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Novant Health Rolls out Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi 6E from Extreme Networks
Enables Novant Health to Expand Network Capacity and Improve Performance for Mission-Critical Healthcare Applications and Medical Devices SAN JOSE, Calif.,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enables Novant Health to Expand Network Capacity and Improve Performance for Mission-Critical Healthcare Applications and Medical Devices\n\n\nSAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a cloud-driven networking company, today announced that Novant Health, a three-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers, and hospitals headquartered in North Carolina, is the first enterprise customer to publicly announce the deployment of an enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solution. The investment in the Extreme AP4000 access point (AP) will allow Novant Health to deliver high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its facilities and enable secure, dedicated connectivity for mission-critical healthcare applications and medical devices.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nExtreme's AP4000 operates in the 6 GHz frequency spectrum, delivering the fastest Wi-Fi available today through a pristine radio frequency (RF) environment that is unburdened by other devices that operate in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrum. This capability is invaluable in high-density network environments like Novant Health's, which rely on thousands of connected medical devices for patient care. \nKey Benefits to Novant Health:\nAdvanced Wi-Fi 6E reliability and performance: With additional spectrum, Novant Health can deliver more convenience and an improved care experience to patients. This allows them to ensure their network has capacity to add new services based on world-class technologies, such as digital communication tools, telehealth, and safe and secure medical record management systems, without compromising network performance. The AP4000 offers 6 GHz channels and Wi-Fi 6E provides clean spectrum for hospital-owned client devices, enabling better reliability for mission-critical applications while reducing congestion in the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency bands.Secure, high-speed connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E provides new levels of security and authentication through WPA3 and Enhanced Open, two wireless security standards from Wi-Fi Alliance. Novant Health also utilizes Extreme Campus Controller and ExtremeCloud™ IQ to manage its campus infrastructure. ExtremeCloud IQ is the only cloud network management platform currently ISO 27017 and ISO 27701 certified, in addition to being ISO 27001 certified since October 2019. As an ISO 27001 certified WLAN...