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The Best Wi-Fi on the Planet

April 2016

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Agenda

Introduction

Wi-Fi Market Overview

The Xirrus Difference

Conclusion

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Who Is Xirrus?

Wi-Fi experts in the Enterprise, Education, Hot Spot, Hospitality, and Venue markets

Recognized for Product Innovation, we are deployed with thousands of customers and run the most demanding Wi-Fi networks worldwide.

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Customers Around the Globe Trust Xirrus

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Wi-Fi Market Overview

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Current State of the Wi-Fi Market

Traffic from Wireless and

Mobile Devices Wireless device traffic

exceeded wired traffic in 2015

Enterprise Wi-Fi Revenue in 2016

Mobile device spend exceeds all of consumer

electronics combined

$5.8B Unified Comm and

CollaborationOrganizations now depend

on Wi-Fi for their UCC requirements

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Reliability and Security Are Key Challenges

of users say that bad Wi-Fi has kept them from doing their job

of peopleuse Wi-Fi at Hotels 82%

89% think Wi-Fi is un-safebut still use it

84%

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The Future State of Wi-Fi

SOURCE: Cisco VNI Mobile, Dell’Oro Group, Wireless LAN Report Five Year Forecast 2014-2018, Gartner, Gartner Strategy Analytics, Morgan Stanley Research

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The average smartphone will generate

of traffic per month by 20194GB6.5M

New Wi-Fi devices ship

everyday

Globally, mobile data traffic will reach

24.3per month by 2019

25B

connected things by 2020

Exabytes

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The Xirrus Difference

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Design Your Wireless Carefully “Because there will be more

devices more frequently brought into the office… design WLANs with at least four times today’s access point density.”

—Christian Canales, Gartner

“Mobile Device Proliferation is Forcing Network Leaders to Redesign Enterprise Wireless LANs.”

4xDENSITY

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Scalable

From 2 to 8 Radios Only Xirrus Delivers

—Right Sized Wi-Fi—

Just Better

More Radios = Higher Density, Less Equipment

2 radios 4 radios 8 radios

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Xirrus Wi-Fi Portfolio

Use Case Density

AP

Den

sity

2 radios

2 radios

4 radios

4 radios 8 radios

XR-320 X2 2 radios

Lodging Office Conference/Classroom Auditorium Stadium/Convention

XR-600

XD2

XD4

XR-2000 XR-4000

11ac Wave 2

11ac Wave 1

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Xirrus performs 2-3x faster than the competition

The Experts Agree — Xirrus is Fastest

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Xirrus XR-630: 2-11ac

Xirrus XR-620: 2-11ac

Ruckus R700: 1-11ac

Cisco 2702: 1-11ac

Aerohive 370: 1-11ac

Meraki MR34: 1-11n/1-11ac

Aruba 225: 1-11n/1-11ac

Aerohive 230: 1-11n/1-11ac

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163.8142 125.9

Miercom Report: www.xirrus.com/miercom-rt/

CONCLUSION

THROUGHPUT (MBPS) FOR 16 11AC CLIENTS

AVERAGE

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Application Control

Predictable Application Performance

—Prioritize Critical Apps—

Just Better

PRIORITIZE - LIMIT - BLOCK

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Application Control for Reliable Performance

PRIORITIZELIMITBLOCK

Identify and control over 1400 applications directly in the AP

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Future Proof

Hardware Upgradability and Software Programmability

—Adapts To Your Business—

Just Better

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We Are Past the 5GHz Tipping Point

“More than half of Wi-Fi devices last year used 5 GHz, and that will grow to close to one hundred percent saturation in the next five years.”

—Phil Solis, ABI Research

“5 GHz Wi-Fi Is Now Mainstream”

FIXED APs AREBECOMING OBSOLETE

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Traditional APs are fixed with no upgrade path from 11n to 11ac

Xirrus radios are switchable to 11ac to adapt to changing needs

Future Proof – TurboXpress

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FlexibleFixed

11n

11acAPs

Clients

APs

Clients

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Improves Wi-Fi performance by maximizing radio resources

WithoutacXpress

With acXpress

11n

11ac

Future Proof – acXpress

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Easy-to-Use

Zero Touch Deployment andSimple Operation —XMS-Cloud— — EasyPass —

Just Better

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Xirrus Cloud Services

Admin

CUSTOMER SITE

ConsoleWi-Fi Access Network

ANYWHERE

XMS Management EasyPass Access

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• Massively scalable

• Zero-touch provisioning

• Firewall-friendly protocols

• Integrated EasyPass access

• Resilient: cloud not a failure point

XIRRUSCLOUD SERVICES

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Xirrus Management System Enterprise

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• Powerful on-premise management

• Choice of VMware or Hyper-V

• Integrated location-based services

• Integrated EasyPass access

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BYOD Demands Simplicity

“Because more devices will be brought into the office, network designers must identify solutions based on the simplification and ease of onboarding.”

—Christian Canales, Gartner

“Mobile Device Proliferation is Forcing Network Leaders to Redesign Enterprise Wireless LANs.”

MORE DEVICES CONNECTING

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Comprehensive portfolio of Wi-Fi access services in the Cloud

EasyPass Access Services

EasyPass is…

…Simple for users and IT…Platform independent of device types…Secure for all types of users…Free of charge in XMS-Cloud

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EasyPass Family of Services • Guest: visitors to a business, parents at a school • Voucher: customers at a café, attendees at a convention• Onboarding: student at schools, IoT sensor devices• Personal Wi-Fi: loyal guests at a hotel, students in a dorm

Wi-FiNetwork

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Conclusion

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Key Xirrus DifferentiatorsDifferentiator Xirrus Cisco Meraki HP/

ArubaAerohive Ruckus

Scalability – 2 to 8 radio APs address all density needs

App Control at Edge – Visibility and control of 1400+ apps

Dual High Speed 11ac – Twice the 11ac radios per AP

Upgradable – Modular platform for no rip/replace upgrades

Flexible Management – Cloud and on-premise options

Distributed Control – No controller, no single failure point

acXpress™ – Optimize performance by segmenting clients

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Adaptable

Meet future growth and new requirements with

flexible solutions

Reliable

Application prioritization to ensure reliability in

all scenarios

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Bottom Line Value: Less equipment and extended system life lowers total costs

Scalable

Meet every density need with solutions from 2 to 8 radios

Xirrus: Wi-Fi That Just Works

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