. They
will spread text, photos and video to the world via the largest
temporary wireless network ever built in the Nordics. Swedish
network provider DataCom has been appointed Official Supplier to
LOVE Stockholm 2010 and will provide high-speed Internet access
together with Meru Networks and Swedish network security specialist
Clavister.
The assignment from the City of
Stockholm is to provide The Media Center, several theme
areas and approximately 10 hot spots around the city with fast and
secure wireless connections. The Media Centre, which is the largest
and most complex ever built in Sweden, will host approximately 3,000 working
journalists during the celebration.
DataCom was appointed Official Supplier to LOVE Stockholm 2010
after having delivered a successful wireless network to the Volvo
Ocean Race Stockholm stopover in 2009.
"We are honoured that the City of
Stockholm selected us among the other giant partners and
providers. With over 20 years experience of IT, and a strong
competence in IT infrastructure, we are confident that we will
assure a solid network delivery, just as we did in Stockholm during Volvo Ocean Race 2009. We
have teamed up with the same partners, Meru Networks and Clavister,
and together we have built a secure and fast wireless network that
is the largest temporary network ever in the Nordics," says
Ralf Aspholm, Managing Director
DataCom.
Reliable wireless coverage
Sweden is a strong supporter of
technology and for LOVE Stockholm 2010 it is crucial that the
technology works exceptionally well. Meru Networks was chosen by
DataCom because of its proven ability to support large numbers of
concurrent users with predictable and reliable wireless coverage.
Meru Network's virtual wireless LAN (WLAN) solution is easy to
deploy and scalable, having delivered Wireless-like-Wired(TM)
service for similar, large scale events around the world.
"We are very happy to have been selected to provide the wireless
LAN infrastructure for such a fantastic event. There will be many
journalists from all over the world and countless many visitors
connecting to the network. An event like this with many concurrent
users, with a demand for reliability and high speed access, is
where Meru really shines," says Bo
Ericson, Vice President Europe Meru Networks.
Meru Networks (Nasdaq: MERU) are supplying more than 50 AP320i
access points, from the high-performance AP3000 series platform,
the industry's first enterprise-class 802.11n access point, as well
as Meru Network MC3000 controllers. Two controllers will share the
load and the third will act as a failover. To ensure network
performance throughout the event, DataCom will build a two layer
system in order to be sure of load balancing and to provide a
failover function.
Secure wireless connectivity
Swedish network security specialist Clavister will provide
protection for incoming and outgoing internet traffic via
specialized firewalls to ensure that nothing inappropriate takes
place and that information and online users are protected
throughout the event.
"Most hot spots around the world, like airports, shopping malls
etc are totally open, and many people do not realize how dangerous
this potentially is," says Jonas
Herner, VP Sales Clavister Nordic Region.
"Visitors using the LOVE 2010 hotspots for internet access can
do so in the knowledge that they are secure. We have employed our
most advanced network security technology to combat threats like
intrusion, eavesdropping, and identity theft. We are splitting the
traffic over two 1GB Internet links for load balancing and
guaranteed bandwidth. We also have a failover function in place to
deal with situations where one link goes down," he concludes.
The security will be provided by Clavister SG4370 firewalls with
its advanced intrusion detection functionality. To guarantee
necessary bandwidth and to avoid bottle necks at critical locations
Clavister's advanced traffic management system will be used as
well.
DataCom is organizing the integration, deployment and set-up,
Meru Networks is supplying the WLANs and controllers and Clavister
is providing specialized firewalls to protect incoming and outgoing
internet traffic and online users.
About DataCom
For more information, contact Jonas Kopniwsky, PR DataCom, tel.
+46-8-545-063-24, mob.tel. +46-70-882-84-40,
jonas@comvision.se.
DataCom's focus is to help companies and organizations to
increase benefits by delivering products and services that simplify
the management, operation and development of IT infrastructure.
DataCom has existed since 1989 and knows by experience which
solutions that work best for your business. The company is also an
independent label, and therefore chooses the most cost-effective
solution for every situation.
DataCom creates solutions for customers so that they do not have
to think about or worry over their IT environment. They should
instead concentrate on developing their business. DataCom is one of
four companies in the DC-group that also consists of CanCom,
CloudCom and Kabeldragarna.
http://www.datacom.se
About Clavister
Since 1997 Clavister has delivered leading network security
solutions to the commercial benefit of tens of thousands of
companies worldwide. Clavister's family of UTM (Unified Threat
Management) products and solutions deliver secure remote access to
networks providing flexible and innovative network security with
world class administration and control. Clavister is a pioneer in
virtual network security, which together with a portfolio of
hardware and software solutions gives customers the full choice.
Clavister's products are backed by the company's award-winning
support, maintenance and training. Clavister is based in
Sweden, and the company's products
are sold through international sales offices, distributors and
resellers throughout EMEA and Asia.
http://www.clavister.com
About Meru Networks
Founded in 2002, Meru Networks develops and markets a
virtualized wireless LAN solution that cost-effectively optimizes
the enterprise network to deliver the performance, reliability,
predictability and operational simplicity of a wired network, with
the advantages of mobility. Meru's solution represents an
innovative approach to wireless networking that utilizes
virtualization technology to create an intelligent and
self-monitoring wireless network, and enables enterprises to
migrate their business-critical applications from wired networks to
wireless networks, and become all-wireless enterprises. Meru's
solutions have been adopted in major industry vertical markets,
including education, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing and
retail. Meru is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has operations in the
Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Pacific. For more information, visit
http://www.merunetworks.com