Global WLAN Solutions Provider Credits Success to Innovative Technologies that Meet Customer Needs



London -/October 25, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, announced that it has been listed in the Visionaries Quadrant in the Wireless LAN version of Gartner?s well-known industry report, the Gartner Magic Quadrant[1]. The new report, released October 6, 2006, evaluates wireless LAN vendors based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

According to Gartner, a Visionary demonstrates an ability to increase features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. A Visionary will have innovated in one or more of the key areas of WLAN technologies (convergence, security, management or operational efficiency).

According to Gartner's 2005 technology-adoption survey, published on March 23, 2006[2], ?Wireless e-mail and campus-wide wireless LAN have migrated to mainstream deployment and are rated as having high organizational value by most that have used them.? The report also stated, ?Organizations that are not yet using these technologies should immediately evaluate their potential.?

?Wireless LAN (WLAN) technologies have matured? WLANs are becoming a standard part of enterprise networks. They are no longer confined to meeting rooms or visitors areas; they are now being deployed to cover entire facilities,? states the Gartner, Inc. October 6 Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure report.

?It is very gratifying to have both Meru?s vision and execution strategy validated, in our opinion, by Gartner, an organization long recognized for its IT vision,? said Ihab-Abu Hakima, President and CEO of Meru Networks. ?Meru is fully committed to driving innovative solutions into this market in response to customer needs. Customers worldwide have enthusiastically embraced Meru?s wireless LAN platform and reaped the ROI and productivity benefits of our innovative architecture. The result has been a dramatic increase in customer deployments of Meru?s infrastructure solutions for the All-Wireless Enterprise ? a trend that we believe is accurately captured by Gartner?s latest Magic Quadrant.?

About The Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru?s award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit http://www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.

1. Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure, 2006, Rachna Ahlawat and Ken Dulaney, October 6, 2006.
2. Survey Shows Adoption and Value of Emerging Technologies, Jackie Fenn, March 23, 2006.