Cashing in on Better Wi-Fi within Retail Environments

The retail environment is a fluid one with many moving parts. Retailers are looking hard for new ways to leverage better Wi-Fi technology to make their operations more efficient and to increase the satisfaction of the customers – speeding the delivery of products and services.

Today, retailers are using a myriad of wireless devices and applications that can all benefit from a more reliable Wi-Fi network – equipment such as:

• Point of sale devices
• VoIP phones and badges
• Digital advertising screens
• Electronic cash registers
• Interactive media kiosks
• Tabletop media players
• Inventory scanners

In retail environments, there’s not always local IT support. So things must be simple and work right the first time. Remote management and administration of in-store Wi-Fi devices is essential. Retailers are also surrounded with obstructions, obstacles and RF interference that can bring Wi-Fi to its knees. So the Wi-Fi system can’t be simple consumer-grade. It must be purpose built for retail.

We propose ideal Wi-Fi systems for retailers that delivers industry leading performance and reliability at affordable prices, where Wi-Fi access points can be deployed as standalone APs, managed remotely by a service management platform or with a centralised controller.

At ASANDA Wireless, we propose a family of Wi-Fi access points (APs) to retailers with:

• Integrated support for delay sensitive traffic through the use of intelligent antenna technology
• More reliable, consistent Wi-Fi that automatically adapts to interference and changes to the environment in real-time
• PCI-compliant wireless security with state-of-the-art link layer encryption, VLAN support, rogue AP detection and location, intrusion protection and more
• Complete remote control and management of standalone Wi-Fi APs or complete centralised WLAN solutions
• The ability to reliably extend network infrastructure and services to remote locations, through secure tunnels from discrete APs and/or WLANs
• Consistent access policies and user experiences across all locations
• The ability to monitor and restrict activity, to prevent malicious use of the network
• More flexibility deployment options through Intelligent Mesh Networking

Brain dead simplicity for fast deployment

PCI-compliant security

ASANDA Wireless solutions pack powerful security features such as sophisticated data encryption, authentication, client blacklisting, L2/L3 ACLs, rogue AP detection and locationing, SSID to VLAN mapping, and wireless intrusion protection into all of our offerings.