Industry Wi-Fi technology Website www.xirrus.com | Revenue undisclosed Founded 2004 | |
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Key people Shane Buckley, Dirk Gates, Stephen DeGennaro, Patrick Parker, George Frie, Sam Bass, Cary Kosher, Products Wireless arrays: XR series, XN series, XS series; Access Switches and Cloud Services Headquarters Thousand Oaks, California, United States Founders Dirk Gates, Steven F. DeGennaro, Patrick Parker Profiles | ||
Xirrus, Inc is a Wi-Fi technology company based in Thousand Oaks, California, US, that designs and sells wireless networking equipment based on the IEEE standards 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac. The company has been independently selling these products since 2005.
Xirrus currently manufactures multiple radio Wi-Fi Arrays that combine a WLAN switch and APs into a single device. Each Array unit bundles the controller with 4, 8, 12, 16 or 24 access points, and a special sectored directional antenna, into a single package. The company also produces a low-cost two-radio access point with omnidirectional antennas.
Xirrus provides wireless infrastructure for general enterprise, education, public venues, healthcare, retail, government, hospitality, and manufacturing. As of 2013 Xirrus has over 4000 customers, with products and services sold internationally.
In 2010 Xirrus was ranked number 9 in Wall Street Journal's Next Big Thing list of the Top 50 Venture-Backed companies and jumped to the number 2 spot on the same list in 2011. Xirrus again occupied the number 2 spot on the list in 2012.
History
Xirrus was founded in 2004 by Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, and Steve DeGennaro.
The company began marketing the Wi-Fi Array products in early 2005. In 2005 Xirrus sold Wireless Arrays that met the 802.11a/b/g network standard.
In late 2008 Xirrus presented a new access point module that meets 802.11n standards, and provides up to 300Mbit/s data rate per radio. The cryptographic module Xirrus's 802.11a/b/g-compliant "Wi-Fi Arrays" received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation in 2008.
In 2012 Xirrus became the exclusive wireless solution provider for Paul Hastings LLP, servicing 18 international offices. Other notable customers include Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospital, the largest acute care provider in the world, and Liverpool F.C., Anfield.
In 2010, the company was ranked as the second Fastest-Growing Private Company among Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturers with Three-Year Sales Growth of 3,213% in the annual Inc. 500.
Xirrus has provided the wireless network coverage for trade shows such as the Interop trade conferences in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2012 Xirrus deployed 200 802.11a/b/g+n Wireless Arrays at the Sands Expo and Convention Center,. which, at 2.25 million square feet, is the second largest convention center in the world.
In October 2012, Xirrus was included in Business Insider's DIGITAL list of the 100 most valuable private tech companies.