Intelligent CIO North America Issue 16 | Page 62

CASE STUDY

Extreme Networks , a cloud-driven networking company , has revealed that Novant Health is the first enterprise customer to publicly announce the deployment of an enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solution .

THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALL NOVANT HEALTH TEAMS TO DREAM BIG WHEN IT COMES TO THE INNOVATION IN MOBILE CARE .

The investment in the Extreme AP4000 Access Point ( AP ) will allow Novant Health , a three-state integrated network of physician clinics , outpatient centers and hospitals headquartered in North Carolina , to deliver high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its facilities and enable secure , dedicated connectivity for mission-critical healthcare applications and medical devices .
Extreme ’ 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 .
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