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Sunnyvale, Calif. — Dec. 18, 2013 — Aerohive Networks®, a leader in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking for the enterprise market, today announced it shipped its 500,000th controller-less, enterprise-class access point and has added 4,000 new end customers to date in 2013 across the distributed enterprise, healthcare, retail and education markets.
News Facts
In 2006, Aerohive developed a controller-less wireless LAN architecture called Cooperative Control. This highly differentiated approach enables secure, scalable, high-performance, and mission-critical wireless networking in a manageable and cost effective way to industries such as healthcare, retail, education and in particular to highly distributed enterprises. The rise of mobile and BYOD adoption and the deployment of Wi-Fi across the enterprise have allowed Aerohive to ship its 500,000th enterprise AP since its inception. Through Sept. 30th Aerohive has added 4,000 new end customers in 2013 and grown its global customer base to approximately 11,500 end customers worldwide.
For a founders take on changing the Wireless LAN market place – read this Q&A blog with Aerohive’s Changming Liu http://blogs.aerohive.com/blog/enterprise-networking/aerohives-founder-weighs-in-on-500k-controller-less-ap-shipment
For a fun look at the potential impact of controller-less solutions for the enterprise market, please see this Infographic blog http://blogs.aerohive.com/blog/enterprise-networking/the-age-of-controllers-is-coming-to-an-end
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“Over the past few years, Aerohive has grown to help organizations in every industry adapt to today’s mobile explosion and the need for enterprise-class Wi-Fi,” said David Greene, chief marketing officer, Aerohive Networks. “We’re proud to announce our newest customer acquisition milestone along with the shipping of our 500,000th AP.”
About Aerohive Networks
Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The company's investors include Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) and Northern Light Venture Capital.For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com, follow us on Twitter @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog, join our community or become a fan on our Facebook page.