{"id":1425,"date":"2016-07-28T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2016-10-11T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:29:44","slug":"ruckus-releases-cloud-wi-fi-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/ruckus-releases-cloud-wi-fi-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruckus Releases Cloud Wi-Fi Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seems that more and more frequently, enterprises are looking to have their applications stored as a cloud based service, rather than having them stored on-premise. Today, Ruckus Wireless<\/a> announced the availability of Ruckus Cloud WI-Fi<\/a> to the general public. Ruckus Cloud WI-Fi<\/a> is a WLAN management as a service (MaaS) offer powered by the new Ruckus Cloud Platform. The service\u00a0is \u00a0enabled by Ruckus Cloud, an NFV style public cloud platform that’s been in development.\u00a0Cloud WI-Fi allows distributed organizations with a limited IT department to establish, monitor, and manage a high performance multi-site WLAN of any size. With its\u00a0cloud Wi-Fi service, Ruckus hopes network managers will be able to benefit from cloud simplicity without needing to sacrifice their Wi-Fi performance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCustomers shouldn\u2019t have to sacrifice end user experience in order to reap the benefits of the cloud,\u201d said Dan Rabinovitsj, chief operating officer of Ruckus Wireless Business Unit, Brocade. \u201cThey also shouldn\u2019t have to be locked into a single architecture\u2014if they need to change, their APs should change with them. With Cloud Wi-Fi, customers don\u2019t need to make these trade offs anymore. Using the Ruckus Cloud platform, Ruckus will continue to introduce compelling as-a-service offers that can include cloud-managed switching and cloud-managed in-building LTE service based on OpenG\u2122 technology. Customers could have access to all of these services through the same intuitive interface.\u201d<\/p>\n

With this latest announcement, Ruckus Wireless now offers the industry’s most expansive range of deployment options. This includes public cloud, data center or private cloud, hardware of virtual appliance, and controller-less. Many of Ruckus’ partners will benefit from participating in the cloud managed WLAN market while also addressing a broader set of deployment requirements.\u00a0Ruckus Cloud Wi-Fi competes with other offers in the cloud-managed WLAN category from large and small networking companies. According to Davis, Ruckus’ focus is different because it offers:<\/p>\n