Press Releases

Siracom Announces New Program for Meru Resellers
27 May 2009

Siracom, the UK Meru Networks Distributor, today announced a program to recruit Meru partners and help them develop to Meru Pinnacle Partner status. Meru ‘Value Partners’ are knowledgeable networking VARs wishing to sell Meru wi-fi to enable them to grow their share of the market for the mass deployment of wireless into business, government and education.

Siracom helps ‘Value Partners’ overcome the barriers of entry into this rapidly growing market, enabling partners to win their reference deals, with minimal upfront expenditure and minimal exposure to the risk associated with first time deployments of new products and services into key customers.

More about the Meru Reseller program. (pdf)

Warren Park Primary School Uses Meru’s Advanced Wireless Solutions to Enhance Learning for Pupils
25 May 2009

New wireless technology provides school with quick and flexible networking, improving the teaching process for pupils and saving time for staff.

Warren Park Primary School has deployed an 802.11g WAN solution from Meru Networks to provide flexible and quick networking for its pupils, maximising teaching time and saving time for staff. The solution was supplied by IT specialist Agile IT and Meru distributor Siracom.

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New Firetide MIMO-Based Infrastructure Redefines Wireless Mesh With Breakthrough 400 Mbps Performance
3rd-April-2009

Firetide, the leading provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks, announces the new, MIMO-based Firetide HotPort® 7000 wireless solution delivering up to 400 Mbps throughput, enabling, for the first time, the deployment of large-scale municipal, industrial and enterprise wireless networks for video, data and voice applications.

Until now, municipalities and others have been constrained by the lack of bandwidth needed to support such large-scale and multi-service networks. Now with the HotPort 7000 infrastructure mesh, they have fiber-equivalent performance with all the benefits of Firetide's proven technology and at a fraction of the cost and time to deploy wired networks.

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Sir James Smith's Community School Goes Wireless With Meru's Advanced WiFi Solutions
18th-March-2009

Pupils benefit from quick log-in, maximising teaching time; school benefits from ease of deployment and flexibility.

Sir James Smith's Community School in Cornwall has deployed an 802.11g WLAN solution from Meru Networks to enhance learning for pupils and improve overall network performance. The solution was supplied by specialist reseller VSL, in conjunction with Meru distributor, Siracom.

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SA Law Deploys Advanced VoIP System from Zultys
4th-March-2009

SA Law, the Hertfordshire-based law firm, has deployed a Unified Communications System from Zultys. The Zultys system was installed by 500 Limited, in conjunction with Zultys' UK distributor, Siracom.

SA Law chose to install Zultys' MX250 IP PBX to improve business efficiency, to provide better communications between its staff and customers and to reduce the on going telephony service and system support costs.

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Siracom to Launch WiFi Videophones at CeBit.
18th-February-2009

UniData stand-alone handsets give live, personalised videoconferencing over WiFi networks; can conference up to three users on one call!

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Siracom Appointed As RHUB's UK and European Distributor.
26th-January-2009

Siracom to open up UK and European market for RHUB's TurboMeeting appliances, bringing state-of-the art on-premise web-conferencing to SMEs and large corporations.

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Siracom Introduces devolo Professional Products for 200Mb/s Ethernet over TV-Coax, Mains Power and 2-wire.
11th-December-2008

Siracom, the value-added distributor of wireless and wired communications solutions has launched devolo's dLAN 200AVpro2 and AVpro Host products in the UK. Aimed at business and industry, the products provide secure, reliable, manageable networking over existing wiring such as TV-coax, telephone wire and mains power cabling.

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Also view the press release at DigitalSignageExpo.net.

Mobile VoIP Handsets from Siracom extend the Business IP Telephony Proposition for VARs.
24th-November-2008

Siracom, the value-added distributor of wireless and wired communications solutions, says that Wireless VoIP can extend the reach of IP PBX systems from the desktop into every corner of the enterprise, providing additional revenue opportunities in any sector where staff are not desk-based, as well as to home and mobile workers.

Siracom has introduced the UniData WPU7700 wireless IP handset, which provides enterprise IP telephony over existing WiFi networks. The handset has an easy-to-use mobile phone user interface and a range of features which make it suitable for business and industry including automatic provisioning, robust security, fast roaming, enhanced power save technology for long battery life, and patented WMM technology for excellent speech quality.

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New 200 Series LifeSize® Video Conferencing systems offer Full HD picture clarity (1080p), better motion handling (60 fps), and reduce bandwidth requirements for 720p video.
16th-October-2008

Introducing the Next Generation in Telepresence and High Definition Video Communications from LifeSize®.

Video communications just took a whole new step in natural, immersive communications. Stunning video quality at 1080p, superb motion handling at 720p60. An experience so rich, it's rivaled only by being there in person. And with high definition now available for under 1Mbps, you can realize the benefits of HD video anywhere.

LifeSize® is excited to introduce the next generation of HD video products that let you communicate naturally, effectively and easily:

LifeSize® Room 200™
The world's first Full HD Video Communications System, with standards based 1080p30 and 720p60 resolution.

LifeSize® Conference 200™
The world's first Full HD telepresence solution, tailored to your environment.

LifeSize® Team 200™
Enhanced HD communications featuring dual monitors, dual cameras and dual microphones.

These exciting new products are built on Lifesize® advanced video architecture - the technology that delivers:

Superior quality of experience
Full HD, Standards-based 1080p30 and 720p60) and True HD (720p30) for the best video experience.

Unique flexibility
Best performance at any bandwidth.
IP/PBX interoperability.

Unmatched price performance
High-performance architecture purpose-built to deliver superior HD quality and best price performance.

We invite you to experience these new products by scheduling a demo with Siracom. Call 01256 347460 to learn more.

Ethnet Implements VoIP Over Wireless Mesh for Eisteddfod with Zultys and Firetide
1st-Aug-2008

As the festivities kick off this week at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Cardiff, Siracom and its reseller partner Ethnet will be keeping a close eye on proceedings.That is because the event is supported by a voice and data network implemented by Ethnet, which integrates a large part of the Siracom product range. The system, based on Firetide Wireless Mesh and Zultys IP PBX, provides site wide voice and data communications and supports applications such as Internet access, and point-of-sale (POS) systems for the event organizers, merchants, exhibitors and visitors throughout the entire weeklong festival.

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is one of the world's greatest festivals dating back to the year 1176. This annual celebration, which runs during the first week of August, has attracted approximately 160,000 visitors in the past. The Eisteddfod celebrates Welsh culture and heritage and plays an important role in the life of the nation by promoting the Welsh language and arts. It also acts as a launch pad for Wales' most talented performers.

"The site chosen for this year's national Eisteddfod is a vast area of parkland that runs alongside the River Taff in the heart of Cardiff. The Eisteddfod has transformed the Ponte Canna fields into a thriving festival area comprising a main pavilion surrounded by 300 merchant stands, a theatre and many performance and exhibition marquees," explains Rob Leggett, Sales Director at SiraCom. "With short and rigidly defined timescales, Ethnet have transformed this huge open space into a fully connected festival area. They've done a fantastic job".

"The Firetide mesh provides a rapidly deployable, site wide Ethernet network, giving wired connections throughout the festival areas, with high speed, resilient wireless backhaul. This enables us to deploy wired security cameras, wired phones and PCs as well as wi-fi access points, supporting POS and wireless phones, wherever we choose" said Barry Lieberman, MD Ethnet (http://www.ethnetuk.com).

"The wide area connections are particularly important at temporary events", Barry continued, "and we have gone for a 'belt and braces' solution. We have a wired broadband connection with satellite back-up. Voice services are provided by internet telephony, from VoIP unlimited, and we use the Zed-3 Sip to GSM gateway to provide a final layer of telephony resilience."

"Zultys couldn't be more pleased that our U.K. partners have chosen such a marquee venue to fully demonstrate the robust integration capabilities and flexibility of our MX communications system. We wish all of the Eisteddfod participants the best as they celebrate their Welsh heritage and we hope the MX-powered network will be music to their ears," says Steve Rothenberg, CEO at Zultys.

"Firetide wireless networks are designed for rapid deployment and are ideal in environments where permanent infrastructure is not required. We are pleased that Ethnet selected Firetide to serve as a robust and secure communications network for the festival," says Bo Larsson, CEO of Firetide.

School's out for wired networks as Blackfen School for Girls chooses Meru's wireless technology
1st-Aug-2008

Blackfen School needed a wireless network that would allow classrooms of students to reliably and securely access the Internet and other networked applications. The school also wanted to avoid supporting a separate network for cordless phones.

Solution - 50 Meru AP201 access points deployed in a single channel Virtual Cell, plus two MC3050 controllers, provided by specialist distributor Siracom

Benefits -

• The Meru solution outclassed the Cisco alternative on performance, flexibility and cost.
• A class of pupils can be issued with laptops and logged in within five minutes
• Meru Virtual Cell architecture dramatically simplified deployment and management
• Multiple SSIDs make admin tasks easier for different user groups and device types such as handsets and printers
• Single wireless infrastructure simultaneously supports data and seamless voice services

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