Why WiFi Still Really Matters in a 5g World

With the advent and delivery of 5g and its promise of pervasive connectivity, what is WiFi’s role in the future? Steve Johnson will talk through the driving trends in the marketplace, the balance to be found between 5g and WiFi, the arrival of WiFi6 and the future of WiFi itself. Bio: Steve Johnson is the Region Director for North and East Europe for Ruckus Networks, a division of Commscope, and has been at Ruckus through the last 6 years of its incredible technology evolution. His background is firmly in Networking, having held leadership roles at companies such as Extreme Networks and 3Com prior to joining Ruckus. Ruckus is a channel-centric organisation that provides AI-driven network technology, switching, Wi-Fi and analytics, for the campus. Our key markets across the region include Education, Hospitality, MDU and the Retail Value Chain – Manufacturing, T&L and Retail itself, although we have customers in every market who place a value on Simplicity, Reliability and Agility.<br />

The Ruckus IoT Platform providing Connected Insights into your Device Data

IoT is the Buzzword in all IT conversations, but defining, developing and delivering IoT for real world applications is where the real discussion is happening today. Andy Barnes will take you through the Ruckus IOT Suite of components and show you how Ruckus is moving the Discussion from IoT Sensors & technologies to solutions that Solve real world problems. Bio: Andy Barnes is the Snr Director of IoT Solutions Engineering at Ruckus, he has been at Ruckus for the past 5 years of it’s incredible transformation and has been developing & understanding the constantly evolving need for more Connected Devices. Andy has spent the past 30 years working in the Communications and Networking sector and seen it’s evolution from dial up modems to high speed Broadband. He has worked on some of the 1st WiFi and GSM chipsets produced and developed & supported Customers in around the world with their development and Production of countless products. Prior to Joining Ruckus he has worked at a number of leading Semiconductor manufacturers including Qualcomm, Intellon, Globespan, Virata and S3, he specialized in HW/SW Development and Field Support of a wide range of Semiconductor Technologies including Modems, DSL, ATM, WiFi, Powerline and Network Processors. Andy Now heads up the IoT Solutions Team and is developing Platforms that will make IoT easier to use, Deploy and monetize for partners and Customers alike.<br />

Ruckus portfolio overview and demo of Ruckus Cloud and SZ platform to show ease of management of Wi-Fi and switching.