Veea Introduces STAX@Home Empowering Remote Employees With a Lightning Fast and Super Secure 5G Edge Solution Anchored by a Stackable Smart Computing Hub

By HRTech News Desk On Mar 2, 2022

Building on the success of STAX@Home, STAX@Work conquers the fixed-mobile edge with a breakthrough solution that can be provisioned in minutes and monitored and managed as a service
Ideal solution for service providers seeking to roll out competitive new bundles to organizations of all size, from SMBs to Global Enterprises

Veea Inc., a leader in integrated smart edge connectivity, computing and security technologies for edge and cloud at Mobile World Congress introduced a new service offering, STAX@Work as a companion to STAX@Home STAX@Work is the ideal solution for service providers who are ready to monetize their investment in 5G infrastructure with an easy to sell, install, monitor, manage and grow their service bundles, including the STAX Smart Computing Hub, compatible across all major networks and application protocols. A stackable solution, this elegantly designed device is compact and scalable to suit the needs of the end users, whether they are working from home from a small office/home office (SOHO) or are in the company facilities.

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As the number of employees working remotely continues to grow, including employees who have a need for computing power for rich applications and multimedia services including video collaboration, augmented and virtual reality, interactive customer service platforms and more, businesses of all sizes are investing in driving more productivity with better tools and continuous connectivity, blending fixed fiber and wireless 5G.

STAX@Work is an “All-in-One” Platform with Smart Computing Hubs (SCHs) for the Network Edge and includes in its “Secure, Connect & Compute” suite, solutions for high quality broadband access with value-added services offered through service providers over 5G networks.

STAX@Work substantially minimizes the extent of internal development activities for a variety of businesses whether it is intended for a self-contained solution for certain use cases at its headquarters or to support its “remote offices” with a unique multi-access multi-WAN hybrid edge and cloud computing for edge applications, supporting highly advanced but with simplified networking (“Zero-Touch”), IoT gateway services with secure data processing & management, captive portal, vision analytics, machine learning, AI, distributed storage, service automation, digital display management and other applications, which are required for a variety of use cases at remote locations especially for broadly distributed private business networks.

It is the ideal companion for 5G offerings, given the ease with which service providers can build a competitive offering, and roll it out to any size organization, implementing on a stand-alone basis, or integrated with public or private 4G/5G networks.

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Unique patented technologies, including a fully virtualized software environment with secure Docker containers for distributed computing, connectivity, application, and service mesh technology providing for improved capacity, coverage, and throughput for unlicensed band communications, and more.

Optionally, STAX@Work may be offered with vTPN™ – an integrated enterprise-grade full security stack that incorporates a hybrid edge-cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Zero Trust Networking Access (ZTNA) for “Data-in-Motion” offered on an end-to-end basis. Beyond vTPN, Veea along with a large network of its ecosystem partners have developed an extensive range of other applications and solutions that can be bundled with 5G broadband access by the service providers and offered on an end-to-end basis for the following verticals:

Smart Campus
Smart Building
Smart SOHO
Smart Hospitality
Smart Retail
Smart Healthcare
Smart Factory
Smart Agriculture

The subsegments of these vertical markets that can benefit from unique applications developed include:

Real estate offices
Restaurants & bars
Retail outlets
Liquor stores
Legal offices
Fitness and recreation centers
Medical & Dental offices
Veterinarian services
Nursing homes
Hotels and motels
Casinos
Construction firms
Architectural firms
Specialty trade contractors
Beauty salons
Personal care services
Child day-care services

Among the many features of Veea’s STAX@Work solution are:

Highly integrated wireless and wired connectivity with advanced networking
Enterprise-class tri-band Wi-Fi 6 mesh router with dual-WAN (wired and/or 4G/5G) connectivity and an IoT gateway
Comprehensive direct- and cross-connectivity over the mesh network for multiple protocols including Wi-Fi 6, Zigbee/Thread, Ethernet, Bluetooth, optional 4G CAT 16 (Gigabit LTE) and optional 5G (Sub-6 GHz)
Server-class edge processing with Linux OS and virtualized software environment with “Secure Docker” containers to run apps over an application mesh
Secure boot with hardware-based chain-of-trust for unmatched platform security
Powerful yet cost-effective networking with Zero-Touch Installation (ZTI) with simple plug-and-play setup
Highly compact form-factor (107mm x 107mm x 49mm)
Optional POE dock module with 5GB Ethernet port
32GB eMMC flash storage expandable up to 2 TB via removable microSD card
Global multi-carrier support with multi-SIMs (i.e., USIM, eSIM & vSIM capability)
Wired or wireless (OTA) bootstrap and device provisioning in over 200 countries
Quiet fan-less design
Multi-node edge network scalability through Veea’s vMesh technology
Integrated antenna/heat-sink design (patented) VeeaHub STAX for comfort touch
Cloud-based and local management of devices & the mesh network
Enterprise-grade cloud-based large-scale deployments and maintenance

The primary benefit for service providers the ability to roll out a highly competitive offering, attractive to businesses of all sizes and in all industries, with an End to End Edge and Cloud management platform, which simplifies network and subscriber monitoring and management.

Enterprise-grade Network & Bulk Device Management with Hierarchical Group Policies and Role-Based Access Control
Central/Cloud-based Controls:
- Software Maintenance
  - Individual unit and bulk software updates with one click
- Application Distribution and Deployment
  - Orchestrate the application containers optimally on vMesh nodes
- VeeaHub Configuration and Backup
Central visibility and management of VeeaHub products and mesh networks deployed by models, serial numbers, applications running on individual VeeaHub units and on any managed mesh network, 4G/5G stats, orchestration and more
User/ Enterprise Authentication with Single Sign-On (SSO) Across the Entire Platform with Keycloak authentication
REST APIs for Subscriber Provisioning, Device Inventory, Billing Integration and much more
Browser-Based GUI for Network, Device & Application Management including NOC options

“We welcome service providers to experience the power of Veea’s STAX@Work solution in Barcelona this week,” said Allen Salmasi, Chairman and CEO of Veea. “The value proposition to service providers is clear: retain and grow existing business customers and attract new business customers with the most advanced 5G broadband access solution today that offers applications over an extensive mesh network. The apps developed to date, for our groundbreaking Wi-Fi 6 mesh router with an integrated Linux server, will only grow as developers take advantage of Veea Developer Portal and the comprehensive set of tools made available for rapid app development. ARPU will notably increase as customers enjoy the speed and reliability of the 5G broadband access and overtime subscribe to a variety of apps offered through the platform. Service providers can ‘land and expand’ and disrupt their competitors with a distributed edge-cloud architecture which drives enormous operational efficiencies, thus impacting the top and bottom lines.”

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