LONDON--(Marketwire - Jun 28, 2012) - Xirrus®, the leader in high-performance wireless networking, today announced it has been selected by prominent technical event management company, F1 Consultancy, to provide powerful, scalable, and trusted wireless connectivity for prestigious events worldwide. Under the partnership, F1 Consultancy will provide Xirrus' range of high-capacity Wireless Arrays when managing the IT infrastructure for high-density events and conferences for clients such as WRG and George P. Johnson.
F1 Consultancy is a world leader in technical event management services and supports thousands of events every year for organisations such as Microsoft and BBC Worldwide. With high performance wireless often tantamount to the success of an event, a robust wireless network is a critical element to the success of F1 Consultancy's business.
The partnership also signals the companies' commitment to collaborate technically on evolving wireless networking solutions. The companies will benefit from increased knowledge sharing to solve the challenges raised by the ever-changing landscape of the events industry. With demands from clients and consumers to not only access the internet, but also stream video, blog and tweet live, flawless and robust Wi-Fi is a top priority for event planning today.
Mark Stephenson, CEO at F1 Consultancy, commented: "The IT infrastructure needed for events has changed drastically throughout the 20 years we have been in the market. As recently as two years ago, wired-terminals or Wi-Fi hotspots were ample for the small number of devices connecting to the internet. Today, an attendee at an event might have two or more devices connected to the internet, which means we can have tens of thousands of devices all accessing the internet concurrently. This makes the delivery of a wide-scale, high-quality wireless network now indispensable; no good event is without one. Xirrus has the ideal solution for this."
"Working closer with Xirrus will ensure we maintain the edge over our competitors. Managing wireless for thousands of people is no easy feat. We've had clients come to us for large events having been told by other companies that Wi-Fi for their high capacity event simply wasn't possible -- working with Xirrus we've proved we can deliver, no matter how high the demands."
Sean Larner, Xirrus VP International, said: "Xirrus has a wealth of experience with large-scale deployments and it's our innate understanding of the events world which makes us the preferred partner for F1 Consultancy. We're thrilled to have the company on board as a partner and to support the world class events that the team manage."
About Xirrus, Inc.
Xirrus is the leading provider of high-performance wireless networks. Our array-based solutions perform under the most demanding circumstances -- always. Wired-like reliability and superior security allow our customers to confidently take their business-critical applications and operations mobile. Our solutions are unique in the industry, transforming enterprises and organizations around the world. At a time when everyone expects to connect wirelessly everywhere and business is increasingly done in the cloud, Xirrus wireless solutions are providing a vital strategic business and IT infrastructure advantage in thousands of deployments worldwide. Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA, Xirrus is a privately held enterprise designing and manufacturing its products and solutions in the USA. For more information, visit www.xirrus.com.
About F1 Consultancy
Founded in 1993, F1 Consultancy are leading technical event specialists, proudly delivering reliable IT infrastructure to hundreds of events, globally, each year. F1 Consultancy has experience of working in over 60 countries worldwide supplying reliable, secure and quality systems to numerous large blue chip clients.
Privately owned and with offices in Wokingham, UK and Redmond, Washington F1 Consultancy is committed to creative excellence, on time and on budget. Specialties: Event technical Services, IT Consultancy, Cloud Services, Outsourced IT Support. www.f1consultancy.com.