Meru Networks Joins PCI Security Vendor Alliance

Meru Wireless LANs Provide Reliability, Security Critical to Demanding Retail Environments
 

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 14, 2008 – Wireless LAN provider Meru Networks has joined the PCI Security Vendor Alliance, the group chartered with providing services and best-practices guidance to retailers and other businesses required to conform to the PCI (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard.

Meru will exhibit this week at the National Retail Federation's 97th Annual Convention and Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, booth #2972.

Membership in the Alliance "will help Meru work with our growing base of retail customers to meet the compliance requirements directly related to wireless networking, and to ensure data integrity and secure, reliable data transmission," said Rachna Ahlawat, Meru's vice president of strategic marketing.

Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control™ technology provides the performance, reliability and security that are critical in the most demanding supply-chain environments, from the warehouse to the point of sale. Rather than the "micro cell" approach of legacy wireless LAN designs – which assign different channels to adjacent cells of the network – Meru's unique "virtual cell" approach automatically selects a single channel for use enterprise-wide, maximizing network performance and quality of service while accelerating and simplifying deployments. Meru's cost-effective solutions let customers run a wide variety of applications wirelessly, including VoWiFi, streaming video for security, and point-of-sale applications; and support RFID, location tracking and security surveillance.

With Meru zero-handoff technology, because mobile devices need not switch channels when roaming, users and applications have a guaranteed, uninterrupted connection – unlike with micro cell WLANs, where connections and sessions are established and torn down with every roam. In addition, because mobile devices on a Meru WLAN do not need to continuously scan for "better" networks or reauthenticate while roaming, their battery life is extended significantly. Meru delivers these benefits with no proprietary client-side software or extensions, ensuring investment protection and lowering total cost of ownership. Meru has successfully tested most leading mobile hand-held devices from Symbol/Motorola and Intermec for performance and interoperability, providing customers with complete flexibility in their choice of device.

"Meru takes the unpredictability and unreliability out of wireless networking, giving retailers the peace of mind they demand in today's transaction environments," Ahlawat said. "Our technology ensures that up-to-date inventory, tracking, payment and pricing data are always available, and protected by the highest possible level of security."

The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security, was developed in 2005 by the founding members of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International. For more information, see https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org.

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.