SUN HEALTH HEALTHCARE NETWORK DEPLOYS MERU NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM TO SUPPORT CRITICAL ADVANCED VOICE AND DATA APPLICATIONS FOR PATIENT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
 

Sunnyvale, CA – February 26, 2007

Meru Networks, the leader in infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise, today announced that Sun Health, a non-profit healthcare network in Arizona, has begun deployment of a pervasive Meru Wireless LAN (WLAN) System in its facilities.

Among other benefits, Meru's Wireless LAN System will enable Sun Health to use advanced clinical applications for patient monitoring and management throughout their facilities at all times, while simultaneously supporting Sun Health's investment in a newly installed wireless voice communications system from Vocera. Vocera's communications badges, small wearable devices that enable two-way voice communication, perform optimally with Meru's unique single channel architecture. With the Meru solution's voice and data ready infrastructure, there is zero handoff time between access points, which is essential as medical personnel move around the facility using the badges and data devices. This translates into consistent quality of service and no garbled or dropped calls.

Once fully deployed, the Sun Health wireless network will provide pervasive wireless access to 1.1 million square feet of space across two multi-story hospitals and one rehabilitation facility.

"Our goal is to exploit next-generation technology to better serve our patients," said Larry Stillman, director and CTO for Sun Health. "The Meru Wireless LAN System was the best solution to support all of the critical voice and data applications and devices that we wanted to deploy now, and it will easily support those we have planned to implement in the future such as RFID."

The Meru WLAN System enables hospitals and other healthcare organizations to quickly deploy a pervasive wireless network that is able to support a high density of users and a wide variety of applications and devices. The system's unique, single-channel architecture enables IT teams to install the network without complex channel planning as well as avoid the instability of legacy approaches.

"Meru's single-channel architecture is unique in that it allows organizations like Sun Health to easily enable seamless mobility to a great number of users, while providing each user fair access to the advanced applications they need without having to contend with co-channel interference issues endemic to the other WLAN technologies," said Ken Creager, senior director of healthcare solutions for Meru. "In addition, the Meru solution can support a wide range of devices – whether based on 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11a – and users will still have consistent performance across the network."

Sun Health worked with voice and wireless network specialist Extreme Integration to select and purchase their wireless solution. "Meru's pervasive Wireless LAN System is ideal for healthcare environments, as it can support such a wide range of voice and data device across the network," said Sean Moore, president and CEO of Extreme Integration. "When paired with Vocera, the resulting solution is ideal for clinical environments that are looking to technology to improve patient care."

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless mobility infrastructure solutions for Fortune 500 educational, healthcare, enterprise, and government markets. Its industry-leading innovations deliver pervasive, robust wireless service for business-critical applications. Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the WLAN environment, and it offers the only solution on the market that delivers the reliability, scalability, and security necessary for 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 +1-408-215-5300.