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FireTide Inc., a company that makes mesh-infrastructure products that work with third party Wi-Fi access points, last week announced a partnership with Cranite Systems Inc., a company that makes security solutions for networks. Cranite makes WirelessWall, a software security solution which is comprised of a policy server, access controller for each subnet of the network, and client software for each PC. The two companies expect sell the service to municipalities, especially for use by first responders such as police or ambulances, that would need the flexibility of the mesh but also the government-level security and encryption.
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