Aruba Networks’ 802.11n High-Speed Wireless LAN Wins 2009 Internet Telephony Excellence Award
11/24/2009
Sunnyvale, CA
Award Issued for 802.11n Deployment at the Boston Medical Center
Sunnyvale, CA, November 24, 2009 – Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that its 802.11n high-speed wireless LAN has won a 2009 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) “INTERNET TELEPHONY” magazine. The award was based on Aruba’s 802.11n deployment at the Boston Medical Center, a 626-bed hospital and academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End. Aruba’s 802.11n solution provided a flexible wireless infrastructure on which the hospital could reliably and securely deliver clinical data, Vocera voice, and guest Internet access applications.
Aruba offers a wide range of 802.11n solutions including the recently announced, value-priced AP-105 Access Point and the top-of-the-line 3×3 MIMO AP-124/125 802.11n Access Points. Designed to meet the demanding requirements of the largest enterprises, the competitively priced AP-105 offers enterprise-class security, high throughput, streaming video support, and other key features previously available only in more expensive devices. The AP-124/125 Access Points feature 803.2af Power over Ethernet (PoE) operation, dual gigabit Ethernetports with Secure Jack access control, high throughput rates over long ranges, and FIPS 140-2 validation. The AP-105, AP-124, and AP-125 are all covered by Aruba’s limited lifetime warranty.
To ensure that wireless devices work at peak performance at all times, Aruba’s Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technology automatically optimizes Wi-Fi performance even in challenging RF environments. By automating site surveys and using infrastructure-based controls to optimize the performance of Wi-Fi clients in real-time, ARM helps ensure that applications have sufficient network resources, including airtime, to operate reliably. ARM works in tandem with Aruba’s policy-enforcement firewall, Quality of Service controls, and traffic management features to enable data, voice, video, nurse call, telemetry, and guest traffic to run simultaneously over a commonly shared Wi-Fi infrastructure yet perform as if using dedicated networks.
ARM has been demonstrated to increase 802.11n throughput by more than 200 percent in a mixed-client network (see Farpoint Group white paper “Advances In Wireless Infrastructure Control”), and to enable the simultaneous transmission of 15 or more high-definition video channels over 802.11n at sites such as Liberty University. More details about how ARM improves video transmission can be found in “I Can See Clearly Now: Bringing Wireless Broadband Into Focus,” a freewhite paper available from Aruba’s Web site.
“The editors of ‘INTERNET TELEPHONY’ were pleased to grant Aruba with an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award for their achievements in advancing IP communications and providing genuine solutions in the marketplace,” said Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director of ‘INTERNET TELEPHONY.’” “Aruba’s 802.11n solution has made an incredible contribution to IP Communications and has also delivered great solutions for its clients,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba is a global leader in distributed enterprise networks. Its award-winning portfolio of campus, branch/teleworker, and mobile solutions simplify operations and secure access to all corporate applications and services – regardless of the user’s device, location, or network. This dramatically improves productivity and lowers capital and operational costs.
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