wireless LAN

El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) in California has been honored with an InfoWorld 100 award for its deployment of an Aerohive wireless LAN to support a wide range of applications, including mission-critical systems in the emergency room and operating rooms, the hospital information system (HIS), and quality review management software.

Pleasanton, Calif.-based Trapeze Networks has unveiled new wireless condition monitoring capabilities for its ActiveAsset asset tracking and management application. ActiveAsset is an key part of the Trapeze Medical program. Now, in addition to being able to track and manage equipment, personnel and patients, the application helps meet regulatory requirements for monitoring temperature fluctuations of medical refrigeration and freezer units.

Burlington, Mass.-based Bluesocket is targeting healthcare and other key markets with the release of its new Virtual WLAN offering. The provider of enterprise mobility solutions designed the vWLAN to leverage existing network infrastructures to deliver a fully integrated and optimized wireless solution that will reduce the cost of deploying and operating large-scale Wi-Fi networks while, at the same time, boosting performance.

Having wrapped up advanced integration and interoperability testing, Ruckus Wireless and Wi-Fi-based RTLS vendor AeroScout are set to target healthcare and other industries with an RTLS solution that integrates into Ruckus'  ZoneDirector Smart WLAN controller.

While there are some clear and easy wins for wireless edge applications, such as healthcare, parlaying this success into the broader enterprise market hasn't been easy--and this is exactly what 802.11n should fix.

Memorial Medical Center, an 87-bed community hospital in western Michigan, has implemented 802.11n wireless LAN technology from Motorola's enterprise mobility solutions business. Motorola teamed with systems integrator Lowry Computers to complete the implementation.

Awarepoint, a provider of real-time location solutions to the healthcare market, has been selected to the 2009 AlwaysOn Global 250 List. The company's asset tracking management solution delivers location awareness through a ZigBee-based wireless sensor network that offers enterprise-wide location, status and movement visibility of both equipment and people. The AlwaysOn Global 250 Award is presented to private, emerging technology companies creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets.

Having recently won nearly every deal in which it competed against Cisco--and, in some cases, Motorola--Aruba Networks is targeting more than 20 percent of the WLAN market over the next 12 to 24 months.  Aruba, which gets more than 20 percent of its revenue from non-traditional enterprises such as healthcare and education, is betting on the 802.11n standard, which is expected to be a key revenue driver for the company.

Trapeze Networks has rolled out its new Trapeze LA-200E Location Appliance, a system that’s designed to locate and track anything  broadcasting a Wi-Fi signal. The LA-200E is touted as the first product that supports locating and tracking 802.11n clients. It works with Wi-Fi equipment from a number of WLAN infrastructure providers, along withTrapeze Networks NonStop Wireless infrastructure.