Secure Mesh Network allows deployment of wire-free systems.
Press Release Summary:
Secure Enterprise Mesh technology enables converged data, voice, and video network to be deployed or expanded without installing any new data wiring. Data are encrypted end-to-end, from client to core, and security policies are centrally managed from 802.11n-ready Aruba Mobility Controller. Cooperative control and mesh clustering allow wireless network to self-organize, determine optimal communication paths to clients, and self-heal.
Original Press Release:
Aruba Networks' New Secure Enterprise Mesh Goes Where No Wires Have Gone Before
Allows wire-free data, voice, and video networks with end-to-end security to be deployed economically in school trailers, historic sites, sports stadiums, warehouses, facilities with asbestos, and other challenging installation environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 7 // -- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN), a global leader in secure mobility solutions, today announced its Secure Enterprise Mesh technology that enables a converged data, voice, and video network to be deployed or expanded without installing any new data wiring. An extension of Aruba's award-winning wireless LAN and security solutions, the Secure Enterprise Mesh technology sends information from location to location over an exclusively wireless network, and can be installed, moved, or changed quickly and easily as needed. Designed for business-critical applications in which highly reliable communications and client-to-core security are important, the mesh can reach locations that would be prohibitively expensive, if not impossible, to network using a wired solution. Typical applications include campus video surveillance, remote building interconnections, sporting arenas and stadiums, rapid-deployment security monitoring, and disaster recovery operations.
"Aruba's secure mobility architecture blurs the distinction between wired and wireless networks in terms of assured application delivery and security, while offering the mobility, productivity, and life-cycle cost benefits that come from a wire-free network," said Keerti Melkote, Aruba's founder and head of products and partnerships. "Any indoor or ruggedized outdoor Aruba access point can be loaded with the Secure Enterprise Mesh software, giving integrators a powerful new tool for difficult installation scenarios."
The Secure Enterprise Mesh solution has several key distinguishing characteristics related to security, performance, and easy of installation. Following best practices originally specified for military communication systems, data are encrypted end-to-end, from client to core, affording the greatest protection for network data, even if a mesh access point is stolen. Security policies are centrally managed from an Aruba Mobility Controller, which offers ultra high bandwidth, capacity, and availability. The field- proven, 802.11n-ready controllers provide tight policy control and enforcement, simplify overall network management, scale to support the largest of enterprises, and provide fault tolerance when used with redundant controllers.
Network installation is simplified both by the elimination of network wiring and the use of cooperative control and mesh cluster optimization. The wire-free design makes it possible to locate, and relocate, mesh access points as and where needed. The cooperative control and mesh clustering features allow the wireless network to self-organize, determine the optimal path for communication to any given client, and self-heal in the event that a wireless path is blocked or a mesh access point fails. Taken together these features lower the time and costs associated with an initial deployment, and reduce life-cycle costs associated with adds/moves/changes, down time, and network maintenance.
"Wireless meshes are remarkably valuable in many outdoor -- and indoor -- enterprise applications," said Craig Mathias, a principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group of Ashland, MA. "Aruba has taken a big step forward by seamlessly integrating mesh capability into its already robust product line, thereby leveraging common security and management capabilities. We can now think of mesh as a transparent addition to enterprise WLANs, enormously increasing the value and utility of these networks."
The Secure Enterprise Mesh solution is being demonstrated at the Food Marketing Institute Show, May 6-8, at McCormick Place in Chicago, and will also be on display at Interop Las Vegas, May 20-25, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Aruba plans for the product to commence shipping in July 2007.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks provides an enterprise mobility solution that enables secure access to data, voice and video applications across wireless and wireline enterprise networks. The Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture allows end- users to roam to different locations within an enterprise campus or office building, as well as to remote locations such as branch and home offices, while maintaining secure and consistent access to all of their network resources. Using the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture, IT departments can manage user-based network access and enforce application delivery policies from a single integrated point of control in a consistent manner. Aruba's user- centric enterprise mobility solution integrates the ArubaOS operating system, optional value-added software modules, a centralized mobility management system, high-performance programmable mobility controllers, and wired and wireless access points. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Aruba has operations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and employs staff around the world. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com/.
Aruba Networks is a registered trademark, and Aruba The Mobile Edge Company and Mobile Edge Architecture are trademarks of Aruba Networks, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Portions (C) 2007 Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Source: Aruba Networks, Inc.
CONTACT: Michael Tennefoss of Aruba Networks, Inc., +1-408-754-8034, mtennefoss@arubanetworks.com
Web site: http://www.arubanetworks.com/
