Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN), a leading provider of
next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise,
today announced strong customer adoption for its 802.11ac solution
across a wide range of industries including healthcare, education,
hospitality and general enterprise. Customers are finding that the
security and performance benefits of the 802.11ac standard, coupled with
Aruba’s unique features, such as ClientMatchTM,
help improve connection speed and bandwidth allowing customers to
rapidly and cost-effectively implement 802.11ac-based wireless networks.
Announced in May of 2013, Aruba’s 802.11ac solution, which includes the 220
Series Access Points (APs) and patented ClientMatch
technology, which can improve speeds and bandwidth for both 802.11ac and
802.11n clients, is seeing rapid adoption across numerous industries.
With the availability of new 802.11ac client devices, the Wi-Fi
Alliance’s certification program in full swing, and the performance and
coverage benefits afforded by the standard, many organizations have
already begun deploying 802.11ac-based wireless LANs. In addition to
previously announced customers, Arista Networks and University of
Delaware, Algonquin College, Australian Catholic Education Office
Sydney, Elmhurst College, Netflix, Inc., Pediatric Therapy Network,
Promedica, Stony Brook University, Torrance Memorial Medical Center,
Unity College and Yale University are examples of organizations that are
deploying Aruba’s 802.11ac solution.
Based in Canada’s capital, the Ottawa Valley, and with a newly-opened
campus in Saudi Arabia, Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
is the largest polytechnic institute in Eastern Ontario with 18,000
full-time and 43,000 part-time and online registrants. Since inception,
Algonquin College has been committed to ensuring its students have
access to the education and skills training to launch rewarding careers.
“With 18,000 full-time students bringing an average of three devices
each to our campuses, the performance and reliability of our wireless
network has never been more critical,” said Rod Martin, Manager, IT
Infrastructure for Algonquin College.
Today, 94 percent of the College’s classrooms have implemented mobile
learning programs with 12,000 students participating. As part of the
learning experience students are required to bring a wireless or mobile
device to class. “Algonquin College believes in using technology to
increase access to post-secondary education as well as improve its
quality and reduce the cost. As our students and faculty continue to
rely on the wireless network for classroom instruction and
collaboration, our plan is to future-proof the network by deploying
Aruba’s 802.11ac access points on all our campuses,” continued Martin.
Located in Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst College is a private, four-year
college and ranked by US News and World Report as one of the top
colleges in the Midwest. Working closely with Aruba partner E2 Services,
Inc. in Oswego, Illinois, Elmhurst College has already deployed 200
Aruba .11ac access points (APs) across campus and plans to deploy more
this year. “The decision to deploy Aruba’s new .11ac APs was driven by
our desire to provide unprecedented network capacity for mobile and
wireless devices across campus,” said James Kulich, vice president and
chief information officer (CIO), Elmhurst College. “As our students,
faculty and the entire university become more dependent on wireless, we
need to provide a next-generation technology that exceeds current
expectations and prepares us for future demand.”
Based in Torrance, California, Pediatric Therapy Network (PTN) is a
non-profit early child development and therapy center that provides
prevention, early identification, intervention, and therapy to children.
In the early phases of deploying Aruba’s .11ac technology, PTN has
already seen a marked improvement in network performance and capacity.
“Prior to deploying .11ac, we were having issues with connectivity and
reliability in the highest network traffic area of our facilities,” said
Andrea Ruof, Director of Information Technology, PTN. “With .11ac
deployed in our administrative area, we can now confidently rely on the
network to provide unprecedented speeds without connection issues,”
continued Ruof. "The next step is to upgrade our entire network to .11ac
in which will enable all of our staff to be more mobile and efficient.”
Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York (SUNY),
was recently ranked 34th among Top Public National Universities,
according to the 2014
edition of the US News and World Report survey. Faced
with a spike in demand for wireless access, Stony Brook deployed Aruba’s
new 802.11ac access points (APs) in one of its high traffic areas on
campus. “Nearly 17,000 of our 24,000 students attend class weekly in our
Javits Center lecture halls,” said James Hart, Director of Network
Services at Stony Brook University. “Instead of just adding the
necessary network infrastructure to support the current demand for
wireless, we chose to stay ahead of the curve by implementing
cutting-edge 802.11ac technology.”
Campus Network Manager Mike Ospitale has been monitoring the performance
of the new technology. “Since deploying Aruba’s .11ac APs, our Javits
Lecture Center users are achieving Wi-Fi speeds as impressive as 450
megabits per second,” said Ospitale.
Torrance Memorial, a non-profit medical center in Torrance, California,
is currently building a new 390,000 square foot state-of-the-art main
tower that will feature the latest in medical technologies, patient
amenities and diagnostic capabilities. “Our new facility is keenly
designed to serve the current and future needs of our patients,
physicians, employees and visitors,” said Steve Lantz, Director of IT
Infrastructure and Operations, Torrance Memorial Medical Center. “In
order to support those needs, we are implementing a future-proof network
infrastructure with Aruba’s 802.11ac technology.”
Unity College, the first college in the United States to pursue
sustainability science as its central curricular framework, recently
replaced Meru Network’s APs with Aruba’s new 802.11ac APs in four of its
academic buildings and five residence halls. “Before installing Aruba’s
802.11ac solutions, we were unable to support the high density areas on
campus and our students were continually complaining about slow speeds
and dropped connections,” said Bert Audette, Director of Information
Technology, Unity College. “Since we deployed Aruba’s 802.11ac APs and
completed our transition to Aruba, the complaints have stopped and we
are now poised, not only to support the ever increasing number of
wireless and mobile devices, but most importantly those that are
802.11ac-enabled.”
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access
solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company’s Mobile Virtual
Enterprise (MOVE) architecture unifies wired and wireless network
infrastructures into one seamless access solution for corporate
headquarters, mobile business professionals, remote workers and guests.
This unified approach to access networks enables IT organizations and
users to securely address the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon,
dramatically improving productivity and lowering capital and operational
costs.
Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in
Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more,
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