Meru Networks had a couple of announcements today, both of which cover new products the company just unveiled.

The first new solution in Meru’s portfolio is the AP110 virtualized WiFi access point, to be used in offices outside the headquarters and by travelling workers. It’s based on the 802.11n standard, and offers security via TLS-VPN encryption. According to Meru, the AP110 can connect up to 10 devices to a corporate network at any given time.

“The Meru AP110 access point is ideal for enterprises with remote users who need access to data, voice and video applications,” said Kamal Anand, senior vice president of products for Meru.  “The traditional definition of the datacenter is changing.  Users demand access from a variety of devices, from a variety of locations—home offices, remote offices, hotels and other locations.”

The second announcement from the company is eve bigger, and encompasses the launch of new x86 VMware-based virtual appliances. Meru’s System Director WLAN operating system is now available, along with its MC1500, MC3200, MC4200 Virtual Mobility Controllers. In addition a few of the firm’s network management apps, the Identity Manager and the E(z)RF Mobility Manager, have been converted to subscription-based SaaS versions.

Meru is one of the many vendors that leverage VMware technology as the core of their portfolios. Quite a few other partners had updates as well this week, and we pooled some of the major updates earlier this week. Logicalis was one of those companies, now that it has integrated Cloud Foundry code with its enterprise hosting service. The open-source PaaS is VMware’s attempt to get involved in the cloud game directly and not just through virtualization –this vision seems to be getting closer and closer to being realized.