Weekly Wrap-up: iPass with Aerohive for managed Wi-Fi services

Friday, December 7th, 2012 Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor

Here’s a wrap-up of some of the coverage on our announcement about iPass Managed Network Services partnering with Aerohive Networks to provide more economical, cloud-based Wi-Fi networks for distributed enterprises or large venues.

iPass and Aerohive to Sign Strategic Wi-Fi Partnership Agreement
Wireless Backhaul
By: Jyothi Shanbhag
For many years now, iPass MNS has designed, delivered and managed tailored WAN and Wi-Fi solutions, and now the new partnership will allow it to bundle best-of-breed technologies into a single solution, to offer secure, robust and highly available networks for enterprises with many geographically distributed locations.

Aerohive Partner, iPass on Managed WiFi
MSP Mentor
By: CJ Arlotta
Managed services providers (MSPs) can expect the following from the partnership:

• The partnership enables iPass to deploy and manage enterprise WLANs without deployment of servers or controllers at every customer location,
• Aerohive says that MSPs can benefit from this cloud-enabled infrastructure because it creates an ideal environment without extensive back office architectural changes,
• iPass Managed Network Services (MNS) has integrated Aerohive’s technology into its cloud WiFi solution.

Aerohive Ready to Flip Meraki Customers, Partners
CRN
By: Chad Berndtson
[Aerohive] has continued to expand its industry partnerships, too, including Wednesday’s announcement that it will collaborate with WAN provider iPass on managed network services opportunities.

iPass, Aerohive Partner on Managed Solution for Enterprise
Mobile Enterprise
By: Staff
Aerohive’s Cloud Service Platform technology lets iPass MNS quickly deploy and manage enterprise Wireless LANs (WLANs) without the complexity of servers or controllers at every customer location. This unique cloud-enabled networking architecture provides flexibility and scale for organizations, eliminating the need to make capital investments in additional hardware and software.

Tags: MNS, Wi-Fi