?In fairness, I did get contacted by a Meru exec said that some of this is being overblown, and "dire" is an overstatement when it comes to Meru's condition. If you are a potential Meru customer, I'd have a frank and honest talk with them before writing them off...
-Lee Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Van Jones <vjo...@mc.edu> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:54 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Meru Networks In Financial Trouble This is an additional confirmation that we made the right choice by moving away from Meru. Van K. Jones Network Support Manager Mississippi College P: 601.925.3493 | F: 601.925.3955 [http://www.mc.edu/signature/email-facebook.jpg] Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mississippicollege> | [http://www.mc.edu/signature/email-twitter.jpg] Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/misscollege> | [http://www.mc.edu/signature/email-vimeo.jpg] Vimeo<http://www.vimeo.com/misscollege> [http://www.mc.edu/signature/logo.gif]<http://www.mc.edu/> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Frank Sweetser <f...@wpi.edu<mailto:f...@wpi.edu>> wrote: The acquisition part of this story has been around for a while: http://www.crn.com/news/networking/300072802/investor-presses-meru-networks-for-a-sale-says-company-is-hopelessly-subscale.htm We looked at them last year, and I was personally unimpressed when several weeks after the initial meeting, they were still in the "working on the paperwork" phase of getting us evaluation gear of any kind. I realize it was just one experience, but it just did not give me a warm fuzzy feeling about how well the company was operating. Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu<http://wpi.edu/> | For every problem, there is a solution that Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken On 01/20/2015 12:10 PM, Lee H Badman wrote: http://www.heraldonline.com/2015/01/06/6677042/meru-networks-reports-preliminary.html ? Company trying to be sold... many "experts" saying Meru is imploding. Not sure how dire it really is, but passing along to the list in case anyone has or is considering Meru. -Lee *Lee H. Badman* Network Architect/Wireless TME ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003<tel:315.443.3003> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
