HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVES TO MERU NETWORKS FOR EXPANDING, DISTRICT-WIDE WIRELESS LAN

Sunnyvale, CA — September 18, 2006

Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, today announced that Hilton Central School District of Hilton , NY, is deploying the Meru WLAN System, district-wide, to deliver Internet access and a wide variety of applications and multimedia content to its 4600 students.

Hilton Central had previously deployed a wireless network using Cisco Systems equipment, but found that as they added more users and attempted to support multiple users simultaneously in dense areas such as classrooms, the performance of the network suffered. After evaluating a number of WLAN solutions, the district chose the Meru Networks WLAN System both for its ability to deliver pervasive coverage in the highest density environments and its built-in support for data, toll quality voice and video.

"One of our primary goals is to give students greater access to technology in the classroom, while reducing our district's overall costs," said Joshua Ennis, Network Administrator, Hilton Central School District. "With the Meru WLAN System we've been able to increase the computer to student ratio, purchasing mobile labs that immediately put computers into the hands of our students without the cost of building and cabling a room. With Meru's ability to support high density, we've reduced the number of access points that need to be deployed, further lowering our costs."

Students at Hilton Central can now access a wide range of district-standard applications, multimedia-rich content, and the Internet via the district-owned laptops in the classroom. One of the district's unique examples of using the wireless LAN to enhance students' learning takes place in the science classes offered by one of its elementary schools. As part of their Salmon Creek watershed studies, the science teachers can take students and their laptops out of the classroom and to neighboring Salmon Creek for a combination of hands-on activities and computer-aided research and learning. Students use their wireless-enabled laptops for data collection and management, digital imaging via a handheld digital microscope, downloading of video footage and downloading of data from palm handhelds, attached to probes that record pH, temperature and other characteristics of the stream and its plant and animal life.

In addition to the primary goals of providing students with better access to technology, Hilton Central is also using its wireless LAN to let faculty and administrators who have laptops stay connected as they roam around the district, accessing all of their documents, calendar and email applications.

Once it has completed its deployment goal of having 100% coverage district-wide, Hilton Central will evaluate the addition of wireless VoIP to the network. According to Joshua Ennis, adding VoIP to the network could save the district substantial amounts of money in cell phone costs.

"Since most cell phone usage occurs between district employees who are roaming throughout our district, providing them with wireless VoIP could create a much more productive, mobile work environment and simultaneously save our district a lot of money," he said. "Fortunately, with the Meru WLAN System, we have built-in support for toll-quality voice, so whenever we choose to upgrade the network, we'll be ready."

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.