Cloud-managed WiFi solutions

The value of cloud-managed WiFi solutions

Your WiFi network is indispensable to productivity and business operations. By providing ubiquitous, high-speed WiFi throughout your premises, you enable employees, partners and visiting customers to stay productive and connected every minute of the day. However, delivering seamless WiFi access for a growing number of users and devices can easily overwhelm IT teams that are already stretched thin with competing priorities.

Cloud-managed WiFi solutions from Spectrum Enterprise can help. Our managed WiFi solutions minimizes the burden on IT teams while ensuring reliable and secure WiFi connections with the bandwidth and performance workers and visitors require. 

Cloud-managed WiFi solutions drive productivity and performance

A cloud-managed WiFi solution is a fully managed solution for design, installation, maintenance and monitoring of a WiFi system, managed through a cloud-based portal. Managed WiFi solutions enable IT teams to solve two significant challenges.

Poor WiFi performance

Slow WiFi can limit productivity for employees who rely on continuous access throughout the day as the send and receive emails, conduct web-enabled meetings and research information. With a cloud-managed WiFi solution, enterprises can easily increase bandwidth and tier and segregate traffic to provide consistent coverage and a seamless user experience. Managed wireless services can also refine network design to ensure the best placement of WiFi access points and routers for optimal performance.

Skill shortages

When the WiFi network is managed by an in-house team, IT staff is responsible for system design, installation, maintenance and repairs. This includes constant tweaking of coverage areas and access points as well as firmware updates to keep the service working well. Many enterprises find it difficult to hire and retain the IT professionals with the right skill set to expertly manage WiFi technology. With a cloud-based WiFi solution, enterprises have access to IT professionals who serve as an extension of the IT team. Rather than getting bogged down with issues around network architecture and support, IT teams can focus on strategic priorities and revenue-generating projects.

Cloud-managed WiFi solutions from Spectrum Enterprise

Spectrum Enterprise provides a cloud-managed WiFi solution for managing wireless access, maximizing security and ensuring a positive user experience. Our managed WiFi offering is a scalable, end-to-end wireless networking solution that includes customized landing pages, user authentication and cloud-based management tools.

As a turnkey solution, managed WiFi by Spectrum Enterprise includes design, installation and operation of wireless infrastructure to ensure high quality connectivity and reduced IT burden – with no need to purchase equipment.

Key features of this cloud-managed WiFi solution include:

• Easy scalability. By leveraging the speed and bandwidth of Spectrum Enterprise’s fiber network, Managed WiFi can allocate the appropriate bandwidth to support different usage needs across one or more locations.
• Superior performance. Highly competitive service level objectives (SLOs) ensure optimal network performance and availability.
• Tiered usage. This Spectrum Enterprise solution enables you to prioritize, modify and manage bandwidth allocations across user tiers for supporting paid and free WiFi options on a range of WiFi-enabled devices.
• Dedicated support. Our dedicated support teams provide 24/7/365 client care and proactive monitoring, while local technical expertise ensures fast resolution of issues.
• Brand support. Customizable landing pages and splash/user authentication pages help to reinforce your brand.

Greater visibility with a cloud-based administrative portal

As a cloud-managed WiFi solution, managed WiFi offers an administration portal that delivers superior network visibility and data intelligence with password-protected online access.

With Admin Portal, you can:

• View network utilization reports and statistics.
• Generate reports on security, technology, statistics and trends. Monitor the type of equipment, equipment name, IP address equipment location, status and duration of status. View individual log history for each piece of equipment. Monitor historical information and as-built documentation.
• Monitor sessions with reporting on session use by time connected, device type, session usage data and platform OS type.
• Access a dashboard to view summary statistics of daily or weekly session data, connected devices and new vs. returning clients.

Why Spectrum Enterprise?

Spectrum Enterprise is a national provider of scalable, fiber technology solutions. Many of America’s largest businesses and communication service providers rely on our portfolio of solutions to achieve IT modernization, improve productivity, enhance communication, ensure connectivity, strengthen security posture and build greater loyalty with customers.

Our offerings include:

• High-speed fiber, Ethernet, wireless and remote Internet access that keep employees connected with speeds up to 100 Gbps.
• Managed services for edge networking, WAN edge security and managed routers.
• Voice and unified communications to enhance collaboration.
• HDTV technology to entertain, inform and engage viewers with popular channels and programming.

FAQs

What are cloud-managed WiFi solutions?

Cloud-managed WiFi solutions enable IT teams to offload management of WiFi networks to expert IT professionals while monitoring the network with cloud-based management tools.

What are the benefits of cloud-managed WiFi solutions?

By outsourcing the design, installation, maintenance and updating of WiFi networks to third-party providers, enterprises can minimize the burden on IT teams while improving WiFi performance.