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Ruckus Wireless and Bradford Networks Collaborate on Smarter Network Access Control for Enterprise Wi-Fi
July 2010 by Marc Jacob
Ruckus Wireless™, the smart mobile networking company, announced today that it has teamed with Bradford Networks to combine Adaptive Network Security (ANS) capabilities with Ruckus ZoneFlex™ “Smart Wi-Fi” products and technology.
Additionally, Bradford has joined the Ruckus Interoperability and Open Testing (RIOT) program, a joint development and interoperability program specifically to ensure seamless operation between third-party systems and Ruckus.
The combined, best-of-breed solution lets enterprise customers better protect their wireless LANs (WLANs) by setting policies for how different user groups such as employees, students and guests, are provided network access.
Bradford’s ANS goes beyond traditional Network Access Control (NAC) tools. Based on pre-established policies, Bradford’s ANS adapts to changing security needs by responding and securely provisioning network resources automatically. As part of this joint partnership, Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi products have completed extensive interoperability testing with Bradford’s Network Sentry.
The Ruckus ZoneFlex WLAN systems are built with Ruckus’ patented dynamic beamforming, one of the newest breakthroughs in 802.11 technology that constantly forms and directs Wi-Fi signals over the best performing signal path, continually steering signals around obstacles and interference that can degrade performance. Dynamic beamforming uses constant client feedback built into the standard 802.11 protocol to ensure the fastest performing path is selected for each and every data packet. The result is an adaptive system that can automatically avoid interference, provide better performance at longer ranges, and dynamically adapt to environmental changes without any manual configuration or tuning.
