Riverbed is a well known name in the WAN optimization market, and increasingly in the SD-WAN space as well. The company recently acquired Xirrus. It may seem like a curious move to acquire wireless assets. But Tom Hollingsworth does a great job of putting it into the perspective of Riverbed’s existing business. He sees the wireless edge as the next market for them to expand into. Given the success Riverbed has had integrating Ocedo assets into their SteelHead line, I think the company is capable of moving into a new market.
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Lessons Learned: Xirrus & the 2425H Array
Drew Lentz of Wireless Nerd comments: When I went to weatherproof the TNC connectors on the bottom of this unit, I learned something: bring patience … or heat shrink tubing, a pair of scissors, and a heat gun. I opted for patience, as it was my first time doing this. The connectors on the bottom […]
Wireless Field Day #6 — Day Two Blog (Page Two)
Glenn Cate of GCateWifi writes: Here is my Wireless Field Day #6 Day Two Blog (Page Two), with reviews of Xirrus Networks and Extreme Networks. Page One will be coming in my next blog (I still need to review the presentation from Cloudpath). My comments below are not a review of these entire […]
How A Dude Named Avi Scored Big For Xirrus
Lee Badman of wirednot comments: Sure, Wireless Field Day 6 is long since over, yet this quick blog is very much about Xirrus at WF6. My mind zipped back there as I was working away at my desk, and glancing over at the Twitter feed I saw that one Avi Hartenstein is now following me […]
Xirrus Comes On Strong At Wireless Field Day 6
Lee Badman of WiredNot writes: Dirk opened the show with a nice overview of his founding of Xircom, and passed around some interesting kit from the pre-802.11 days of “cordless Ethernet”. This is one sharp Exec. Gates’ professional history is fascinating, and you gotta appreciate that he has made an empire out of doing WLAN […]
Getting My Brain Ready For Wireless Field Day 6- Expectations
Lee Badman of WiredNot writes: Yeah, baby- another Wireless Field Day approaches, and I’m really looking forward to it. For those not all that familiar with with the Tech Field Day series, I opined about it last year when I was a rookie, and after getting up to speed at #WFD4, I set my sights […]
Xirrian- The Official Language of Wi-FI Experts
Lee Badman of WiredNot writes: Little did I know that as I schlepped around a simple notebook from Xirrus, I was sitting on a friggin’ Rosetta Stone, baby. For in this spiral-bound collection of pages, I recently stumbled across something that made me realize the wonder an archaeologist must feel when she finds a lost […]
Wireless Field Day 5 was “Sort of a BIG DEAL”
Dale Rapp of DaleWifiSec writes about WFD5: Attending Wireless Field Day 5 as a first time delegate was such an honor, and I was perfectly aware of how significant past Wireless Field Day events have been. But being involved and experiencing the event first hand I realized just how big of a deal the event […]
What Meru and Xirrus Need to Do
Lee Badman of WiredNot writes about WFD5: Both companies are headed by obviously intelligent technologists who are passionate about their product lines. Each has well-spoken customers willing to testify on the effectiveness of their gear. Both are still in business in a pretty competitive space, and hoping to grow their shares of the WLAN market. […]