CARY, NC (February 14, 2011) – Carolina Advanced Digital, Inc. (CAD), an industry leader of IT infrastructure, management and security solutions, today announced the addition of Meru Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:MERU), the leader in virtualized Wireless LAN solutions, to their Federal GSA Schedule. With this schedule expansion, CAD will broaden their range to thoroughly address the needs of the government and education IT community.
“As a woman-owned and veteran-owned small business, our Federal GSA Schedule is essential to the way we do business,” said Susan Jabbusch, vice president and COO of CAD. “This promising addition not only strengthens our long-time partnership with Meru, but also allows our government and education customers to truly benefit from Meru’s unique wireless portfolio.”
GSA Schedules, also known as Multiple-Award Schedules (MAS), are the primary contract vehicles used for procurement and purchasing of products and services for federal agencies. To aid all of their public sector customers, CAD participates in the Cooperative Purchase Program, enabling state, local and municipal governments, as well as educational organizations, to purchase from their Federal GSA contract.
CAD selected Meru Networks for their Federal GSA Schedule based on Meru’s award-winning, innovative approach to wireless LANs.
“High density, high throughput needs—this is the gap that Meru fills for our customers,” said John Jabbusch, president and chief engineer of CAD. “When you need forty mobile devices per AP, Meru is the best solution on the market; they have such a unique technology.”
“Carolina Advanced Digital has always been one of our strongest Pinnacle Partners,” said Kamal Anand, senior vice president of corporate development and strategy for Meru. “Being a part of their GSA Schedule opens the door to extend Meru’s reach in the government and education markets—markets that have been strongholds for CAD. We’re excited about the new opportunities now available to us.”
Alongside the recent addition of Meru Networks, CAD supports HP Networking, WinMagic and other federal contract programs on their Federal GSA Schedule.
About Meru Networks
Founded in 2002, Meru Networks provides a virtualized wireless LAN solution that cost-effectively optimizes the enterprise network to deliver the performance, reliability, predictability and operational simplicity of a wired network, with the advantages of mobility. Meru’s solution represents an innovative approach to wireless networking that utilizes virtualization technology to create an intelligent and self-monitoring wireless network, and enables enterprises to migrate their business-critical applications from wired networks to wireless networks, and become all-wireless enterprises. Meru’s solutions have been adopted in all major industry vertical markets, including Fortune 500 enterprises, healthcare, education, retail, manufacturing, hospitality and government. Meru is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.
About Carolina Advanced Digital
Carolina Advanced Digital, Inc. (CAD) is a woman-owned, veteran-owned and privately-held small business specializing in IT infrastructure, security and management solutions. For more than 25 years, CAD has been the leading engineering service and product provider for federal, state and local government agencies as well as healthcare, education and corporate markets. Most of CAD’s professional services and products are available via open market, federal GSA and various state contracts. CAD’s GSA Schedule number is GS-35F-0795N. For more information, call 800-435-2212 or visit www.cadinc.com.
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