Aerohive Hosts Free Webinar Featuring Long-Term Care Industry Experts Discussing Enterprise Wi-Fi in Senior Care Facilities

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled networking, today announced a free webinar on successful Wi-Fi deployments in two of the largest long-term care facilities in the nation. Hosted by Aerohive, this complimentary webinar will feature IT experts from Brookdale Senior Living and Skilled Healthcare to discuss how they have overcome the challenges of deploying an enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure in multiple facilities.

“Aerohive’s controller-less solution has allowed us to provide powerful Wi-Fi without the cost, performance and availability issues associated with controller-based deployments. When we evaluated competitive enterprise wireless networks, we found Aerohive to be much more innovative than the others.”

News Facts

• Who: Chris Fadrowski, Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure at Brookdale Senior Living; Shawn O'Malley, IT Infrastructure & Security Manager at Skilled Healthcare and Joel Vincent, Director of Product Marketing at Aerohive Networks
• What: “Enable Higher Levels of Care with Wi-Fi and EMR in your Senior Care Facility” Complimentary Webinar
• When: Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
• Where: Register today to attend this live webinar to hear IT experts from Brookdale Senior Living and Skilled Healthcare discuss how they've overcome the challenges of deploying a pervasive enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure to multiple facilities and the many benefits that come with a controller-less enterprise network solution. Attendees will also learn how Brookdale Senior Living and Skilled Healthcare have implemented Aerohive’s wireless LAN to improve patient care and save money.

Comments

“We are excited to tell our story to help other long-term care providers better understand how Wi-Fi solutions, especially Aerohive’s technology, can improve their facilities,” said Chris Fadrowski, senior director of IT infrastructure for Brookdale Senior Living. “Aerohive’s controller-less solution has allowed us to provide powerful Wi-Fi without the cost, performance and availability issues associated with controller-based deployments. When we evaluated competitive enterprise wireless networks, we found Aerohive to be much more innovative than the others.”

“Having reliable Wi-Fi is a must for any health care facility,” said Shawn O’Malley, project manager of engineering for Skilled Healthcare. “Particularly in long-term care facilities, employees need wireless for accessing electronic medical records to provide bedside care and visiting doctors require reliable wireless access to efficiently and effectively do their jobs. It’s also extremely important for our patients that want to communicate with their families through email, chat and video. Choosing the right WLAN is crucial for our business to provide the best patient care possible and give our facility a competitive edge over others.”

About Aerohive Networks

Aerohive Networks reduces the cost and complexity of today’s networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for enterprises and medium sized companies including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive’s award-winning cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. This gives its customers mission critical reliability with granular security and policy enforcement and the ability to start small and expand without limitations. Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The company's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northern Light Venture Capital and New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA). For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com, call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog or become a fan on our Facebook page.