Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Xirrus Adds Another Education Customer

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus, a developer of Wi-Fi networking hardware, has scored another education customer, the firm announced today. Xirrus said that Penola Catholic College, located in Melbourne, Australia, has deployed the firm's 802.11n Wi-Fi arrays. Financial details on the win were not disclosed. Xirrus develops Wi-Fi equipment which combines multiple wireless access points and switching, to provide better coverage and higher bandwidth to wireless deployments. The firm has been announcing a large number of wins in the education market in recent months. Xirrus is venture backed by August Capital, Canaan Partners, QuestMark Partners, and US Venture Partners.

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