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Adtran Offers VARs Cloud-based vWLAN Service

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http://www.thevarguy.com – An update to Adtran’s (NASDAQ: ADTN) Bluesocket virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) solution enables VARs and MSPs to offer users a virtualized, cloud-based WLAN service by housing the hardware controller at the service provider’s network operating center (NOC) rather than onsite, while the data sessions remain at the customer’s LAN. Here’s the opportunity for channel partners: Adtran’s hook is that a wireless unit is connected to a NOC virtually, meaning management and control resides at the NOC, on-demand scaling is a breeze, and an opportunity for cloud-based Wi-Fi services is there for (IT news)

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