Knight Frank evaluated a number of WLAN vendors before choosing an Aerohive solution from Maintel, a trusted partner of 14 years. Aerohive’s technology demonstrated the resilience, scalability and simplicity that would allow Knight Frank to deploy and manage a WLAN in excess of 200 offices worldwide.
In particular, Aerohive’s controllerless architecture enables a zero-touch deployment model, allowing for fast, easy and cost-effective service roll out.
The choice of Aerohive by Maintel reflects its form in delivering resilient networks: for 12 years, Maintel has designed and maintained an Avaya converged IP network and failover solution at Knight Frank’s London HQ, as well as LAN services at its UK branch offices.
Within four months, the Aerohive WLAN was fully operational in Knight Frank’s UK and European offices, and the solution is currently being deployed in APAC.
Aerohive’s zero-touch deployment model enables Maintel to create the specification for each access point via the cloud-based management system HiveManager Online. The AP is then shipped directly from the factory and installed locally to the relevant office.
This feature allows Knight Frank to quickly bring new offices onto the network, as well as ensuring the same consistent, high quality of service to staff and customers worldwide.
Softer benefits to the business include hotdesking capabilities – staff can walk into any office and use their company-issued iPad or iPhone without needing to reconfigure settings. For customers, the ability to easily view multimedia presentations of real estate options is a real win.
In short, the Aerohive WLAN from Maintel is helping facilitate Knight Frank’s business values.