Healthcare

Today’s healthcare organizations have changed, mirroring or leading the changes seen in their enterprise counterparts. Organizations have become widely distributed, and most don’t have a dedicated IT staff. At the same time, most clinics or distributed sites require connectivity to hospital resources/applications, and reliable, high speed wireless networks to function. The mobile nature of caregivers and the growing use of networked imaging and video in patient care settings make an affordable, easy to manage network mission critical.

The distributed yet centrally manageable Aerohive architecture handles this flood of application traffic with the optimized availability and performance that clinicians can rely on as they strive to improve patient care quality and reduce healthcare delivery costs. Aerohive’s solution includes routers and 802.11n access points, both managed securely via a single instance of HiveManager. Both Aerohive’s remote access network and Wi-Fi solutions function with unprecedented ease of deployment; just plug them in, and they will automatically find their HiveManager, download their configuration, and get down to work.

Education

Schools use 802.11n wireless LANs as a primary learning venue that avoids the excessive cost of cabling student devices. Wireless communications also boosts parent-teacher communication and campus-wide school safety while easily addressing temporary classroom connectivity requirements. The distributed, scalable Aerohive architecture is optimized for all these applications. It allows simple centralized management and delivers unique classroom monitoring capabilities for much-needed classroom control.

Enterprise

Today’s enterprise is changing. Between a proliferation of small/branch offices and the growing popularity of teleworking, users have come to expect secure remote access to corporate resources as well as high speed wireless networks. This can result in enormous pressure on corporate IT staff, who simply don’t have the bandwidth to address all of the requirements of rolling VPNS, managed switches, and WLANs to non-technical staff. Within the corporate site, many enterprises are also expanding their WLANs to improve productivity, reduce switch port plus cabling costs, and bring branch offices online inexpensively. They are also increasing Wi-Fi capacity to address the explosion of Wi-Fi clients including mobile internet devices (MIDs) and smart phones. As a result, near-100% uptime is critical, and multimedia traffic requires enhanced quality of service (QoS) features for optimal user experiences. The distributed, scalable Aerohive architecture has been optimized with the features needed to meet all of these requirements.

Manufacturing, distribution, and logistics companies often have multiple geographically distributed sites requiring mobile connectivity. These organizations depend on accurate inventory to function but recognize that each site’s radio frequency (RF) profile can change radically during a single day as the volume and type of materials stocked fluctuates. As manufacturing, distribution, and logistics firms move to automated pickers, the accuracy and uptime of the WLAN become mission critical. Flexibility and scalability are crucial, as the environment may expand relatively suddenly. Finally, simple, easy-to-use management is a central requirement, since many organizations do not have a WLAN expert onsite. Aerohive’s unique controller-less architecture makes it simple and cost effective to add coverage – just add another AP. While Aerohive access points enable distributed communications and policy, management is centralized, and can even be hosted online.

Retail

The retail industry faces highly distributed IT deployments, which carry unique cost, manageability, and security challenges.  Geographically distributed sites all require connectivity to corporate for mission-critical applications, yet small sites often do not have dedicated IT staff. This can pose significant problems when rolling out new sites or managing/maintaining existing stores, as well as when deploying wireless LANs. There is a huge burden placed on corporate IT, which must configure new VPN routers, install client software, instruct users on how to work with the network, and monitor its performance. The situation can be even more difficult with Wi-Fi networks, particularly as new interactive displays and hot spot offerings require guest access for shoppers that are easy to use and distinctly separate from corporate networks. Meanwhile, security mandates – particularly the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (known as PCI DSS) – are among the strictest in any industry.
The distributed, scalable Aerohive architecture is optimized for fully centralized, efficient operations and management in these organizations, while features like Private Pre-Shared Key (PSK) enable simple, secure guest access. Aerohive’s  routers are literally plug and play, with configuration that is pushed down from a central HiveManager location when the device is turned on. And Aerohive’s award-winning WLANs function the same way, getting their configurations, changes and updates from the same HiveManager.With Aerohive, managing thousands of branch office networks and access points can be nearly as easy as managing a single instance.

Government

As the popularity of mobile devices shows no sign of waning, an increasing number of government organizations are taking steps to accommodate employees’ demands for anytime, anywhere access to wireless networks. The benefits are clear: by embracing today’s mobility phenomenon, government agencies can equip employees with the tools they need to work more efficiently, better address the challenges of work-life balance, and enhance job satisfaction.
Many government employees are already reaping the rewards. According to a February 2012 CDW-G Federal Mobility Report, 99 percent of federal IT professionals report they have deployed mobile devices to their agency’s workforce. Nearly 90 percent of federal employees who use mobile devices for work report that the technology allows them to be more productive, especially while traveling on agency business and working remotely. And 69 percent believe that increasing mobility will enhance service to citizens.  Read more….