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<strong>Ruckus</strong> <strong>Lunch</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Learn</strong><br />
In partnership with Comsol
About <strong>Ruckus</strong> <strong>and</strong> their Products<br />
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1-Minute Summary<br />
Began Operations 2004, Sunnyvale, CA<br />
Status Publicly held (NYSE: RKUS)<br />
CEO Selina Lo<br />
What We Do We make Wi-Fi simple, reliable <strong>and</strong> fast<br />
R&D Centers Sunnyvale, China, Taiwan, India, Israel<br />
2011 Revenue $120 million<br />
3Q12 revenue $59 million<br />
Customers 18,000+<br />
Employees 600+ in 24 countries<br />
Patents 75 granted (67 pending)<br />
Markets Enterprise & Carrier wireless infrastructure<br />
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INTRO TO RUCKUS WIRELESS<br />
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Rapid Revenue Growth<br />
Annual Last 9 Months Quarterly<br />
$152<br />
$59<br />
$120<br />
$41<br />
$45<br />
$49<br />
$75<br />
$79<br />
$32<br />
$44<br />
CAGR<br />
64% 93%<br />
$21<br />
$26<br />
2009 2010 2011 9M'11 9M'12 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3<br />
2011<br />
2012<br />
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INTRO TO RUCKUS WIRELESS<br />
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The Keys to Better Wi-Fi<br />
1. Adaptive Antennas<br />
▪ Deliver more coverage<br />
▪ Automatic signal path selection ensures clients stay connected<br />
▪ Interference avoidance provides predictable throughput<br />
2. Simple to deploy, easy to use<br />
▪ Configure in minutes, deploy in hours not days…<br />
3. Simple to secure<br />
▪ Authentication to Encryption<br />
4. Unmatched affordability<br />
▪ No feature licenses, reduced number of APs<br />
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<strong>Ruckus</strong> Wi-Fi Product Families<br />
ZoneFlex<br />
Indoor/Outdoor<br />
Access Points for<br />
Enterprises <strong>and</strong><br />
Hotspots<br />
ZoneDirector<br />
WLAN Controllers<br />
for Enterprises <strong>and</strong><br />
Service Operators<br />
FlexMaster<br />
Central Management<br />
of Autonomous APs<br />
<strong>and</strong> ZD Controllers<br />
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Family of Scalable Controllers<br />
Small<br />
Medium<br />
Large<br />
1100 Series<br />
▪ APs: 6-50 APs<br />
▪ Clients: 1250<br />
▪ Capacity: 100 Mbps<br />
▪ Size: Desktop/rack<br />
▪ WLANs 128<br />
▪ App: SME<br />
▪ Price: $1.2K <strong>and</strong> up<br />
3000 Series<br />
▪ APs: 25-500 APs<br />
▪ Clients: 10,000<br />
▪ Capacity: 500 Mbps<br />
▪ Size: 1U rack mount<br />
▪ WLANs 1024<br />
▪ App: Medium<br />
Enterprise<br />
▪ Price: $6K <strong>and</strong> up<br />
5000 Series<br />
▪ APs: 100-1,000 APs<br />
▪ Clients: 20,000<br />
▪ Capacity: 1 Gbps<br />
▪ Size: 2U rack mount<br />
▪ WLANs 2048<br />
▪ App: Large Enterprise,<br />
service provider<br />
▪ Price: $35K <strong>and</strong> up<br />
*Capacity relates to unencrypted full payload Tunneled Mode throughput if used<br />
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<strong>Ruckus</strong> Indoor AP’s<br />
ZF 7025 ZF 7343/7341* ¦ 7363 ZF 7982<br />
B<strong>and</strong> 2.4Ghz 2.4Ghz ¦ 2.4 & 5Ghz 2.4 & 5Ghz<br />
Wi-Fi technology<br />
802.11b/g/n<br />
1x1<br />
802.11/b/g/n ¦ 802.11a/n<br />
2x2 MIMO<br />
802.11/b/g/n-a/n<br />
3x3 MIMO<br />
Max Concurrent Clients 20 250 500<br />
Dual polarised antennas N/A N/A<br />
SmartMesh support<br />
N/A<br />
Ethernet ports<br />
4x 10/100<br />
Port 1 provides<br />
802.3af Class0/2 PoE<br />
1 x 10/100/1000<br />
2x 10/100<br />
2 x 10/100/1000<br />
Power<br />
•Opt. AC/DC PSU<br />
•802.3af PoE<br />
• Opt. AC/DC PSU<br />
• 802.3af PoE<br />
• Opt. AC/DC PSU<br />
• 802.3af PoE<br />
Universal mounting N/A Cost Option Cost Option<br />
*7341 functionally equivalent to 7343, except it only has a single 10/100/1000 port<br />
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Outdoor AP’s<br />
Deployment<br />
Wi-Fi technology<br />
Performance<br />
ZF 7762<br />
Wall, Ceiling, Pole.<br />
St<strong>and</strong>alone or with ZD<br />
(Universal bracket included)<br />
802.11n/a/b/g<br />
Concurrent 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz<br />
40Mbps / 200 meters between<br />
mesh nodes<br />
12Mbps / 100 meters<br />
to client devices<br />
7731 P2MP<br />
Wall, Ceiling, Pole.<br />
St<strong>and</strong>alone or with FM<br />
(Universal bracket included)<br />
802.11n/a<br />
5Ghz<br />
• Up to 190Mbps at 1.5km<br />
• Up to 100Mbps at 5km<br />
• Up to 50Mbps at 10km<br />
Smart antenna elements 19 Patch Antenna<br />
Dual polarised antennas<br />
Environmental IP67 / -40 to +65 Deg C IP65 / -40 to +65 Deg C<br />
SmartMesh support<br />
Ethernet ports<br />
Power Options<br />
2 x 10/100/1000<br />
(1 PoE in & 1 PoE out)<br />
• PoE (Custom Injector included)<br />
• 12v DC (Terminal Connection)<br />
• 110-240v AC (-AC variants)<br />
P2P Bridge<br />
1 x 10/100/1000<br />
• PoE (Custom Injector included)<br />
• 12v DC (Terminal Connection)<br />
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ZonePlanner<br />
▪ Off-site RF modeling based on<br />
building layout & construction<br />
▪ Optimize AP count, location &<br />
configuration<br />
▪ Channel interference view<br />
▪ Plan migration from legacy<br />
networks & predict WLAN<br />
performance<br />
▪ Based on Airmagnet Planner with<br />
<strong>Ruckus</strong> Antenna patterns only<br />
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FlexMaster<br />
EMS for ZD’s or st<strong>and</strong>alone AP’s<br />
NETWORK<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
CENTER<br />
TR-69 over HTTPS<br />
Hotel<br />
Internet or<br />
Private IP<br />
Network<br />
HotSpot<br />
Enterprise<br />
Office<br />
Note: FlexMaster is application software. The customer needs to supply their own<br />
Linux (Redhat Enterprise or CentOS v6 or greater) based host server<br />
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A Few Words About The “Competition”<br />
Simply Cisco – Big & Cumbersome <strong>and</strong> not the<br />
best at everything!<br />
Complex & Costly when you add up the options<br />
Wannabe Cisco alternative – Want to sell switch<br />
ports not wireless…<br />
Controller-less, but yet Controllers, Controllers,<br />
Everywhere!<br />
Proposition is Single Channel which is actually<br />
their Achilles heal in high capacity networks!<br />
They were a software not a hardware company –<br />
now they are gone as part of Cisco…<br />
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<strong>Ruckus</strong> Technologies<br />
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Distributed Forwarding Architecture<br />
“GUEST”<br />
VLAN 10<br />
ZoneFlex<br />
Access Point<br />
ZoneDirector<br />
Controller<br />
“CORP”<br />
VLAN 20<br />
2<br />
3<br />
1<br />
Stateful FW<br />
Legend<br />
Internal Servers<br />
(DHCP, DNS, Intranet, Mail, etc.)<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
Secure LWAPP Tunnel for AP Management<br />
Authentication/Authorisation<br />
Client Data path<br />
Internet<br />
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BeamFlex Adaptive Antenna<br />
• Omni-directional antenna:<br />
Cannot control interference to neighbouring APs<br />
Multipath phasing can be a significant issue<br />
No interference rejection<br />
▪ BeamFlex smart antenna:<br />
Adaptive Antenna focuses the RF energy ensuring multipath<br />
arrives in phase <strong>and</strong> provides maximum signal density<br />
= extended range <strong>and</strong> superior performance<br />
Signal Gain<br />
Up to 9dBi<br />
Horizontally <strong>and</strong> vertically polarised elements offer<br />
thous<strong>and</strong>s of unique antenna patterns automatically<br />
selected on a per packet/per client basis<br />
Attenuate interference from adjacent APs, clients <strong>and</strong> other<br />
RF sources<br />
Cause significantly less interference to adjacent APs<br />
Rejected Interference<br />
Up to -17dB<br />
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Adaptive Polarization Diversity<br />
Device orientation accounts<br />
for up to 5x performance<br />
differential among products<br />
▪ Better reception (PD-MRC) for weak <strong>and</strong> hard to<br />
“hear” devices<br />
▪ Better transmission to devices constantly<br />
changing their orientation<br />
HORIZONTAL<br />
POLARIZATION<br />
VERTICAL<br />
POLARIZATION<br />
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Best 3x3:3 Performance In Class<br />
90 Client bi-directional TCP Throughput (Mbps)<br />
130<br />
Mbps<br />
77<br />
56<br />
39<br />
<strong>Ruckus</strong><br />
7982<br />
Aruba<br />
135 Cisco<br />
3602i<br />
Aerohive<br />
330<br />
Meraki<br />
24<br />
0<br />
Tester:<br />
Full test results:<br />
Syracuse University (US)<br />
http://dcc.syr.edu/PDF/CCENT_3-stream_eval.<strong>pdf</strong><br />
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BeamFlex Smart Antennas<br />
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BeamFlex & TxBF working together<br />
Client<br />
Direction<br />
10 dB<br />
5<br />
0<br />
-5<br />
-10<br />
-15<br />
-20<br />
-25<br />
-30<br />
▪ ZF7982 uses both<br />
BeamFlex adaptive<br />
antennas <strong>and</strong> Tx<br />
BeamForming in<br />
combination on DL<br />
▪ The composite behavior<br />
offers performance gains<br />
over TxBF alone<br />
Composite<br />
BeamFlex AA<br />
TxBF<br />
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SmartCast QoS <strong>and</strong> Traffic Control<br />
▪ Automatic Flow Classification<br />
<strong>and</strong> Prioritisation<br />
▪ Airtime Fairness for mixed<br />
client environments<br />
▪ B<strong>and</strong> Steering<br />
▪ Client Load Balancing<br />
▪ WLAN Prioritisation<br />
▪ Per station Rate Limiting<br />
▪ Time based WLAN availability<br />
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T I M E<br />
(miscroseconds)<br />
ChannelFly<br />
“It’s All About Channel Capacity”<br />
2 . 4 G H z R F C H A N N E L<br />
500<br />
Competing<br />
approaches:<br />
▪ Go off channel<br />
to listen only<br />
▪ Listen for beacons,<br />
frame errors, RF<br />
interference<br />
▪ Take a very small<br />
snapshot in time<br />
▪ Don’t provide a<br />
complete view of<br />
the entire spectrum<br />
0<br />
O B S E R V E D T H R O U G H P U T ( M b p s )<br />
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ChannelFly<br />
▪ Adaptive channel selection based on real, observed<br />
capacity, not signal strength or spectrum analysis<br />
▪ Maintains maximum network throughput<br />
▪ Avoids interference from congested <strong>and</strong> noisy<br />
environments<br />
▪ Continuously learns network capacity to evolve channel<br />
decision intelligence<br />
▪ Evaluates all channels, not just 1/6/11, by using them –<br />
no background scanning or guessing required<br />
▪ Fast reaction (in seconds) to significant drop in<br />
throughput<br />
▪ Supports 2.4 GHz <strong>and</strong> 5 GHz<br />
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SmartMesh<br />
Mesh AP<br />
(MAP)<br />
150 Mbps 150 Mbps 75 Mbps<br />
ZoneDirector<br />
controller<br />
Root AP<br />
(RAP)<br />
300 Mbps<br />
802.11n<br />
802.11g<br />
802.11g<br />
• Mesh APs advertise throughput potential in Beacons<br />
• Each AP picks the best path to the root AP based on throughput<br />
potential <strong>and</strong> signal strength<br />
• If mesh node fails, SmartMesh self-heals<br />
• No more than 3 hops <strong>and</strong> 5 MAP:1 RAP recommended<br />
• Only the same radio types can mesh together<br />
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Performance Monitoring<br />
▪ What is slowing down my Wi-Fi?<br />
▪ RF Pollution<br />
▪<br />
New metric showing performance impact from Wi-Fi <strong>and</strong><br />
non-Wi-Fi noise<br />
▪ Simple yet meaningful metrics<br />
▪<br />
▪<br />
▪<br />
▪<br />
RF Pollution<br />
Potential Throughput of Wi-Fi<br />
Your radio’s Wi-Fi usage (tx/rx)<br />
Client & Other AP count<br />
▪ 5 minute, 1 hour <strong>and</strong> 24 hour monitoring period<br />
▪ Monitoring graphs embedded in Client & Radio<br />
detail pages<br />
▪<br />
▪<br />
Per Radio<br />
Per Client<br />
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BYOD Features<br />
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BYOD The <strong>Ruckus</strong> Way<br />
▪<br />
Zero-<strong>IT</strong><br />
◦ Device Fingerprinting<br />
◦ Onboarding Portal<br />
▪<br />
D-PSK<br />
◦ Guest, Secure Guest<br />
▪<br />
AD/LDAP Integration<br />
◦ Device Policy<br />
◦ Device Registration<br />
▪<br />
Pre-Registration<br />
Enforcement<br />
◦ Mobile Friendly<br />
Portal<br />
◦ Device Ownership<br />
◦ Extended Languages<br />
◦ Customizable Portal<br />
Pages<br />
◦ Application Recognition<br />
◦ Bonjour Gateway<br />
◦ Mobile Device<br />
Management<br />
◦ D-PSK Limits per<br />
User<br />
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Dynamic-PSK<br />
▪ The Problem: Provisioning secure wireless access<br />
▪ Single pre-shared key is not secure<br />
(e.g. employee leaving requires changing key for all employees)<br />
▪ 802.1x is too complex for some customers or not practical to deploy<br />
▪ No <strong>IT</strong> resource to administer unique key per employee<br />
• The Solution: Self Provisioned Dynamic PSK<br />
• Automatic provisioning of unique encryption key to each user/device<br />
• No manual client configuration<br />
• Highly secure: unique 63-byte pass-phrase per user<br />
• Easily deactivated when employee leaves<br />
• New key can be generated periodically<br />
• Configurable per WLAN<br />
• Windows, iOS, Mac OS, Android<br />
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Client Fingerprinting<br />
▪ Visibility into client types connecting to network<br />
▪ Assists with quick underst<strong>and</strong>ing of “Who’s device is this?”<br />
Hostname: FBloggs iPhone vs. MAC: 50:ea:d6:7c:30:e4<br />
▪ Automatically detects client info on WLAN & Wired interfaces<br />
▪ Operating System<br />
▪ OS Hostname<br />
▪ Display in<br />
▪ ZD/FM Dashboard<br />
▪ Client Monitor<br />
▪ Client Details<br />
▪ Supports ZD & St<strong>and</strong>alone AP<br />
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Device Policy Enforcement<br />
▪ Segregates trusted <strong>and</strong> untrusted<br />
devices on single SSID<br />
▪ Simplified access rules per device<br />
• Windows • Windows Mobile<br />
✖<br />
• Mac OS • iOS<br />
• Linux • Android<br />
• VoIP • Gaming<br />
• Printers<br />
▪ Control network access per device<br />
▪ Permit/Deny<br />
▪ Assign to VLAN<br />
▪ Rate Limit (Down/Up)<br />
VLAN 20 VLAN 10<br />
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Onboarding Portal for BYOD<br />
A modern day, mobile friendly, easy to use Wi-Fi connection option<br />
Provides a Single SSID for Guest Access & BYOD Registration<br />
BYOD SSID<br />
(open)<br />
Traditional Guest Access<br />
Proceed to unencrypted<br />
internet on BYOD SSID<br />
Easy BYOD Registration<br />
Move Client to<br />
Secure SSID<br />
Install Client Profile<br />
DPSK/802.1x<br />
Role based SSID<br />
Limit DPSK generation per user<br />
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To Come in 2013…<br />
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Building a Better Bonjour Gateway<br />
Browsing<br />
Bridging<br />
Fencing<br />
Filtering<br />
FileSharing<br />
Printing<br />
Browsing<br />
Teacher<br />
VLAN<br />
AP Fencing<br />
Bridging<br />
Student<br />
VLAN<br />
Filtering<br />
AirPlay<br />
150 ft<br />
Location Fencing<br />
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Application Intelligence<br />
Per Device<br />
Application Flow<br />
Recognition & Policy Control<br />
Traffic Stats<br />
visualized<br />
on GUI<br />
Per customer statistics<br />
Stored on <strong>Ruckus</strong> Cloud<br />
Cloud<br />
Storage<br />
200 Apps<br />
Per Application<br />
iTunes<br />
Netflix<br />
AirPlay<br />
YouTube<br />
Hulu<br />
Rhapsody<br />
FaceTime<br />
iChat<br />
Skype<br />
Gmail<br />
Hotmail<br />
Facebook<br />
Twitter<br />
Bittorrent<br />
Per Port<br />
Dropbox<br />
YouSendIt<br />
Carbonite<br />
Xbox live<br />
Battle.net<br />
Zynga<br />
Apple Game Center<br />
Apple File Sharing<br />
Windows File<br />
Sharing<br />
…<br />
Display per Time Interval<br />
2 Hours @ 1 minute resolution<br />
1 Day @ 15 minute resolution<br />
1 Week …<br />
1 Month …<br />
3 Months … + more if storage allows<br />
Apple File Sharing (port 548)<br />
HTTP (port 80)<br />
HTTPS (port 443)<br />
Host-based email (port 25)<br />
DNS <strong>and</strong> Bonjour (port 55 or 5353)<br />
…<br />
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Heading to the Cloud…<br />
D<br />
E<br />
Customer C<br />
Partner 2<br />
F<br />
G<br />
WLAN<br />
Controller<br />
User<br />
Management<br />
Reporting<br />
Futures<br />
<strong>Ruckus</strong> Powered<br />
Wi-Fi Management<br />
Cloud Platform<br />
Customer A<br />
▪ The new EASY deployment model<br />
▪ <strong>Ruckus</strong> Hosted <strong>and</strong> Partner Optimized<br />
▪ Mobile APP for Cloud Management<br />
▪ Multi-Tenant for Partner <strong>and</strong> Customer segmentation<br />
▪ AP Survivability – No controller required<br />
▪ Customer Choice: Cloud or Local Controller management<br />
Partner 1<br />
Customer B<br />
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Education Case Studies<br />
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Harrow Public School - UK<br />
Our First UK Educational Customer in 2009!!<br />
• Overview<br />
• 800 students, 200 staff<br />
• Multi-campus buildings with 12 boarding houses<br />
• Thick Walls!!<br />
• Mixture of Wi-Fi devices<br />
• Goal: Replace 250 unmanaged APs<br />
• Issues: Unmanaged solution was a nightmare; Cisco couldn’t fit<br />
into the required price point<br />
• Solution<br />
• Migrate to 192 <strong>Ruckus</strong> APs <strong>and</strong> ZD3250 controller<br />
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University of Lausanne<br />
Our largest European Educational Customer<br />
• Overview<br />
• 12K students, 3K staff<br />
• Multi-campus, 15 buildings<br />
• Mixed 802.11n (Mac/PC) environment<br />
• Goal: Deliver Wi-Fi “everywhere” to compliment existing wired<br />
network<br />
• Issues: User traffic profile is changing, Wi-Fi performance poor,<br />
stability best-effort only, full coverage needed, price<br />
• Solution<br />
• Migrate from a 200-AP legacy Cisco (1200) WLAN system to<br />
802.11n dual-b<strong>and</strong> ZoneFlex system<br />
• At last count >600 ZF APs deployed<br />
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Newbury College - UK<br />
• Overview<br />
•3000 students, 300 staff<br />
•Multi-acre campus with large buildings<br />
•Mixture of Wi-Fi devices<br />
•Previous Wi-Fi was weak, patchy <strong>and</strong><br />
couldn’t provide for high density<br />
• Goal<br />
• To implement a completely<br />
integrated, robust Wireless<br />
LAN system that can be<br />
administered from a central<br />
point<br />
• Solution<br />
• <strong>Ruckus</strong> ZoneDirector Wireless Controller<br />
• <strong>Ruckus</strong> ZoneFlex Dual-b<strong>and</strong> 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi AP’s<br />
• Benefits<br />
• Improved signal strength, capacity <strong>and</strong> reliability<br />
• A 45% increase in concurrent users since implementation<br />
of new access points<br />
The whole<br />
system has<br />
been very<br />
reliable <strong>and</strong><br />
we have been<br />
very pleased<br />
with our choice<br />
of <strong>Ruckus</strong><br />
“<br />
”<br />
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Sample Education Customers<br />
• Chesterfield College<br />
• Bradford University halls of residence<br />
• Eton College halls of residence<br />
• Woking College<br />
• Royal College of Music<br />
• Royal College of Arts<br />
• King George V & Birkenhead Colleges<br />
• Highworth Girls Grammar School<br />
• Sherborne Boys School<br />
• <strong>and</strong> 1000’s more…<br />
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