Ruckus Wireless Crowns Net-Ctrl As Its First Gold Partner In Europe

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Net-Ctrl’s ZoneFlex success rate sees the company awarded gold partner status

November 11, 2008– Ruckus Wireless, a Wi-Fi technology pioneer in the enterprise wireless LAN market, today announced that internet connectivity and security reseller Net-Ctrl has become the first EMEA Gold Partner of the Ruckus ‘Big Dogs’ partner programme. Net-Ctrl has seen wide success with the powerful, but simple-to-use Ruckus ZoneFlex™ wireless LAN (WLAN) solution which is capable of delivering three to four times the performance and reliability over conventional Wi-Fi technology – at a fraction of the cost.

Net-Ctrl was awarded gold status after achieving a significant level of new business quarter on quarter, retaining a number of ZoneFlex trained sales staff and pre-sale engineers, and securing several ZoneFlex customers that were happy to be used as references. The company will now enjoy extra benefits, including preferred access to Ruckus’ beta programme.

As with all partners, Ruckus is in continued direct contact with Net-Ctrl, enabling the reseller to benefit from advance notice of new products, prices and promotions, as well as marketing collateral. Ruckus also provides ongoing support – for example earlier this year, Ruckus Wireless worked closely with Net-Ctrl for a seminar organised by EduGeek for the UK education sector.

“The Ruckus ZoneFlex has allowed us to target an untapped market of organisations that previously would not have been able to look at deploying centrally-managed WLANs due to their complexity," said Mark Power, wireless security specialist at Net-Ctrl. “We have seen significant success in sectors such as education and plan to build on this. We are honoured to be awarded the status of Gold Partner and look forward to continuing to work closely with Ruckus.”

The Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart WLAN represents the next generation of 802.11 innovation that combines technical advances in RF signal routing and adaptive antenna array with centralised WLAN management. The ZoneFlex range of solutions caters for organisations of all sizes, managing anything between one to 250 access points. It is ideal for businesses with limited IT staffing and budgets, but that still require a single and secure WLAN for voice and data, whole-site coverage and reliable performance. The simplicity of ZoneFlex gives partners such as Net-Ctrl the ability to install more robust WLANs in a shorter period of time while significantly reducing the cost of delivering high-quality services to their customers.

“Net-Ctrl has greatly impressed us with its ambition, proactivity and understanding of the market,” said Jim Calderbank, director of enterprise sales EMEA at Ruckus. “The company’s commitment to Ruckus is commendable, and the title of Gold Partner is a great opportunity to reward them and demonstrate our appreciation of Net-Ctrl’s continued hard work."

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