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Let’s celebrate World WiFi Day 2020

by | Jun 19, 2020 | TanazaOS, What's new

WiFi Day 2020

Let’s celebrate World WiFi Day 2020


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20th June every year, Tanaza celebrates World WiFi Day 2020. The global initiative, organized by Wireless Broadband Alliance and developed by the Connected City Advisory Board (CCAB), aims to encourage not only cities and government parties but also operators, service providers, tech vendors, and internet dealers, to come together to deliver connectivity to everyone, everywhere.

World WiFi Day celebrates innovations and new projects that help bridge the digital divide worldwide. The goal is to improve consumer access in broadband-deprived areas in both developed and developing countries. Although the number of urban unconnected is highest in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions, connectivity remains an essential concern in Europe and North America as well. The need of urban connectivity can be due to several technological issues, often discussed by local and national political entities.

World WiFi Day is also a platform to help the unconnected to be connected and address the possibility to continue to widen the availability of WiFi access.

Why do we support World WiFi Day every year

Tanaza supports the initiatives aimed at disrupting the WiFi market since the beginning. Our mission is to increase the availability, affordability, and awareness of high-quality internet access to make Wi-Fi more accessible. Tanaza creates value by freeing operators from locked-in vertical solutions that impose a software and hardware bundle.

Tanaza leverages the software and hardware disaggregation paradigm, allowing users to upgrade to TanazaOS multiple devices from different vendors. We believe that today’s market is a breeding ground for the disaggregation of software and hardware to be shared also in the WiFi networking market.

Tanaza is continuously committed, through projects and partnerships, to transforming hardware and software unbundling in WiFi into reality.

Tanaza strives to provide high-quality network services to underserved areas that have not had access due to a lack of infrastructure or high costs. Tanaza is a member of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), a collaborative community among telecom companies that work to improve the infrastructure behind global connectivity. From 2019, it continues to contribute to the project, to accelerate innovation in telecommunication networks, through standardized, open-source, and disaggregated network solutions. In particular, Tanaza launched the Open Wi-Fi System project, giving proof of the compatibility of the Wi-Fi management cloud platform with TIP’s open-AP stack software, including the OpenSync™ open-source framework.

In 2020, Tanaza joined Facebook Connectivity’s Express Wi-Fi Technology Partner Program, which facilitates network equipment operators to produce network hardware and software that is compatible with Express Wi-Fi by Facebook. This project is part of Facebook Connectivity, a collection of programs, technologies, and partnerships designed to increase the availability, affordability, and awareness of high-quality internet access. Program members are currently collaborating to connect underserved communities around the world and bring more people online to faster internet access.

Over the years, Tanaza has won numerous awards, both general and sectoral (IDC Innovator; Wi-Fi Now Best Enterprise Software; Seal of Excellence of the European Commission), and has received funding under the Horizon2020 project for the TanazaOS project.

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Tanaza ha aderito al Piano Scuola come partner per la gestione software delle reti WiFi

by | Jun 10, 2020 | Reti Wireless, TanazaOS

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Tanaza ha aderito al Piano Scuola come partner per la gestione software delle reti WiFi

Cos’è il Piano Scuola?

Piano Scuola è stato il programma avviato dal Comitato per la diffusione della Banda Ultralarga (composto dalla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, da Infratel e AgID – Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale), per cui erano stati stanziati oltre 400 milioni di euro come fondi destinati al cablaggio dei plessi scolastici su tutto il territorio nazionale.

Quale obiettivo intende raggiungere il Piano Scuola?

L’obiettivo del Piano è stato quello di potenziare la connettività delle scuole, portando negli istituti la banda ultralarga, con una velocità di connessione negli edifici che raggiunga 1 Gbps con 100 Mbps di banda garantita, per un totale di 32.213 plessi scolastici.

L’81,4 % degli istituti scolastici è stato dotato dell’infrastruttura necessaria per avere una connettività veloce. Attraverso i fondi delle Regioni e altre economie di spesa si punterà poi a raggiungere progressivamente il 100% degli edifici scolastici. In particolare, il piano prevedeva il collegamento di tutti i plessi scolastici delle scuole medie e superiori sul territorio nazionale e, nelle “aree bianche”, anche il collegamento di tutti i plessi delle scuole primarie e dell’infanzia.

Come si articola la realizzazione del Piano?

Il Comitato Banda Ultra Larga, COBUL, ha presentato il 5 maggio 2020 un piano globale che coinvolgerà Famiglie, Piccole e Medie Imprese, Scuole, in tutte le aree del Paese, e il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico ha affidato con decreto ad Infratel Italia le risorse per avviarne la realizzazione.

Alcune regioni hanno potuto realizzare il progetto in autonomia (Emilia Romagna, Friuli, Provincia di Trento e Umbria) o parzialmente in autonomia (Sardegna, Liguria). Le altre regioni e province sono state coordinate nella realizzazione dei lavori da Infratel Italia che, ricevuto il mandato a seguito del DM di affidamento dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, ha pubblicato il relativo bando, avviato nel mese di giugno, con aggiudicazione e firma del contratto entro settembre 2020. Oggetto dell’affidamento: la fornitura della fibra di accesso e del servizio di trasporto e di connettività per le sedi scolastiche, in modo da dotarle di accesso Internet.

A giugno 2020 sono stati presentati i primi bandi e già a settembre si è proceduto con le installazioni, i cui lavori si sono prolungati fino al mese di ottobre.

Infratel Italia ha proceduto con la creazione di una piattaforma per operatori e Service Provider attraverso cui sarà possibile applicare. La piattaforma è stata in fase di progettazione da parte di Invitalia e sarà disponibile non prima del 30 giugno 2020. Per restare aggiornati, si prega di visitare il sito bandaultralarga.italia.it.

 

La tempistica ha previsto:

Interconnessione immediata di 29.000 plessi
– entro giugno 2020: avvio del bando
– entro metà settembre 2020: aggiudicazione contratto
– entro ottobre 2020: avvio deployment

Interconnessione di ulteriori 2.800 plessi con bisogno di posa della fibra
– da metà maggio a metà agosto: consultazione operatori e Notifica CE
– entro fine settembre 2020: approvazione della Commissione

A cosa serviranno i fondi stanziati?

I 400.430.897 euro del Piano Scuola sono stati utilizzati per coprire i costi strutturali della banda ultralarga nelle istituzioni scolastiche e i costi di connettività per la durata di 5 anni, con inclusa la manutenzione delle reti, garantiti in maniera gratuita.

Il progetto Piano Scuola ha previsto misure immediate volte alla digitalizzazione degli istituti scolastici. In particolare, nell’epoca pre Covid, in cui le infrastrutture e la fornitura digitale fino a questo momento disponibili, si sono rivelate totalmente insufficienti e non in grado di assicurare la presenza di una connettività adeguata. I fondi richiesti dal CoBUL consentiranno finalmente, in tempi rapidissimi, l’accesso alle reti ultraveloci nelle scuole di tutta Italia.

Tanaza aderisce al nuovo Piano Scuola come il partner ideale per la gestione software delle reti WiFi

Tanaza è la soluzione plug&play che permette di installare, configurare e monitorare via cloud gli access point in modo semplice, grazie a un’interfaccia web responsive, accessibile da computer, tablet o smartphone.

Vuoi saperne di più e capire in che modo possiamo rappresentare per te il partner giusto nel Piano scuola? Lascia i tuoi contatti nel modulo sottostante e provvederemo a inviarti una brochure dettagliata della nostra soluzione via email.

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Public Cloud vs Private Cloud vs Hybrid Cloud

by | May 29, 2020 | Cloud Management, TanazaOS

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Public Cloud vs Private Cloud vs Hybrid Cloud

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Public cloud vs Private cloud vs Hybrid Cloud - Which one is better?
Public Cloud - PROs and CONs
Pros

– Reduce costs for hardware, no need for on-premise infrastructure.

– Reduce costs for system maintenance.

– Greater reliability.

– On-demand scalability and flexibility.

Cons

– Security. More vulnerable security is often seen as the main con of public clouds; however, most clouds have extraordinary security measures.

– Not in total control of the cloud with limited access to all the information.

Private Cloud - PROs and CONs
Pros

– More control on configurations and the resources within the infrastructure aren’t shared.

– More secure as the cloud deployment is for a single organization. All the pieces in the ecosystem are designed to assure higher levels of security.

– Better performance as all data remains behind a firewall, and it has less exposure to Internet security risks.

Cons

– Higher costs. Overall, private clouds are more expensive than the public cloud as they require both hardware and maintenance.

– Higher OpEx, companies need to factor in the cost of licenses for software applications and the operating system to manage the entire infrastructure.

– On-going maintenance. Private clouds are an investment that needs continuous support and maintenance and the need for in-house high-skilled IT teams to manage and control the systems.

Hybrid Cloud - PROs and CONs
Pros

– Flexibility but to a certain extent, depending on whether there are key controllers on-premises or not.

– Scalability and deployment. 

– Increased Mobility and data security.

Cons

– Difficult to implement and maintain.

– Higher costs do to private cloud and need for extensive hardware and software.

– Need for high-skilled in-house IT teams.

– Security concerns due to third-party involvement.

– Compatibility and Data Integration between public and private clouds can be a nightmare.

Public cloud vs Private cloud vs Hybrid Cloud – the debate around cloud environments has long been argued in the IT industry. Why should you consider Public Cloud instead of Hybrid or Private Cloud? What are the benefits of each of them? Which one is the best alternative?
The choice between Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud solutions depends on a variety of factors. By recognizing the similarities and differences, you can be more informed about how each cloud computing type might impact your business.
Cloud Computing represents the alternative to the on-premises traditional data center, as IT services are delivered across the Internet. The cloud environment provides an easily accessible online portal that makes it suitable for the user to manage the compute, storage, network, and application resources.
Cloud computing, in general, reduces the cost and complexity of your business IT infrastructure handling. The main benefits of the cloud concern: 

  • Cost: the considerable capital costs (CAPEX) can be drastically reduced, and the Total cost of ownership (TCO) can be easily monitored.
  • Speed: resources can be accessed faster.
  • Scalability: the requirement of resources can be increased or decreased according to business needs.
  • Productivity: while using cloud computing, there is less need to put efforts in applying and maintaining hardware and software. In this way, the IT team can be focused on reaching business goals and be more productive.
  • Reliability: back-up and recovery of data is less expensive and quick.
  • Security: a large set of policies, technologies, and controls can extend your business security.

Cloud computing in the WiFi industry

Cloud computing has been discussed in the WiFi industry, because, like other divisions of computing, it offers highly scalable capabilities that are difficult or expensive to deliver on-site, with the opportunity to also provide granular services on a micro-scale.

Cloud networks afford a deployment model for remote sites and remote employees, where IT staff resources are inadequate. Cloud management can be accessed from anywhere, distributed or centralized IT teams can easily manage and monitor distributed sites.

The most consistent benefit to cloud networking is that a business of any size can have access to an enterprise-class wireless solution that prevents IT staff from being overwhelmed or IT budget to be wrecked.

Indeed, one of the most demanding debates across businesses looking for IT solutions has been whether to implement a WLAN managed with on-premises controllers, or one with controllers in the cloud, as the most suitable architecture.

Dating back to the early beginning of WLAN history, each wireless access point was configured and managed separately from one another. This way to proceed was reasonable at the time because access points were deployed in specific areas, and the number of devices connecting to WiFi networks was slim.

Today WiFi is increasingly gaining business favour, thanks to cost-effective efficiency. But, owning and managing a WiFi infrastructure solution takes noticeable time and capital investment. Cloud computing is successfully reaching traction for a lot of business applications. Therefore, many WiFi infrastructure vendors have started looking towards cloud architecture from the WiFi perspective to launch WiFi infrastructure solutions as cloud-based services.

In fact, with the rapid evolution and growing complexity of the WLAN, it is becoming more painful and expensive for companies to staff in-house WiFi expertise. So organizations are increasingly relying on the experience of Managed Solution Providers (MSPs) to fill this divide. If MSPs optimize the cloud solution, it can make the business model much more effective, mainly because of easy-to-access remote management, monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting.

Types of Cloud Computing: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud

Cloud computing covers a range of categorizations and architecture models that can be classified into three main types:

 

  • Public Cloud is the cloud where the resources are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider and can be shared with other organizations. All the WiFi Access Points will connect directly to the Public Cloud infrastructure over the Internet, with no need to have any intermediary device such as a hardware controller. The management traffic is completely isolated from the users’ traffic and securely reaches the cloud infrastructure. The users’ traffic flows through and goes directly to the destination being invisible to the cloud infrastructure. As the same infrastructure serves multiple customers, there is an excellent economy of scale and the ability to provide services in a granular and cost-effective way.
  • Private Cloud brings the same services of the Public Cloud, but in a dedicated context exclusively used inside a single business or organization. The security offered by a Private Cloud model is suitable for any organization that needs to store and process private data or particularly sensitive tasks. However, setting up a Private Cloud may imply some set-up costs, and for this reason, Private Cloud usually requires some minimum scale to be economically viable.
  • Hybrid Cloud is a Cloud computing environment that uses a mixture of on-premises, Private Cloud, and Public Cloud services by using technology that allows data applications to be shared among them. The data can be stored locally on-premises in dedicated additional hardware while being accessible from remote.
How to choose a Cloud type or Cloud service is an individual decision. The cloud model you choose depends on which features you find most important and how much you want to invest. The more cost-effective Public Cloud is easy to manage and offers significant scalability and reliability at the same time. A Private Cloud instead gives more control to where the data is stored and keeps it more confined at a price of a higher set-up cost.

Usually, SMBs/SMEs are comfortable with Public Cloud solutions, as they can optimize their costs and leverage great flexibility. Instead, government projects may demand the Private Cloud approach for policy, to keep all data on specific servers dedicated to them, and located where they prefer. A Hybrid Cloud brings a blending of both worlds, by storing data on a device that is located on-premises, so not in the cloud, but allowing access from remote, via a cloud-portal that acts as a way to tunnel back to the on-premises device. This approach can have some advantages as well as limitations.

The Hybrid Cloud has limits

Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud
Less expensive More expensive
No Single point of failure Single point of failure
Easy configuration Complex configuration
No on-site IT staff required On-site IT staff
Zero-touch provisioning APs don't connect automatically to the cloud
Unlimited scalability Reduced scalability
Software flexibility update thanks to third-party integrations Limited software flexibility
Guaranteed assistance Reduced assistance
The Hybrid Cloud seems to show more flexibility, combining elements of the leading cloud model types. But it also demonstrates to have a series of disadvantages, especially when considering multiple access points (AP) locations.

  • Number of devices to be deployed: in general, the Hybrid Cloud model requires deploying an extra hardware device dedicated to storing data and enabling remote control. This implies a potential high impact on the number of devices to be deployed. For example, with a Public Cloud solution, 100 retail stores will require 100 APs, and those APs will directly connect to the Public Cloud infrastructure. On the contrary, the Hybrid Cloud solution applied to this scenario would need a hardware hybrid controller per each location to enable the connectivity from each AP to the Cloud. In this way, costs are generally highly-impacted.
  • Single point of failure: controller hardware devices, such as hardware controllers or cloud keys, represent a single point of failure. So the entire system is at risk when a single element fails, as the whole remote visibility and centralized configuration capabilities get disrupted.
  • Complex set-up: in a Hybrid Cloud system, you need to configure the cloud key, and associate it to the APs, then connect it to the cloud portal. The set-up could be, therefore, highly complicated. On the contrary, Public Cloud solutions allow to simply plug the units and see them auto-provisioning, as there is no intermediary device to be configured.
  • On-site IT staff: sometimes APs, cloud key, and cloud portal get disassociated for some reason, for instance, APs get reset to factory settings. This means that you will need to have someone on-site to restore all these associations.
  • Limited scalability: solutions based on cloud keys (and even higher-end enterprise hardware controllers) have an intrinsic scalability limitation as they can support a limited number of APs. Once that threshold is crossed, there is a need to change the hardware controller. On the other side, Public Cloud has unlimited scalability by definition.
  • Limited software flexibility: Hybrid Cloud solutions, keeping all the data on a local device, do not allow the flexibility of cloud solutions, which can literally connect any APs to third party systems. For example, Location Analytics systems can only be enabled if there is strong integration between the APs and cloud infrastructures via APIs.
  • Disaster recovery: Hybrid Cloud vendors are usually from the hardware industry and not service-oriented. Their business model is conceived to sell hardware, not necessarily to help users operate networks. On the contrary, the mission of a Public Cloud provider is to enable IT companies while they provide managed services. For example, if there is a disaster and all the devices reset due to an electric shock, a hybrid vendor’s support may state that you should have performed back-ups daily to recover from the disaster. On the other hand, a Public Cloud provider may assert that the disaster was managed precisely by the daily back-ups, performed as part of the service, so there is no need for any further action as they take care of everything.

8 Reasons why should Public Cloud be your choice over Hybrid Cloud

  1. No single point of failure: the Public Cloud does not have a single point of failure. That means that even if one part fails, the entire system will not stop working.
  2. Simple set-up: the Public Cloud does not need an elaborate set-up. You don’t need to associate APs to the cloud key and the cloud key to the cloud account.
  3. No need to go on-site: with Public Cloud, network admins never need to go on-site to re-associate APs/key/cloud, which sometimes happens when a cloud key fails or gets reset.
  4. Zero-touch provisioning: Public Cloud provides zero-touch provisioning. With a Hybrid Cloud instead, APs do not connect automatically to the cloud and must be provisioned.
  5. Scalability: the Public Cloud has unlimited scalability. In the Hybrid Cloud, instead, some cloud keys support a maximum number of APs and sometimes have been reported to be slow in responding. 
  6. Cost: you do not need expensive controllers, that for locations with a low number of APs may represent an essential percentage of the total hardware investment.
  7. Software flexibility: Public Cloud is ready to integrate with unlimited third-party systems and applications that can deliver the exact features you need, from location analytics to marketing services to IoT.
  8. You are not on your own: in case of disaster, you can rely on a team of professionals whose goal is to enable your operations and keep them up-and-running, no matter what.

Public Cloud vs Private Cloud vs Hybrid Cloud – What will happen next?

Newly developed technologies push controllers forward, and reached the cloud environments in recent years. In a cloud-managed WLAN architecture, organizations don’t have to purchase physical controllers and deploy them on every site. The cloud works like a virtual controller that resides in a Public Cloud, and all the distributed wireless access points connect to it via the Internet.

The cloud offers remote provisioning, monitoring, and troubleshooting to every access point.
The cloud-managed WLAN services rely on subscribed licenses to work, and the cloud will take care of the issues such as data back-up, storage, redundancy, and more. The service may be free, freemium, or subscription-based. Therefore, differently from the hardware controller with higher CAPEX cost, the cloud-managed WLAN services, which are usually provided with an annual payment plan, give businesses more adaptability on their budgets.

Companies are now discovering that the real benefit of cloud computing is not the cost savings it can bring, but the fact that IT can react much faster and more effectively to business changes. The value of great agility and time-to-market makes cloud computing a good move for any kind of organization.

Compared to on-premises solutions, Public Cloud services are getting more and more popular among organizations of different sectors, looking for centralized management and reduced costs.

What Tanaza offers

Tanaza is an intuitive and responsive cloud-based management software that makes the deployment, configuration, and remote monitoring of WiFi networks effortless. It is based on TanazaOS, a powerful Linux-based Operating System compatible with multiple brands’ WiFi access points.

With Tanaza, you can manage the settings of tens, hundreds, or thousands of WiFi access points from a single cloud controller platform. Users can enable SSIDs, configure IP addresses, set radio power and channels, and more from the managed WiFi dashboard.

Operational efficiency is increased by allowing network-wide configurations and maximizing service availability. You can reconfigure access points without rebooting them or restarting the services.

The platform is designed to enhance efficiency when deploying large-scale WiFi Networks. It enables users to configure, manage, and monitor from one single platform, multiple WiFi organizations and networks, cloud-based access points, SSIDs, and also clients. 

Tanaza lets users set the basic configurations of the network, that is applied by default to all the cloud-managed access points in that network. This feature ensures an issue-free, fast and easy provisioning of new access points in a large-scale WiFi network.

Tanaza relies on the management of resources and cloud platforms on Amazon Web Services (AWS), guaranteeing the highest levels of accuracy available on the market and running on a secure, highly-available, and redundant cloud infrastructure.

Tanaza not only provides its infrastructure as a Public Cloud Software-as-a-Service that is perfect for optimizing costs but also as a Private Cloud solution for high-tier Service Providers and operators.

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Remote syslog – Track client device connections

by | May 27, 2020 | All articles, Network Monitoring, TanazaOS, What's new

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Nowadays, having a remote syslog feature within the WiFi network system is a must-have for Service Providers. The Tanaza software has the built-in capability of tracking the client device activities on the access points. When enabled, the messages and events stored in the access points can be exported to a remote Syslog server.

Remote Syslog

Tracking client devices’ connections in an Access Point

Some countries lawfully need to store TCP/UDP messages from access points and routers, for reporting purposes. Any given device generates information events in response to changing conditions, for example, like connections. Typically, these events are logged locally in the access points; however, monitoring and storing this data can slow down the device’s capability and, consequently, affect the network. 

Thanks to the Syslog feature, network administrators can forward this information to a remote Syslog server. Tanaza is rolling out an enhancement of the Syslog feature in the platform, which allows network administrators to track the client device connections in the access point.

Users can enable the remote Syslog server in the advanced settings of each access point. Alternatively, it can be enabled on all access points within a network, in one click on the Network-wide configuration. 

Afterward, every time a user connects or gets associated with an SSID, the MAC address and IP address are automatically registered in the logs.

With this feature the Syslog will show:

  • Date and timestamp (based on the time zone configured on the device)
  • Source local IP address 
  • Destination IP address
  • Source and destination ports
  • Source and destination MAC addresses

It is worth mentioning that this feature only allows users to send the log information from an access point to a remote server on the local Intranet or Internet by specifying an IP address. The data travels directly from the access point to the specified remote Syslog server. Tanaza users will rely on such platforms to retrieve any related information.

Read this article to learn how to set up your remote Syslog server on the Tanaza platform.

Syslog information now includes the client device IP address

When Services Providers, by law, need to keep track of IP address activity for every single device connected to a network, it’s predominant to have a feature within the network management system that allows sending this data to a Syslog server.

Tanaza has this capability embedded in the platform. Now network administrators can see, besides the client device’s MAC address and its activity, the IP address assigned to a client device and its activity when it connects to a Syslog-enabled WiFi network.

By enabling this feature, it’s possible to associate:

  • Device MAC address
  • Device local IP address
  • Public IP addresses visited
  • The specific time when it did happen

This enhanced feature allows Tanaza users to cross-link the information with the MAC address of the device that had the same IP address for a specific period.

While this feature is powerful, it involves a higher average load per each access point, as it would have to track every single connection of every client device connected at all times. Hence, users need to take into consideration that when enabling it, and use it wisely.

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Linksys and Tanaza are partnering for deeper integration of their technologies

by | May 6, 2020 | Industry news, Partnerships, TanazaOS, What's new

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Tanaza and Linksys are expanding their technology partnership to accelerate Cloud Management and Services in Linksys Business Access Points. The two companies are working together to enhance the capabilities and benefits customers realize from the Linksys Cloud Manager by integrating their technologies.

A renewed collaboration to bring Linksys Business Solutions to the next level

The collaboration between Linksys and Tanaza resulted in the August 2018 launch of the Linksys Cloud Manager, combining enterprise-grade hardware and technical support from Linksys with Tanaza’s powerful cloud management software bundled with no license fees for 5 years. The companies have evolved the software platform several times since the initial launch to deliver additional benefits, making the Linksys Cloud Manager a superior value proposition for MSPs and network administrators.
In 2020, both companies are embarking on a deeper integration to enhance the customer experience even further. The new agreement leverages more Tanaza technologies integrated on Linksys hardware platforms and fosters unparalleled development collaboration, acceleration, and optimization to create the ultimate cloud platform for business users.

“With this deeper integration and collaboration, we will be able to take our Linksys Business Solutions to the next level. We’re eager to deliver a cloud experience that is fast and easy to use, yet powerful enough for sophisticated network administrators. When combined with enterprise-grade hardware and dedicated technical support that business customers can rely on, we’re confident that we will provide tremendous value to the market today and for years to come.”, said John Minasyan, Director of Product Management, Commercial Products.

“Designed from the ground-up, it perfectly matches the requirements of modern cloud-based contexts, where responsiveness, real-time manageability, scalability, and seamless integration with the cloud infrastructure are paramount. Being able to provide all of this within the high-quality Linksys hardware that is widely available in most countries and Linksys’ award-winning customer service is simply fantastic. We have already started working on an extensive roadmap of enterprise-grade features to release over the next months. While the current COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on the near-term, I still see a bright future for this partnership.”, declared Sebastiano Bertani, CEO and Founder of Tanaza.
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What’s coming up next

When Linksys chose Tanaza to create and maintain the Linksys Cloud Manager infrastructure, the aim was to put together a system with enterprise-level security, scalability, and reliability to be sure that the product is best-in-class in the wireless networking industry.
The system will be faster and able to apply real-time configurations for enhanced user experience. As always, Linksys Cloud Manager will distinguish itself in the market for ease of use and its unequaled performance.

The partnership will enable both companies to drive innovation to provide Managed Service Providers and business customers with a Cloud Management platform of unparalleled performance, features, and services coupled with highly reliable enterprise-grade hardware and technical support.

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Update Firmware in Wireless Access Points

by | Apr 27, 2020 | Device management, TanazaOS

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Keeping the Tanaza firmware update on your WiFi Access Points has never been so important, and here’s why!

In today’s digital age, to run optimal WiFi networks, MSPs need to keep their WiFi devices updated with the latest firmware version to ensure excellent network performance.

In networking terms, the firmware is the software embedded into an access point, switch, controller, or router, which allows controlling the device. As a result, all the operating devices within a network should always be updated with the latest firmware. Consequently, these updates provide the devices with instant functionality improvements, which enhance the overall user experience.

What are the benefits of a firmware update on WIFi devices?

Continuously, Tanaza rolls out enhanced new features in the TanazaOS operating system to improve the platform. Users can enjoy these new features only after updating their firmware with the latest TanazaOS version available. Therefore, to achieve maximum efficiency with the Tanaza platform, we recommend our customers to keep their access points firmware updated. 

Tanaza firmware updates also protect your access points from vulnerabilities with our security patches, driving security and stability within your WiFi networks. Further, the firmware update allows the TanazaOS system to be more efficient, which leads to an increase in performance and speed.

Update the Tanaza firmware efficiently in no time

Manually logging into each access point to update all your network devices with the latest firmware is a time-consuming task. To prevent this scenario, Tanaza has created an enhanced version of this feature, which allows users to apply Tanaza firmware updates on their access points, remotely and at a network or organization level. 

Users can update some or all the devices within multiple networks or in inventory at the same time. Then, users can select which access points or networks would like to update with the latest firmware version. Afterwards, the update can be executed in bulk in just one-click. 

As a result, users can save time by updating multiple devices at once. More importantly, users can avoid onsite travels as the firmware update can be done remotely, kind of crucial these days given the current situation. 

Lastly, to provide users with an extra layer of security, the new Tanaza firmware update can be downloaded from our servers through a secure connection. If you would like to learn more about how to execute a firmware update in multiple devices powered by Tanaza, read this article “TanazaOS update.”

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Where to find the latest Tanaza firmware?

Users can browse the available firmware version in the ‘Firmware Update’ page available on Tanaza’s account user menu. We recommend users to install the firmware update as soon as it’s released. 

Don’t wait too long to start enjoying new enhanced features with each Tanaza firmware update.

Now would be a good idea also to check Tanaza’s blog. We always communicate the latest firmware and feature releases of our platform in our blog. Also, users can read relevant content that can help maximize WiFi network performance and manage network deployments more efficiently.

Why is it so important to update the Tanaza firmware?

Firmware updates play a vital role in the functionality of your access points. After updating the firmware, the user experience is similar to a new product. It does not only enhance your experience with the Tanaza platform and your network’s performance, but it also protects your access points from vulnerabilities and fixes existing bugs.

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