ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
The promise of WLANs
Wireless LANs (WLANs) are fast becoming the networking standard in today’s enterprise because of the business gains such networks offer, including
- increased productivity
- enhanced customer responsiveness
- improved cost control
- decreased real estate costs through more efficient use of office space
- strengthened competitive advantage, and
- increased overall profitability.
These business advantages, however, can only be realized if the WLAN delivers secure, robust, reliable, high-density service—service that we call “enterprise quality.”
The promise realized
Summit Technologies has repeatedly guaranteed and delivered enterprise quality WLANs to Fortune 1000 enterprises across North America. Our clients include Alcoa, Capital One Financial, Navistar, and Wyeth, as well as dozens of mid-sized clients operating medical centers, business parks, government centers, educational facilities, and resorts.
Summit Technologies can meet the wireless networking needs of any enterprise.
WLAN performance for today and the future
Summit’s high-density WLANs support not only the current data needs of networked users, but also the growing use of converged networks that support mobile access to
- data
- voice via VoIP (Voice over IP), Vocera products, and multimode cell phones—all with seamless roaming
- video
- RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and IP location services
- applications (SoIP, Services over IP), including the increasingly common use of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) programs that integrate the information flowing through a large enterprise into one universally accessible infosphere, as exemplified, for example, by Cisco’s current Unified Communications products and applications
Guaranteed WLAN performance: Summit’s IS&D process
The foundation of Summit’s guaranteed WLAN performance is our industry-leading Interactive Survey & Design (IS&D) process. We employ a comprehensive iterative on-site survey and design cycle that produces a high-density WLAN built based on your real world business needs, data, and physical environment to ensure its absolute functionality.
When we install your wireless network, we are installing a WLAN using a proven design whose performance we guarantee in the statement of work. Summit achieves best in class results while using industry-standard hardware and software, thereby protecting you from proprietary single-vendor lock-ins.
In addition to cost-effective, guaranteed performance, the IS&D process also means peace of mind for purchasing agents, IT departments, and CIOs. You’re buying performance, not equipment. (more)
We stay current, you stay focused
The world of WLANs changes every day. How do you know which emerging technologies are useful and which are not? Summit keeps up with all these changes, and through Summit Support, which is included with every installation, we monitor these developments and advise you on the technologies that offer your business the greatest potential rewards.
We take care of WLAN research and development. You take care of business.
Migrating legacy systems
If you currently operate a legacy WLAN with distributed control, Summit can help you migrate to LWAPP (Lightweight Access Point Protocol) and realize the many benefits offered by this controller-based architecture, including intelligent centralized control of your WLAN’s APs, security, mobility, quality of service (QoS), and more.
Summit’s deep experience with both legacy and LWAPP architectures ensures that your migration will be cost-effective, secure, and swift.
Don’t get left behind because of the perception that migration is always costly and difficult.
The next step
Contact us today to learn how Summit can help your enterprise realize the promise of WLANs.
Or, read more about our industry-leading 3-Step Implementation Process.
