Mojo Launches Radical New Business Model for Enterprise WiFi That Disrupts the Economics of the Industry

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2016) - Mojo Networks, the modern WiFi platform for delivering prolific connectivity from the cloud, has launched an industry-first business model for WiFi that will empower customers with enterprise-grade networking innovation at a fraction of the cost of traditional WiFi vendors. After successfully implementing the new model with Global 2000 customers over the past year, Mojo is now making all of its state-of-the-art 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 access points available to the market without the traditionally expensive hardware markup.

Mojo is making its access points available directly from its hardware supply chain partners with Mojo's access point software pre-loaded. This direct-to-market model results in significant cost savings for the end user of up to 50% over traditional vendors who stack significant markups on access point hardware.

Basic WiFi functionality is widely available on standard chipsets, while networking functionality is hardware independent. Virtualized management in the cloud enables Mojo to bring this innovative business model to the wider market. Compute and storage have been virtualized to reduce costs and offer greater choice. Mojo is driving WiFi networking in that same direction to better meet customer needs. Open platform initiatives such as Open Compute leverage the power of collective minds to drive new ideas and significant cost reductions. However, traditional WiFi has lagged behind in this area, clinging to proprietary hardware and controllers despite the fact that software virtualization and the cloud has rendered them largely unnecessary.

"We're seeing a major industry shift in infrastructure toward open networking and standardized WiFi hardware, and Mojo Networks is paving the way for enterprises and service providers to start adopting this approach," said George Tchaparian, CEO, Edgecore Networks. "Following our own recent launch of open hardware designs for access points, we're thrilled to see Mojo Networks promoting the benefits of standard designs, and eventually open-source hardware designs. The wide availability of these hardware platforms will accelerate software innovation, lower CAPEX, and give freedom of choice to the customer."