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Wireless LAN Total Cost of Ownership

Do you know the real cost of your Wireless LAN?


In order to truly understand the cost of a WLAN, you need to factor in the many hidden IT costs — planning, installation, ongoing management, troubleshooting and maintenance — as well as the cost of the equipment and any add-on licenses required to access advanced features. As the chart below illustrates, the ability to compare actual complete costs for identically featured 802.11n wireless LANs from Motorola and two major industry competitors reveals a substantial difference in the fve year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), validating which vendor offers the most value at the least cost...Motorola.
 
Better planning... better mobility.... better TCO...better proftability. We’ll help you do the math. 
 

The AB&R advantage

American Barcode and RFID utilizes Motorola WLANs which are designed from the ground up to deliver the best value, offering the lowest all-inclusive cost per square foot over a fve-year period. When you choose AB&R, you’ll enjoy maximum functionality, gap-free security and maximum uptime — all at a minimum cost.

Lower capital expenses:

Less equipment is required. All major features are included at no extra cost. And Motorola infrastructure integrates easily with your existing network technology, eliminating the need to upgrade current equipment.

  • Our major competitors offer basic hardware at a low price, but require additional licenses for individual features. AB&R integrates all core features directly into our hardware — no additional licenses or add-on costs required.
  • Multi-function fully featured access points and wired/wireless switches/controllers offer an ‘all-in-one’ strategy that greatly reduces the need for additional hardware. For example, our AP-7131 tri-radio access point can provide simultaneous wireless voice and data, dedicated wireless IPS sensing and mesh networking. And our wireless switches and access points offer an integrated router, gateway, frewall, AAA Radius server, IPSec VPN and more.
  • Your existing Power over Ethernet switches can support our 802.11n access points — no upgrade required.

Lower operating expenses:

Less equipment to purchase translates into less equipment to manage and maintain, while our advanced features and management tools greatly simplify management. The result is a substantial reduction in IT manpower time and cost.

  • Three access points can be replaced by one, dramatically reducing the number of devices that must be managed.
  • Integrated advanced troubleshooting and analysis tools enable IT to easily support many stores from a single centralized location — no need to hire dedicated onsite IT expertise or dispatch technicians to resolve network issues.
  • A truly integrated management system — from infrastructure to security — greatly reduces management complexity,  time and cost.

World-class proven technology:

When you choose American Barcode and RFID, you get the peace of mind that comes with well-proven technology. Motorola WLANs are at work in many of the world’s major enterprises, improving employee productivity as well as customer service and loyalty, every day.