Recent Posts
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Building a BYOD Ready Network
Feb 28th, 2012
Two of Aruba’s product managers, Carlos Gomez (aka. carlos) and Cameron Esdaile (aka. -cam-) participated in Tech Field Day‘s Wi-Fi Mobility Sympos …
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56 Percent of Surveyed Retailers are Planning iPad Deployments
Jan 24th, 2012
We just completed a survey of 130 retailers. The survey highlighted following trends: Acceleration of iPad rollouts for customer facing staff Allowing store e …
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Aruba @ Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium ’12 & Wireless Field Day 2
Jan 23rd, 2012
We are happy to participate in this year’s Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium and Wireless Field Day events. In case you have not seen it yet, here is Aruba’s …
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Secure Authentication for Employees & Guests
Jan 16th, 2012
Expert interview series continue with Jon Green, aka. jgreen, and Carlos Gomez, aka. carlos, who joined me to talk about best practices in enabling secure aut …
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Introduction to 802.11ac
Jan 11th, 2012
We get a lot of questions about this new upcoming Wi-Fi standard and I thought it would be a good idea to talk to our in-house expert at Aruba on the topic. Her …
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Should you deploy access points in the hallway or in the room?
Jan 11th, 2012
The answer is — it depends. In residence halls, the number of devices has been growing rapidly. The number of mobile device on the University of Washi …
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Top-5 Tips for BYOD
Jan 6th, 2012
Time to start introducing some of the experts at our online community platform, Airheads Social One of Airheads Social moderators, Cameron Esdaile aka. -cam-, …
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Announcing the new Outdoor MIMO Wireless Networks VRD (Validated Reference Design)
Jan 5th, 2012
Hi everyone, I’m very pleased to announce that Aruba has just posted a validated reference design for Outdoor MIMO Wireless Networks. This is the first …
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Aruba Certifications – Why, What, How
Jan 5th, 2012
I had a chance to chat with many Aruba certified engineers during the last few weeks. I asked them about why they have chosen to get certified and what bene …
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New Aruba application notes
Dec 1st, 2011
While my team is constantly working to turn out new VRDs, some topics are easier to deliver in a more focused application note. To that end I’ve been working …
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New Point to Point (PTP) Deployment Guide Available
Nov 3rd, 2011
Aruba’s customers and partners have already found multiple different use cases for point-to-point (PTP) wireless connections: linking buildings on universit …
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A Behind the Scenes Look at Wi-Fi for Citrix Synergy’s Keynote
Oct 30th, 2011
Yesterday as I was sitting at the backstage of the international convention center in Barcelona listening to the CEO of Citrix deliver the keynote address for S …
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Educause 2011 Wrap-up: Mobility Entering Tornado Phase
Oct 26th, 2011
Just got back from Educause and here are my three key takeaways: 1. Mobile Device Explosion Most campuses are seeing 50-100% growth in number of mob …
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Knock knock… Who’s there? An iPad, a PC, or an iPhone?
Nov 4th, 2011
Picture this. You are on your way to visit a potential customer. But you forget your iPad at the local Starbucks where you were working just before your meeting …
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Three IT Surveys, One Common Thread
Oct 24th, 2011
Every year we’re treated to a slew of good Industry data on technology use and IT budgets in Higher Education. Results from a handful of surveys are typically …
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The RAZR is back and tech money
Oct 19th, 2011
The Motorola Droid RAZR is the iPhone’s newest rival. The RAZR is equipped with a Texas Instrument OMAP 4430 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. S …
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Good MOVE. Bad Move
Oct 14th, 2011
iPhone 4S is NOW AVAILABLE! I’m sure you and everyone in the modern world is well aware of this. Apple stock is up and lines are out the door. Here’ …
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To Lock or Unlock
Oct 14th, 2011
I really don’t get why AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon are being so finicky on whether to lock or unlock the new iPhone 4S. Sprint will be selling the 4S un …
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iOS 5 Day
Oct 13th, 2011
So, how many of you have downloaded or plan to download iOS 5? What’s your favorite new feature or which feature are you glad that Apple finally implement …
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The Wireless World
Oct 13th, 2011
The past couple of weeks have been a frenzy in the mobile world. Amazon released three Kindles; new Kindle, Kindle Touch, and their flagship–Kindle Fire. …
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The Next Product in the BYOD Revolution
Oct 4th, 2011
Last week, Amazon announced an amazing product! The Kindle Fire sports a dual-core processor, free storage in the cloud, an email client and an ultra-fast brows …
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Doubts about CAs
Sep 19th, 2011
By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news about the latest certificate authority hack. To summarize, on a couple of occasions someone has been able to …
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Making Wi-Fi Less Like Rush Hour Traffic
Sep 19th, 2011
I’m have to admit that I sometimes take perverse pleasure in my morning commute. Traffic jams are the ultimate social equalizer. Just yesterday I was stopped …
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CEO wants to use his personal iPad…Now what?
Aug 15th, 2011
It happens all the time. Corporate IT policy dictates personal devices are not allowed. Then the CEO comes along with his iPad and wants to use it at work. The …
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Buy your iPad from Aruba… (Indirectly, maybe!)
Aug 8th, 2011
If you did not know any better, you would think that Aruba is in the business of selling iPads. Browse our homepage and you will notice iPads everywhere. The tr …
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New Mobility Controller VRD Available
Aug 4th, 2011
As I mentioned in my last post, were making great progress on updating and expanding our collection of validated reference designs (VRDs). These guides are a se …
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Black Hat 2011 – hack ‘em if you’ve got ‘em
Aug 4th, 2011
It’s hot – and I don’t mean the fact that we’re spreading WLAN cheer once again at Black Hat USA – just another beautiful August day i …
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Military-grade Wi-Fi Security for Enterprise Networks?
Jul 27th, 2011
I’ve been marketing network security tools and solutions for some time. As a network security guy, I remember the time when wireless APs first started mak …
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Sweet on Suite B
Jul 26th, 2011
What’s the big deal about Aruba announcing that is has military-grade Suite B cryptography integrated with its wireless LANs? Well, the truth is, it’s a pre …
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Building Your Aruba WLAN The Right Way
Jul 17th, 2011
Deploying an enterprise WLAN for the first time can seem like an overwhelming task for even the most experienced network engineer. There are new technologies to …
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Protecting Mobile Devices – The Front Line
Jul 14th, 2011
What’s the most important thing you can do to ensure the security of enterprise data on an employee’s personal mobile device? It might surprise you …
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The Strongest Lync
Jun 28th, 2011
I hate my deskphone. It’s big, doesn’t link to my directories, rings constantly from people trying to sell me something, and smells like Funyuns. For the mo …
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Who moved my POS?
Jun 27th, 2011
From the checkout line, to online, to the mobile device at the waistline, the form and function of Point of Sale (POS) terminals have changed rapidly as the “ …
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ISTE 2011- Day 1 in Philadelphia
Jun 27th, 2011
The Aruba Networks marketing team is now in Philly for the largest gathering of K-12 IT professionals from June 26-29. We have a 10×20 booth (Booth #931) …
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Aberdeen Retail Summit- Day 1 in NYC
Jun 20th, 2011
Hi. I manage Aruba’s global event marketing strategy & programs. You’ll hear a lot from me specifically at relates to our presence, sponsors …
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Aberdeen Retail Summit June 20-22 – Disruptive Mobility
Jun 20th, 2011
Rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets is causing massive disruption in the retail industry. With the cheapest price just a click away, retailers are incre …
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Putting the “i” Back in iPad
Jun 16th, 2011
Most of us are warming to the iPad (and some of us have the tattoo). But it’s starting to become clear that the “i” couldn’t possibly stand …
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A look inside MDAC for BYOD (ASAP!)
Jun 9th, 2011
When I speak with customers about a new product or solution, there is always interest in how we designed and built the functionality. What problems were we tryi …
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Wi-Fi is More Secure than Ethernet
Jun 7th, 2011
Introduction time – I’m Jon, and I’m an IT security geek. I’m such an IT security geek that I went and got a college degree in the su …
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Get your Wi-Fi ready for the iPad!
Jun 7th, 2011
A lot has been said and written about how the iPad has changed our lives. The impact of employees bringing in their personal iPads to work however has not been …
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Enjoy your stay on Innovation Island
Jun 6th, 2011
Innovation Island is the new blog for everything Technology, Product, Solution…..and Innovation…. related to Aruba Networks. We will bring you th …
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