Aerohive’s Atom AP30 is a New Way to Wi-Fi, with a Radically Simplified Hardware and Deployment Design

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aerohive Networks™ (NYSE: HIVE), a Cloud Networking leader, today released worldwide availability plans for its industry-first pluggable, enterprise-class Wi-Fi access point, the Aerohive Atom AP30™. Currently shipping with a Type A/B plug, Aerohive has now announced Type C and G plugs availability for Q3 2018, enabling customers who use the EU or UK-plug type to benefit from Wi-Fi connectivity that can be both deployed, and re-deployed, in a matter of minutes.

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A first of its kind, Aerohive Atom AP30 is designed to augment or replace traditional ceiling and wall-mounted access points. Its unique, compact design, combined with Aerohive’s cloud management and new automated out-of-the-box mesh provisioning, allows IT departments to self-sufficiently adapt their access networks to match their continually changing client demands in any environment or location. Aerohive Atom AP30 is a small form factor access point that boasts all the features and functionality of its traditional ceiling-mounted counterparts, including identity-driven network access, software-defined architecture, and enterprise performance management.

Aerohive Atom AP30 can help organizations quickly, easily, and more cost-effectively solve for all manner of use cases without having to install or re-position a ceiling-mounted access point, including, but not limited to:

• Quickly eliminate Wi-Fi dead zones – Aerohive Atom AP30 instantly extends coverage to dead zones. Aerohive Atom AP30 can be temporarily or permanently installed in minutes to eliminate dead zones in distant corners of the office, long hallways or passageways, staircases, breakrooms, storage rooms, etc., saving the time and money of pulling new cable or re-positioning existing ceiling-mounted access points.
• Easily solve density issues in meeting spaces – Aerohive Atom AP30 can augment overloaded ceiling-mounted access points in any-sized meeting space. Aerohive Atom AP30 can be temporarily or permanently installed in minutes to mitigate overloaded ceiling-mounted access points in conference rooms, training rooms, cafeterias, lobby areas, waiting rooms, gymnasiums, etc.
• Improve performance for 3rd party networks – Aerohive Atom AP30 can connect to 3rd-party Wi-Fi networks, including Cisco, HPE, and Ruckus, to help compensate coverage or capacity challenges. With sensor mode equipped, Aerohive Atom AP30 may also be used to monitor 3rd-party networks for efficiency so that administrators can optimize their network accordingly.
• Instantly extend secure corporate connectivity – Aerohive Atom AP30 can instantly extend corporate connectivity to anywhere you can plug it in to a power socket and get an IP address. Aerohive Atom AP30’s native VPN capability can instantly make your corporate SSID and security available for teleworkers, marketing events, sales demonstrations, offsite meetings, embedded employees consulting for other companies, temporary offices, and so on.
• Simply connect the previously unconnected – Aerohive Atom AP30 can quickly and easily bridge an IoT device to an Aerohive or 3rd-party network in any easy or hard-to-reach location. Aerohive Atom AP30 can act like an IoT hub and securely connect any Wi-Fi and/or Ethernet-based IoT device and sensor.
• Cost effectively solve for MDU connectivity – Aerohive Atom AP30’s unique form factor and plug-ability makes it simple to install temporarily or permanently in an MDU, such as barracks, dormitories, hotels, motels, cruise ships, condominiums, apartments, etc.

Pricing and Availability

Aerohive Atom AP30 is currently shipping with Type A/B plug in US, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. Aerohive has expanded its offering to include Type C and G, to be available in Q3 2018, to expand into countries who use the EU or UK-plug type.

Aerohive Atom AP30 is now sold as a single pack for $229 Type A/B plug and $249 for Type C/G plugs.

Aerohive Atom AP30 can be deployed with Aerohive Connect™, the industry’s only subscription-free cloud management or full-featured Aerohive Select™ cloud management, with one license supporting up to three Atoms AP30s.

Visit www.Aerohive.com/Atom for more details.

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About Aerohive Networks

Aerohive (NYSE: HIVE) has a proven history of innovation helping IT radically simplify wireless and wired access using Cloud Networking. Aerohive’s Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or Portable Cloud Architecture is based on the latest Cloud technology and offers unrivaled customer choice and flexibility in choosing a deployment option that meets their current and future needs. Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA. For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com, call us at 408-510-6100, follow us on Twitter @Aerohive, subscribe to our blog, or become a fan on our Facebook page.

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Aerohive Networks

Talia Malik, 408-605-2019

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