For today’s businesses, a network is paramount; it’s the platform that enables and empowers everything else you do, connecting every person, every computing machine and every information resource within your organization. As such, it is imperative that your network be built with both speed and reliability—allowing your team to be efficient and productive in servicing clients and in collaborating together.
Building such a network is difficult—and growing more so all the time, as employees bring their own connected devices into that network every single day. Salient Networks has the expertise needed to build secure and dependable networks, managing all of your LAN, WAN, and wireless infrastructure. We use industry-leading products and take a fully integrative, consultative approach—ultimately seeking to leverage technology in a way that builds the perfect network for your business objectives.
Data Center Solutions
One service Salient Networks can render is the virtualization of your work environment—something we do by leveraging both standard-setting VMware and the Cisco Unified Computing System.
Cicso’s product is a unique and remarkable, next-generation data center platform—one that offers key functionalities. For one, it unites computing, networking and storage access into a seamless virtual system. It decouples scale from complexity, so whether there are two or 200 servers in your system all resources participate in a unified management domain, reducing the total cost of ownership while increasing IT staff productivity.
The system incorporates some important features, among them:
- A standards-based unified network fabric, supported by a partner system of industry leaders
- Cisco VN-Link virtualization support
- Cisco Extended Memory Technology
To learn more about this unique data center solution, we invite you to contact Salient Networks today.
Wireless Network Connectivity and Solutions
Of course, Salient also provides wireless network infrastructure. In today’s world, wireless is invaluable. Team members expect to have online access and device connectivity anytime and any place, yet this places some crushing demands on employers—demands for speed, bandwidth, security and more. Salient Networks is proud to offer customized solutions to meet your needs—beginning with a site survey that helps us assess your objectives and your hurdles and to address both cost-effectively.
We are especially proud to provide a number of wireless applications, all of them industry-leading—but before choosing an application, it is important to understand what that application is and how it might fit with your business objectives. Below, Salient Networks provides a quick rundown of the primary wireless technologies we offer, including:
- Inovonics
- 802.11 Wi-Fi Broadband
- Zigbee Broadband
- Bluetooth
Types of Wireless Technology Available
We use each of the following technologies to address specific needs; our recommendation to your company will be tailored to your objectives and based on our site survey. To learn a little bit about what each of these wireless networks entails, however, consider some of the following summaries:
Inovonics
Inovonics
Designed to move small-to-moderate amounts of data over a moderate range in commercial environments, the Inovonics EchoStream Commercial Mesh Network is based on frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum technology that sends redundant messages across multiple channels to avoid interference obstacles. The intelligent repeaters, which provide the backbone of the network, can accommodate virtually any size application, and the combination of short on-air time and sophisticated power management options allows extended battery life. Due to its low latency, or the amount of time for a message to travel from one end to the other, and reliability, Inovonics technology is an ideal solution for life safety and security applications.
When it comes to patient monitoring, emergency notification, and asset protection, Inovonics is the leading wireless provider in the healthcare industry. Healthcare facilities face critical challenges in protecting patients, as well as physical assets and pharmaceuticals. Thousands of healthcare facilities around the nation rely on Inovonics to provide flexible, sophisticated monitoring.
Where Salient Networks uses Inovonics: life safety, security, environmental monitoring. The EchoStream network is the platform upon which SARA is built and allows us to offer unique location capabilities.
WiFi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi networks use radio technologies called 802.11 to provide secure, reliable, fast wireless connectivity. A Wi-Fi network can be used to connect electronic devices to each other, to the Internet, and to wired networks which use Ethernet technology. Wi-Fi networks operate in the 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands, with some products that contain both bands (dual band). They can provide real-world performance similar to basic wired networks.
Large corporations and campuses use enterprise-level technology and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ products to extend standard wired Ethernet networks to public areas like meeting rooms, training classrooms and large auditoriums. Many corporations also provide wireless networks to their off-site and telecommuting workers to use at home or in remote offices. Large companies and campuses often use Wi-Fi to connect buildings.
Wi-Fi networks also work well for small businesses, providing connectivity between mobile salespeople, floor staff and behind-the-scenes finance and accounting departments. Because small businesses are dynamic, the built-in flexibility of a Wi-Fi network makes it easy and affordable for them to change and grow.
Even home offices benefit from the advantages of Wi-Fi technology. As you work from the comfort of your home office, you can connect your PC, printer, scanner, smart phone, audio/video equipment and other wireless devices with a single access point, and without a lot of wires running under your desk. Wi-Fi is a perfect choice when line power is available at the end device, but high power consumption and limited range make it ill-suited for battery-powered remote devices.
Where Salient Networks uses Wi-Fi: almost everywhere. We are a Cisco, Meraki and Ruckus certified partner.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is an industry specification that dictates how mobile phones, laptops, personal computers, PDAs and phones easily interconnect with each other using a short wireless connection. The specification was developed to serve as a wire replacement for transmitting data and voice information between mobile and stationary devices over short distances. The range of Bluetooth devices is limited, but these devices are capable of moving large amounts of data using the 2.4 GHz radio frequency. Bluetooth devices can be battery powered, but in cases of large data transmissions, battery life is often measured in days. Most Bluetooth enabled devices are rechargeable.
- Bluetooth wireless technology is geared towards voice and data applications
- Bluetooth wireless technology operates in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz spectrum
- The range of Bluetooth wireless technology is application specific. The BluetoothSpecification mandates operation over a minimum distance of 10 meters or 100 meters depending on the Bluetooth device class, but there is not a range limit for the technology. Manufacturers may tune their implementations to support the distance required by the use case they are enabling
- Bluetooth wireless technology is able to penetrate solid objects
- Bluetooth technology is omni-directional and does not require line-of-sight positioning of connected devices
Where Salient Networks uses Bluetooth: We are a Plantronics dealer and we sell Bluetooth for connecting to cell phones and IP telephones.
Why Choose Salient Networks as Your Network Infrastructure Solution
Salient Networks has been in the communications business since 1987; technology has evolved considerably since then, and we have evolved right alongside it. Today, we stand as a leading networking consultation company. Our interest is not merely in selling top-of-the-line products, but in working with your company to develop real unified communications solutions to your networking and communications needs.
To learn more about this unique data center solution, we invite you to contact Salient Networks today.
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