SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Meru Networks, the global leader in converged wireless LANs, today announced that it is the exclusive provider of wireless Internet services at the Emerging Technologies & Healthcare Innovations Congress (TETHIC). At TETHIC, the nation's leading healthcare executives, clinicians, technology thought leaders, and physicians plan to gather at The Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. on November 29 - December 1, 2004. TETHIC provides healthcare executives with the industry's leading conference that addresses the impact and promise of technology and innovation on the future of healthcare. Through a faculty of over 125 and more than 50 substantive sessions, TETHIC's content-driven forum and trade show address the relevance and role of a wide range of healthcare IT issues.
Meru's Wireless LAN System will enable attendees and exhibitors to access the Internet, check e-mail, and perform other tasks while on the show floor. Meru's access points will be deployed throughout the show floor, spanning multiple exhibit halls and breakout sessions. Meru will also be demonstrating Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) as part of the TETHIC Wireless Pavilion demonstration.
"The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress (TETHIC) is a premier health care conference that showcases the latest and greatest technology as it changes the face of the health care industry," said Sloan Phillips of The Emergent Group, producers of TETHIC. "Wireless LANs are an important tool for the mobile environments in health care, and we wanted to make sure our attendees would have the opportunity to experience mobility first hand. MERU's WLAN System is a simple and scalable solution for supporting the challenging networking requirements of TETHIC." "Wireless technology is a very important for the healthcare environment, where the users are very mobile and there are significant restrictions on the use of wireless technologies," said Ujjal Kohli, chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Meru Networks. "Being able to not only support the users and exhibitors at TETHIC but also demonstrate our VoIP capabilities as part of the Wireless Pavilion will be a great showcase of our Wireless LAN System."
About Meru Networks, Inc.
Meru Networks is the global leader in converged wireless LAN technologies, and makes the only enterprise WLAN infrastructure that delivers the reliability, scalability, and security for voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Meru's Wireless LAN System is deployed in major Fortune 500 accounts, universities, and healthcare organizations. Meru's unique Air Traffic Control technology provides predictable bandwidth and over-the-air, application-specific QoS to support a wide range of current and future wireless applications. Meru, founded in 2002, is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit http://www.merunetworks.com/ or call 408-215-5300.
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