2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Bob Friday
Bob Friday is the co-founder of Mist Systems and serves as the Chief AI Officer at Juniper and CTO of Juniper’s enterprise business. Bob started his career in wireless at Metricom(Ricochet wireless network) developing and deploying wireless mesh networks across the country to connect the first generation of Internet browsers. After Metricom, Bob co-founded Airespace, a start-up focused on helping enterprises manage the flood of employees bringing unlicensed Wi-Fi technology into their businesses.
After Cisco’s acquisition of Airespace in 2005, Bob became the VP/CTO of Cisco enterprise mobility and drove mobility strategy / investments in the wireless business and product / industry innovation. He holds more than 15 patents.
2024 Content Contribution Award Winners
Jim Palmer and John Deegan
While it is the corporate RUCKUS Podcast, Jim and John fantastically share their experiences and provide useful and entertaining content. The content covers things such as key milestones, Wi-Fi 7 releases, back to school, etc.). Working for a vendor, presenting the vendor podcast, while each of us brings years of experience from the field as customers.
If you missed the presentation visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/867523 to watch.
2024 Innovation of the Year Winner
Ruckus: R770 Access Point (AP)
The RUCKUS R770 enterprise-class Wi-Fi 7 access point (AP) uses the advanced capabilities of Wi-Fi 7 coupled with RUCKUS patented innovations to deliver the best possible performance in highly challenging environments.
The RUCKUS R770 is driven by RUCKUS AI‚ a cloud service for network assurance and business intelligence to boost Wi-Fi 7 network resilience, and enhanced by RUCKUS BeamFlex technology, a patented smart directional antenna system built into the AP.
For more information visit https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/solutions/technology/wi-fi-7.
2024 Product of the Year Winner
Hamina Wireless: Onsite
Hamina Onsite is a high-performance mobile and desktop app solution designed for conducting wireless site surveys. Hamina Onsite enables you to perform precise Wi-Fi site surveys with ease.
Their brand-new site survey solution enables users to perform site survey measurements on-site accurately, comprehensively and without hassle. The solution includes a software component (app) and a hardware component (RF measurement device that connects to the phone / tablet / laptop running the app). Hamina Onsite is a separate, complementary product to Hamina Network Planner. You don’t have to purchase both; just equip the right people with the tools that they need!
For more information visit https://blog.hamina.com/introducing-hamina-onsite.
2024 Company Leadership of the Year Winner
Hamina Wireless
At Hamina Wireless, their company culture focuses on a couple of things in mind: Strive to change the lives of people dealing with networks - for the better. Create a workplace where everyone feels energized in the morning. Never mistreat colleagues, customers, partners, or anyone else. Never be afraid to question the old way, to disrupt. Take pride in the quality of your work. This is evident in how they have built their product. It features: dynamic coverage planning in real time, client behavior modeling, CBRS planning, and so much more.
For more information visit https://www.hamina.com.