By Hans Lewis , TMCnet Contributor
We all heard of the “Stockholm Syndrome,” but now the City of Stockholm has become hostage to a two week celebration called “LOVE Stockholm 2010” which is actually in honor of the marriage of the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling in Stockholm on the 19th of June 2010. Thousands of journalists are expected to attend the event. They will spread text, photos and video to the world via the largest temporary wireless network ever built in the Nordics. Swedish network provider DataCom has been appointed Official Supplier to LOVE Stockholm 2010 and will provide high-speed Internet access together with Meru Networks and Swedish network security specialist Clavister (News – Alert). Story continues below ↓ DataCom was appointed Official Supplier to LOVE Stockholm 2010 after having delivered a successful wireless network to the Volvo Ocean Race Stockholm stopover in 2009. The assignment from the City of Stockholm is to provide The Media Center, several theme areas and approximately 10 hot spots around the city with fast and secure wireless connections. The Media Centre, which is the largest and most complex ever built in Sweden, will host approximately 3,000 working journalists during the celebration. Ralf Aspholm, Managing Director of DataCom said, “We are honoured that the City of Stockholm selected us among the other giant partners and providers. With over 20 years experience of IT, and a strong competence in IT infrastructure, we are confident that we will assure a solid network delivery, just as we did in Stockholm during Volvo Ocean Race 2009. We have teamed up with the same partners, Meru Networks (News – Alert) and Clavister, and together we have built a secure and fast wireless network that is the largest temporary network ever in the Nordics.” Meru Networks was chosen by DataCom because of its proven ability to support large numbers of concurrent users with predictable and reliable wireless coverage. Meru Network’s virtual wireless LAN (WLAN) solution is easy to deploy and scalable, having delivered Wireless-like-Wired service for similar, large scale events around the world. Bo Ericson, Vice President Europe Meru Networks. “We are very happy to have been selected to provide the wireless LAN infrastructure for such a fantastic event. There will be many journalists from all over the world and countless many visitors connecting to the network. An event like this with many concurrent users, with a demand for reliability and high speed access, is where Meru really shines.” Meru Networks are supplying more than 50 AP320i access points, from the high-performance AP3000 series platform, the industry’s first enterprise-class 802.11n access point, as well as Meru Network MC3000 controllers. Two controllers will share the load and the third will act as a failover. To ensure network performance throughout the event, DataCom will build a two layer system in order to be sure of load balancing and to provide a failover function. Swedish network security specialist Clavister will provide protection for incoming and outgoing internet traffic via specialized firewalls to ensure that nothing inappropriate takes place and that information and online users are protected throughout the event. Jonas Herner, VP Sales Clavister Nordic Region said, “Most hot spots around the world, like airports, shopping malls etc are totally open, and many people do not realize how dangerous this potentially is? Visitors using the LOVE 2010 hotspots for internet access can do so in the knowledge that they are secure. We have employed our most advanced network security technology to combat threats like intrusion, eavesdropping, and identity theft. We are splitting the traffic over two 1GB Internet links for load balancing and guaranteed bandwidth. We also have a failover function in place to deal with situations where one link goes down.” The security will be provided by Clavister SG4370 firewalls with its advanced intrusion detection functionality. To guarantee necessary bandwidth and to avoid bottle necks at critical locations Clavister’s advanced traffic management system will be used as well. DataCom is organizing the integration, deployment and set-up, Meru Networks is supplying the WLANs and controllers and Clavister is providing specialized firewalls to protect incoming and outgoing internet traffic and online users. Read here about how According to the latest analysis of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, the European communications services market will be worth nearly $3.6 billion by 2020. Ofcom-licensed innovITS is the United Kingdom’s ITS Centre of Excellence for Transport Telematics and Technology. According to Frost & Sullivan (News – Alert) report, Ofcom-licensed innovITS combined the European telematics and communications percentages of a total global 2020 marketplace worth $65 billion.
Hans Lewis is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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