thousand oaks california united states 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 revenue undisclosed website www.xirrus.com xirrus wireless array consists of a wi fi controller access points sector antenna system and wi fi threat sensor . 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 802.11 a 802.11 b 802.11 g 802.11 n and 802.11 ac . 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 . 1 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 . 2 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 3 and jumped to the number 2 spot on the same list in 2011 . 4 xirrus again occupied the number 2 spot on the list in 2012 . 5 history edit xirrus was founded in 2004 by dirk gates patrick parker and steve degennaro . 6 the company began marketing the wi fi array products in early 2005 . 7 in 2005 xirrus sold wireless arrays that met the 802.11 a b g network standard . in late 2008 xirrus presented a new access point module that meets 802.11 n standards and provides up to 300mbit s data rate per radio . 8 the cryptographic module xirrus s 802.11 a b g compliant wi fi arrays received federal information processing standards fips 140 2 validation in 2008 . 9 in 2012 xirrus became the exclusive wireless solution provider for paul hastings llp servicing 18 international offices . 10 other notable customers include ashford and st. peter s hospital the largest acute care provider in the world 11 and liverpool f.c. anfield . 12 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 . 13 xirrus has provided the wireless network coverage for trade shows such as the interop trade conferences 14 in 2006 15 2007 16 2009 2010 2011 and 2012 . in 2012 xirrus deployed 200 802.11 a b g n wireless arrays at the sands expo and convention center . 17 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 . 18 references 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connectivity telecompaper retrieved 2 november 2012 liverpool fc installs xirrus wi fi network at anfield stadium wireless mag retrieved 4 apr 2013 2 2010 inc. 500 . palexpo archived march 4 2010 at the wayback machine . xirrus vs. the red barron archived july 24 2012 at the wayback machine . interop blog retrieved june 1 2007 web 2.0 expo has the same old wireless problem so where s xirrus techrepublic blog retrieved april 17 2007 john cox 11 december 2007 . two wireless lans better than one carnegie mellon says . network world . p. 1 . digital 100 revised the most valuable private companies in the world business insider retrieved nov 7 2012 external links edit xirrus homepage 3 xirrus reviewed in eweek lab xirrus reviewed by techworld best of interop retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xirrus & oldid 738646651 categories companies based in los angeles county californiahidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged 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