ARUBA WINS COMPUTING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 2004

Wireless LAN Switching System named "Networking & Communications Product of the Year"

Sunnyvale, CALIFORNIA, November 2, 2004 - Aruba Wireless Networks (Aruba) has won the "Networking & Communications Product of the Year" category at the Computing Awards for Excellence 2004. The company was nominated for its centralized Wireless LAN System and was awarded the prize above two other shortlisted finalists at a Gala presentation evening in London, UK.

The Computing Awards for Excellence, now in their 12th Year, act as the benchmark for excellence throughout the computing industry. Recognizing and rewarding the very highest standards of individual and collective achievement, they truly are the most renowned and sought after awards in European.

Aruba's wireless LAN (WLAN) switching system remains the only modular enterprise class solution of its kind. It delivers a centralized multi-layered security architecture that protects the air, the network, and the user as well as providing sophisticated RF tools that automate deployment and management while lowering the overall cost of ongoing operations.

Aruba displayed evidence of innovation and quality in its product award entry as well as providing a number of glowing testimonials from current global and European customers including leading e-commerce brand lastminute.com, commercial interior solutions provider Sharkey, Leeds Metropolitan University in conjunction with leading WISP Subzone and Inmarsat.

"We are delighted that our product has been recognized by the Computing awards as the industry's finest," said Keerti Melkote, co-founder and vice president of Marketing and Product Management at Aruba. "The award is a ringing endorsement for our unique centralized approach to secure mobility and confirms us as being at the fore front of networking technology - consistently pushing the boundaries of secure enterprise wireless services."

"Since we began shipping our products in June of 2003, Aruba has now deployed more than 500 WLAN systems in some of the largest and most demanding wireless environments around the world," Melkote continued.

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