MERU NETWORKS AND HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES TO DISCUSS CAMPUS WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT AT 2006 ACUTA CONFERENCE
 

Sunnyvale, CA — July 19, 2006

WHO: Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, and Meru’s customer, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a prestigious 170-acre university located in Geneva, New York.

WHAT: Meru’s Director of Product Management, Chris Gilby, and Mike Ruiz, Network and Systems Engineer for Hobart and William Smith (HWS) Colleges, will discuss the university’s wireless deployment in a session entitled “Meeting the Demand for Wireless Connectivity” at the 35th annual Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA) Conference & Exhibition.

In the session, Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Gilby will describe how HWS implemented a wireless LAN system that enabled the institution to manage co-channel interference, improve wireless coverage and reliably deliver high-performance, wireless connectivity for a growing number of users and applications. They will describe the benefits the network has brought to the campus environment.

ACUTA is an international non-profit educational association serving colleges and universities. ACUTA represents nearly 2000 individuals at 825 institutions of higher education with members ranging from small schools and community colleges to the 50 largest U.S. institutions representing diverse Carnegie classifications in all 50 states, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ACUTA also has Corporate Affiliate members, representing all categories of communications technology vendors who serve the college/university market.

WHEN: Thursday, July 27th, 2006
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

WHERE: 35th Annual ACUTA Conference & Exhibition
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, California

CONTACT: For more information contact Lori Hultin, LSH Communications for Meru Networks, at 818-879-4651 or lhultin@sbcglobal.net OR Sarah Kim at (617) 549-3687 or skim@merunetworks.com.

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru’s award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.