Oil & Gas Environments Solutions

Technology requirements for the Oil and Gas industry, in both upstream and downstream applications; differ significantly from those found in traditional indoor office space. Aruba recognizes this and has designed a purpose-built, WLAN architecture that provides a converged and secure solution for delivery of production critical Information Technology and plant operations / SCADA applications.

Aruba's unified mobility solutions provide a secure, robust means of connecting mobile workers to the refinery and campus networks, reliably delivering business-critical applications no matter where users roam or the environment in which they work. Our adaptive wireless LANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services offer a safer, more reliable, and more transparent means of supporting your business processes - and enabling new ones. From an oil exploration field to board room, the cost, convenience, and security benefits of our unified mobility solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work.

Wireless networks increase productivity by bringing the refinery, oil field and campus networks to workers. By simultaneously supporting data, voice, and streaming video, wireless networks provide full access to existing applications and enable new ones such as all-wireless mesh-based telemetry, voice recognition, and streaming video surveillance. Wireless networks reduce the need for expensive network-related power and data cable plant and equipment, lowering CAPEX and potentially expensive maintenance headaches.

The wireless Follow-Me Factory moves in lock-step with users:

• Follow-Me Connectivity: 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical information;
• Follow-Me Security: Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;
  
• Follow-Me Applications: Remote access solutions and cellular network integration ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move.
  

The Aruba Advantage:

• Networking hardware is purpose-built for harsh indoor and challenging outdoor environments
  
• Adaptive wireless LANs automatically adjust and optimize themselves to the operating environment
  
• Labor saving features such as over-the-air set-up and centralized network management lowers OPEX
  
• Wireless mesh technology and flexible power options minimize the CAPEX associated with refinery and oil exploration operation upgrades
  
• Seamless interoperability with diverse industrial telemetry and rugged mobile computing devices