Xirrus Deploys Wi-Fi Network at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church Supporting New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.Church Provides Remote Campus for Students of the New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded Baptist Theological Seminary Baptist Theological Seminary[1]is a Baptist seminary located in Jagannaickpur, Church Square, Kakinada in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. It was established by the missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission about a century ago. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Xirrus, Inc., the only provider of high-performance, long-range Wi-Fi
JFBC Jasper's First Baptist Church (AL, USA) ) in Marietta, Ga. has deployed Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays throughout its high-density classroom areas to support the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, providing church members, seminary seminary Educational institution, usually for training in theology. In the U.S. the term was formerly also used to refer to institutions of higher learning for women, often teachers' colleges. students and staff with a reliable, high-performing Wi-Fi network See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. . JFBC has been serving as a remote campus for the Seminary to hold classes in Atlanta for over a year and selected Xirrus to upgrade its current Wi-Fi infrastructure. The legacy Wi-Fi architecture at JFBC couldn't scale to meet the increased performance and density demands the church needed for its classroom areas. Johnson Ferry Baptist Church will use the Xirrus' Wi-Fi solution to support the increased number of users of its classroom facilities and staff offices, delivering enough bandwidth and coverage area to ensure a reliable Wi-Fi network. "When Johnson Ferry Baptist began remotely housing the seminary's classes, our older Wi-Fi architecture could not support the amount of people who were now using it," said Mickey Taylor, technology director, JFBC. "The Xirrus solution provides a high speed wireless network that can handle the increasing requirements of our education space." "Johnson Ferry Baptist Church needed to increase its Wi-Fi bandwidth and capabilities due to an increase in user population," said Matt McCook, territory manager at Xirrus. "The Wi-Fi solution we set up has enough bandwidth and power to support the church, Seminary students and allows for future user growth." About JFBC Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, led by Senior Pastor Bryant Wright, is a growing 7,500 member church in metro Atlanta, Georgia with active programming for all ages seven days per week. JFBC hosts the remote campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree programs. Almost 500 NOBTS NOBTS New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary students are enrolled in night classes held at the JFBC campus. For more information on JFBC, check out www.johnsonferry.org. About New Orleans Baptist Seminary New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary was founded in 1917 by an act of the Southern Baptist Convention Noun 1. Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" Southern Baptist - a member of the Southern Baptist Convention at their annual meeting that year in New Orleans. Originally named "Baptist Bible Institute," New Orleans Seminary was the first theological institution to be created by direct action of the Southern Baptist Convention. It was originally created as an undergraduate institution modeled after Moody Bible Institute History In 1886 D.L. Moody established the Chicago Evangelization Society, for the "education and training of Christian workers, including teachers, ministers, missionaries and musicians who may completely and effectively proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. . Gradually, the school began to move toward graduate level training, and in 1946 the Convention renamed the institution "New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary." Located on a beautiful 75-acre campus with 12 additional acres and more than 100 buildings, over 20,000 men and women have prepared for ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. For more information, please visit http://www.nobts.edu. About Xirrus Xirrus, the leader in high-performance, long-range Wi-Fi is making "the air the network." Xirrus manufactures the patented Wi-Fi Array platform that integrates up to 16 radios with an onboard Gigabit Switch, Wi-Fi Controller, Firewall, and dedicated Wi-Fi Threat Sensor into a single device. The Xirrus solution delivers 2X the range, 4X the coverage, 14X the throughput, and requires 75% less devices, cabling, switch ports, and installation time compared to any competitive solution. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays are ideal for any organization deploying Wi-Fi, especially those that require support for large coverage areas, dense user populations, and high bandwidth applications. Xirrus is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Westlake Village, California Westlake Village is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The population was 8,368 at the 2000 census. This city located in the Conejo Valley is known for its affluence and secluded character, and is considered one of the wealthier communities in the Greater Los . For more information, please visit www.xirrus.com. Xirrus - The Air is the Network[TM] Xirrus - Intelligent Wi-Fi[TM] |
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