December 2019 12 CIO R e vie w December 2019 13 CIO R e vie w CO VER STORY By Justin Smith T he factors that spurred the inception of Rajant Corporation goes back to the aftermath of the 91 1 attacks According to the 91 1 Commission Report there were several communications fail ures at the federal government level during and afte r the 91 1 attacks Conditions on the ground were not dif ferent Many first responders faced network issues that af fected the communication process dedicated emer gency service lines were taxed and citizens were struggling to make contact by phone with loved ones T h o u g h t h e i m m e d i a t e r e s p o n s e a f t e r t h e a t t a c k s f o c u s e d m o r e o n n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y t w o v i s i o n a r i e s t h o u g h t a b o u t a d i f f e r e n t a p p r o a c h t o a v o i d s u c h a d v e r s i t i e s i n t h e f u t u r e R ob e r t S c h e n a a n d P a u l H e l l h a k e w h o h a d b e e n w o r k i n g o n a n e w w i r e l e s s t e c h n o l o g y f o r l a s t m i l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s r e d i r e c t e d t h e i r e f f o r t s t o d e v e l o p a s o l u t i o n T h e y u n d e r s t o o d t h a t t h e t r a v e s t y w a s d r i v e n b y n e t w o r k f a i lu r e i n i m m e n s e p r o p o r t i o n s a n d t h e d e m a n d f o r a n y t i m e a n y w h e r e a c c e s s t o n e t w o r k s w e n t b e y o n d t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s o f W L A N D e t e r m i n e d t o e r a d i c a t e t h i s i s s u e t h e s e m e n g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r a h a n d f u l o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n p r ob l e m s o l v e r s t o d e v e l o p a w i r e l e s s m e s h t e c h n o l o g y t h a t c a n m i n i m i z e c o m m u n i c a t i o n f a i l u r e s I n O c t ob e r 2 0 0 1 S c h e n a a n d H e l l h a k e e s t a b l i s h e d R a j a n t C o r p o r a t i o n w i t h a v i s i o n t o o p e n u p t h e l i n e s o f s e a m l e s s c o n n e c t i v i t y b e t w e e n d e v i c e s a n d p e o p l e Empo w ering the Communications LandscapeCompletel y Mobile and Adaptable For nearly two decades Rajant has dominated the networking space with its privat e wireless networks powered by the patented Kinetic Mesh network BreadCrumb wireless nodes and InstaMesh networking protocol W ith Rajant customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of realtime data to deliver ondemand missioncritical business intelligence Whether it s provisioning a new network or expanding the existing infrastructure and capabilities the company s Kinetic Mesh networks provide continuous onthemove access to data and applications in realtime What powers all of Rajant s technologies is InstaMesh an extremely sophisticated routing and administra tive protocol InstaMesh enables the RAJ ANT C ORP ORA TI ON UNBOUND C ONNE CTI VITY DELI VERED Robert Schena CEO SOLUTION PROVIDERS 2019 10 MOST PROMISING NETWORKING