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Motorola announced two new hardware devices on Tuesday that they say will enable enterprises to be truly wireless, but still have all of the benefits of wired networking.
Sujai Hajela
VP Enterprise WLAN Division, Motorola
So we've released two new products today to complete the portfolio of the wireless enterprise. First is the RFS6000. [b-roll continued throughout] It's a medium sized enterprise wireless LAN switch. It has an 802.11n rating in the sense that it's got 8 gigabit ports that are capable of 802.3AF and 80 plus draft. It has got a wireless WAN backhaul capability. It's got the capability to expand to include voice services such as a PBX right into it. It supports the latest security standards. It's already got a built in integrated firewall, triple A, VPN, radius. Literally an enterprise network in a box already built in. And what it offers along with the AP7131 which is the industry's first tri radio 802.11n access point, is a portfolio to enable the wireless LAN enterprise. If you look at the AP7131 tri radio 802.11n its got 3 radios where one could be doing client access, second could be doing mesh backhaul, and the third could be dedicated to sense of security.
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Motorola demonstrated the system with a simulated business scattered across three locations. The object was to stream video from the headquarters to one of the satellite offices. First they demonstrated the system over wires, then unplugged the wires and showed their new devices at work. There was no noticeable difference in the data streaming on the unwired system.
While some industries have been early adopters of wireless technology, Motorola also has its sights set on new markets.
Sujai Hajela
VP Enterprise WLAN Division, Motorola
Retail, transportation, logistics, supply chain, and healthcare have been early adopters. Education is getting out there. [b-roll continued throughout] I would say financial services where everything-the benefits would be quite high. They have normally been very conservative on their uptake of wireless just because of their perceptions on security. Similar is manufacturing. Manufacturing can benefit a lot-oil and gas, utilities-can benefit a lot with wireless LANs and they are doing that, but their environments make it difficult to install. But with 802.11n with adaptive points, which we spoke about, and with mesh technology we are able to now light up environments that were difficult to light up before such as utilizes and gas.
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The company claims that implementing their wireless products in new construction would be 80 to 90 percent cheaper than a wired solution.
In the coming years analysts predict that the need for wireless networks will go up. According to research from Forrester, by 2011 notebooks will exceed desktop shipments [double check] and over a quarter of mobile phones will be wifi enabled. By the end of 2008 alone half of all mobile employees will have wireless access to email. All the while, the technology is getting cheaper. Chips to enable wireless connectivity are less than 5 dollars.
For the IDG News Service, I'm Nick Barber reporting from Boston.
