Is your WiFi ready for the Internet of Things?

1. Is Your Wifi Ready for IOT
Hans Van Damme
Head Of Preseales EMEA

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Agenda
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Wi-Fi Market Overview
The Xirrus Difference
EasyPass BYOD Solutions
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Wi-Fi Market Overview

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Current State of the Wi-Fi Market
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Traffic from
Wireless and
Mobile Devices
Wireless device traffic
exceeded wired
traffic in 2015
Enterprise Wi-Fi
Revenue in 2016
Mobile device spend
exceeds all of consumer
electronics combined
$5.8B
Unified Comm and
Collaboration
Organizations now depend
on Wi-Fi for their UCC
requirements

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Reliability and Security Are Key Challenges
of users say that bad
Wi-Fi has kept them
from doing their job
of people
use Wi-Fi at Hotels
82%
89% think Wi-Fi is un-safe
but still use it
84%

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The Future State of Wi-Fi
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SOURCE: Cisco VNI Mobile, Dell’Oro Group, Wireless LAN Report Five Year Forecast 2014-2018, Gartner, Gartner Strategy Analytics, Morgan Stanley Research
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The average
smartphone
will generate
of traffic
per month
by 20194GB6.5M
New Wi-Fi
devices ship
everyday
Globally, mobile data traffic will reach
24.3 per month by 2019
25B
connected
things by 2020
Exabytes

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The Density Challenge Is Everywhere
Classrooms
CafeteriasAuditoriums
Outdoors Libraries
Offices

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The Xirrus Difference
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Design Your
Wireless Carefully
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“Because there will be more
devices more frequently
brought into the office…
design WLANs with at least
four times today’s access
point density.”
—Christian Canales, Gartner
“Mobile Device Proliferation is Forcing Network
Leaders to Redesign Enterprise Wireless LANs.”
4xDENSITY

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Scalable
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From 2 to 16 Radios
Only Xirrus Delivers
—Right Sized Wi-Fi—
Just Better
More Radios = Higher Density, Less Equipment

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Xirrus Wi-Fi Portfolio

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Xirrus performs 2-3x
faster than the
competition
The Experts Agree — Xirrus is Fastest
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466.8
449.9
298.6
236.1
193.4
163.8
142
125.9
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450
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Xirrus XR-630:
2-11ac
Xirrus XR-620:
2-11ac
Ruckus R700:
1-11ac
Cisco 2702: 1-
11ac
Aerohive 370:
1-11ac
Meraki MR34:
1-11n/1-11ac
Aruba 225: 1-
11n/1-11ac
Aerohive 230:
1-11n/1-11acMiercom Report:
www.xirrus.com/miercom-rt/
CONCLUSION
THROUGHPUT (MBPS) FOR 16 11AC CLIENTS
AVERAGE

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Application Control
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Predictable Application
Performance
—Prioritize Critical Apps—
Just Better
PRIORITIZE - LIMIT - BLOCK

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BUSINESS CRITICAL APPS
RECREATIONAL APPS
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The Application Challenge
Mix of critical and recreational usage of the Wi-Fi network

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Application Control for Reliable Performance
PRIORITIZE
LIMIT
BLOCK
Identify and control over 1400 applications directly in the AP

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Future Proof
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Hardware Upgradability and
Software Programmability
—Adapts To Your Business—
Just Better

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Wi-Fi Technology Transition Challenge
Source: Dell’Oro Group, Wireless LAN Report Five Year Forecast 2015-2019
8 new Wi-Fi
technologies
in 18 years

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We Are Past the 5GHz
Tipping Point
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“More than half of Wi-Fi devices
last year used 5 GHz, and that
will grow to close to one
hundred percent saturation in
the next five years.”
—Phil Solis, ABI Research
“5 GHz Wi-Fi Is Now Mainstream”
FIXED APs ARE
BECOMING OBSOLETE

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Wi-Fi Device Technology Example
Model Released Wi-Fi Mode 2.4GHz 5GHz Antennas Max Rate
iPhone June 2007 11g ✔ 1 54 Mbps
iPhone 3G July 2008 11g ✔ 1 54 Mbps
iPhone 3GS June 2009 11g ✔ 1 54 Mbps
iPhone 4 June 2010 11n ✔ 1 65 Mbps
iPhone 4S Oct 2011 11n ✔ 1 65 Mbps
iPhone 5 Sept 2012 11n ✔ ✔ 1 150 Mbps
iPhone 5S / 5C Sept 2013 11n ✔ ✔ 1 150 Mbps
iPhone 6 / 6 Plus Sept 2014 11ac ✔ ✔ 1 433 Mbps
iPhone 6S / 6S Plus Sept 2015 11ac ✔ ✔ 2 866 Mbps
16X Performance in 8 Years
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Traditional APs are fixed with no
upgrade path from 11n to 11ac
Xirrus radios are switchable to
11ac to adapt to changing needs
Future Proof – TurboXpress
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FlexibleFixed
11n
11ac
APs
Clients
APs
Clients

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Improves Wi-Fi performance by maximizing radio resources
Without
acXpress
With
acXpress
11n
11ac
Future Proof – acXpress

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Easy-to-Use
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Zero Touch
Deployment and
Simple Operation
—XMS-Cloud—
— EasyPass —
Just Better

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Xirrus Cloud Services
Admin
CUSTOMER SITE
ConsoleWi-Fi Access Network
ANYWHERE
XMS Management
EasyPass Access
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• Massively scalable
• Zero-touch provisioning
• Firewall-friendly protocols
• Integrated EasyPass access
• Resilient: cloud not a failure point
XIRRUS
CLOUD SERVICES

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Xirrus Management System Enterprise
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• Powerful on-premise management
• Choice of VMware or Hyper-V
• Integrated location-based services
• Integrated EasyPass access

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BYOD Demands
Simplicity
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“Because more devices will
be brought into the office,
network designers must
identify solutions based on
the simplification and ease
of onboarding.”
—Christian Canales, Gartner
“Mobile Device Proliferation is Forcing Network
Leaders to Redesign Enterprise Wireless LANs.”
MORE DEVICES
CONNECTING

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Comprehensive portfolio of Wi-Fi
access services in the Cloud
EasyPass Access Services
EasyPass is…
…Simple for users and IT
…Platform independent of device types
…Secure for all types of users
…Free of charge in XMS-Cloud

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Wi-Fi Access Challenges
Is my Wi-Fi
secure?
Which Wi-Fi
network do I use?
What is the Wi-Fi
password?

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Is Your Wi-Fi Secure?
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How to Simplify Wi-Fi Access
Connect your devices
to the network
Connect the network
to your devices
EasyPass Access Services

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• Guest: A visitor to a business, a parent at a school
• Voucher: A customer at a café, an attendee at a convention
• Onboarding: A student, a corporate employee, an M2M device
• Personal Wi-Fi: A loyal guest at a hotel, a student in a dorm
Wi-Fi
Network
EasyPass Use Cases

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Fast, easy Wi-Fi access for guests and visitors
Users can self-register requiring no IT assistance
Alternatively ambassador can authorize access
EasyPass Guest

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Controlled access for guests using pre-created vouchers
Enforce access with code and control time of connection
EasyPass Voucher

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• Individualized security with unique PSK per user
• No agent, application, or certificate downloads to the device
• Support headless (no browser) devices
EasyPass Onboarding: Eliminate Captive Portals
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Connect to insecure SSID
Open browser and redirect
Download agent/app to device
Agree to terms of control
Reconnect to secure SSID
EasyPass: An Onboarding Comparison
EasyPass: 1 Step & Done
Connect to secure SSID1
Others: 5 Steps & Complex
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5
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Reduce time & complexity of onboarding by
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5X

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• Self-serve security for public Wi-Fi networks
• Individual security per user with isolation between all users
• Simplify connection using existing profiles, e.g. home SSIDs
• Peer to Peer connections of all guest devices
EasyPass Personal

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EasyPass Modules

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