Meru Networks Named Fastest Growing Enterprise Wireless LAN Company Worldwide By Leading Industry Analyst Firm

New Report Cites Meru's Quarter-Over-Quarter Growth at 10 Times the Overall Industry Growth Rate

 

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 18, 2007 - Meru Networks, the leader in workplace mobility infrastructure for wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), data and video, today announced it has been named by Gartner, Inc. as the fastest growing wireless local-area network (WLAN) vendor and the fourth largest WLAN vendor in the world based on total vendor revenue. In a September 2007 report titled "Market Share: Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment, Worldwide, 2Q07" Meru is the only WLAN vendor to attain triple-digit growth from the first to the second quarter of 2007, with more than 100 percent growth in revenue. In comparison, growth of the overall WLAN market for the same period was reported as 11 percent.
 
Meru's unique 4th generation Mobile Scale™ WLAN system delivers mobile connectivity with the full quality of service (QOS) the enterprise needs, regardless of density of users or mix of VoIP, data and video applications. Meru's products represent the industry's most scalable and comprehensive wireless solution, delivering pervasive over-the-air coverage, capacity, performance and compatibility. IT organizations recognize that by deploying Meru's WLAN system, they are not just choosing a wireless network infrastructure that meets their demands today, but one that is also purpose-built for future requirements.

"This has been a breakthrough year for Meru Networks, and we feel Gartner's recent research confirms that the market is embracing the advanced and innovative capabilities of the Meru WLAN System," said Ihab Abu-Hakima, president and CEO of Meru Networks. "Our new 802.11n products, with Meru's Air Traffic Control™ technology and Virtual Cell™ architecture, are delivering the industry's best total cost of ownership to our enterprise customers in every market segment around the world, every day."

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry-leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.