AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Adair Grover
Adair Grover is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Wi-Fiber. He is a national leader in building indoor and outdoor, public, and private networks around the globe. Wi-Fiber is an industry-leading, Best of CES Smart City company which has an unprecedented and holistic approach to smart deployments. Wi-Fiber’s knowledge of networks has resulted in delivering the first multi-variable mobile edge computing (MEC) platform. Wi-Fiber technologies echo Adair’s core business philosophy: efficient, effective, and reliable. Wi-Fiber’s nationwide footprint of deployments have seamlessly integrated legacy infrastructure into our technologies maximizing efficacy and minimizing cost to our clients.
How the City of Canton worked with Wi-Fiber to build a safer and more connected community
In 2020, the City of Canton, Ohio set out to build a better, safer, and more connected community. The city worked with government technology (GovTech) company Wi-Fiber, a network infrastructure provider using AWS Direct Connect. Wi-Fiber combined the City of Canton’s wireless hardware, existing copper, and fiber, where available, to connect hundreds of installed devices alongside roadways, intersections, and buildings. In two years, Canton successfully intertwined its legacy infrastructure with Wi-Fiber’s technology to maximize efficacy and minimize cost.