Meru and Wavelink will bring Meru’s advanced wireless solutions to enterprises that are attempting to support the thousands of devices that are flooding their enterprises. The team will focus on target markets including education, healthcare, enterprise, government and hospitality.

The team will work with end-customers in the design and implementation of Meru virtualised wireless WLANs that give IT managers an important degree of choice in deploying their mobility infrastructure. Wavelink’s existing resellers located in Melbourne and Sydney will co-sell Meru WLAN solutions and lead network implementations in the K-12, healthcare, hospitality and enterprise markets. In addition, Wavelink will extend engineering and inside sales support out of the Sydney office.

These sales and engineering support capabilities are being added in the Australian market during a period of high growth for wireless network technology in the region. Since forming the initial partnership with Meru in 2009, Wavelink’s sales of Meru’s products have grown dramatically and the company is on track to increase its sales of Meru solutions by more than 50% year-over-year.

Meru Networks vice president of international sales David Kelly says, “Meru and Wavelink have achieved fantastic results over the last two years as they have helped customers address the challenge of accommodating of the influx of Wi-Fi devices entering their environment daily. Working together we will jointly deliver solutions across the key vertical industries in Australia.”

Meru’s industry-leading integrated WLAN solutions are designed to deliver the scale, capacity, security and manageability necessitated by the BYOD phenomenon. Meru solutions are engineered from the ground up to be simple to use, easy to manage and provide a rapid return on investment as enterprises build out their wireless networks.

Secure BYOD access with minimal IT overhead

In addition to other products, Meru and Wavelink will bring Meru’s guest management solutions to Australian companies, greatly simplifying network access and management for wired and wireless environments. Meru Smart Connect, an optional feature for Identity Manager, is designed for the most dense and diverse environments where guest access is stressing the capacity of IT departments. Smart Connect enables automatic detection of devices as they connect to the wireless LAN and provides simple configuration for secure guest access across all operating systems including Windows, iOS, Android and Mac OS. It features one-click self-provisioning of devices in accordance with IT security policies. Identity Manager provides common functionality across wired and wireless environments, and supports multi-vendor wireless LAN environments.

“Our products provide best-in-class wireless connectivity for large-scale environments where BYOD is the norm,” says David.

“Our solutions are designed specifically for the rigors of BYOD, simplifying WLAN management and minimising IT overhead. We’re thrilled to be working with such a great partner as we bring these solutions to this market.”