Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Tue, July 21, 2009
Mon, July 20, 2009 Aruba Networks, Inc.: Ocean Beach School District Upgrades Wireless Network With Aruba Gear
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2009) - Aruba Networks, Inc. (
"Our experience highlights that there remain significant differences between wireless LAN vendors, and the proof comes not in the marketing materials but the real-world deployments," said Tom Thompson, Network Administrator of the Ocean Beach School District. "We tried in vain for months to make our previous 802.11n system work properly but simply could not obtain service in the 2.4GHz band. Also, our users experienced dropped laptop and Wi-Fi enabled phone connections as they roamed from classroom to classroom. Those issues disappeared after we switched to Aruba. The network has performed flawlessly from the day it was commissioned, and because of ARM adding an access point could not be simpler -- hook it up and it works."
Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technology lowers Wi-Fi deployment and maintenance costs by automating site surveys and using infrastructure-based controls to optimize the performance of Wi-Fi clients in real-time. Acting on their own, Wi-Fi clients do not always work cooperatively with other clients, or select the optimal band, channel, and access point. These issues are exacerbated in situations with high-bandwidth applications and densely-packed clients. ARM controls how Wi-Fi clients interact, helping to ensure that data, voice, and video applications have sufficient network resources to operate properly.
"Aruba designed its Wi-Fi infrastructure to tackle real-world challenges including, among others, radio interference, legacy clients, densely-deployed clients, and roaming users," said Robert Fenstermacher, Aruba's head of education marketing. "As the Ocean Beach School District can confirm, the benefits are tangible. Students, faculty, and staff now enjoy consistent, reliable network access, and the IT staff is freed from tweaking the wireless network so it can focus on implementing electronic learning initiatives."
Additional information about Aruba's Wireless LAN and security solutions for K-12 schools can be found on-line at [ http://www.arubanetworks.com/solutions/k12_education.php ].
About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. Our mobility solutions enable the Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
-- Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical information; -- Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed; -- Remote networking solutions ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move; -- Multi-vendor network management provides a single point of control while managing both legacy and new wireless networks from Aruba and its competitors.
The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our secure mobility solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at [ http://www.arubanetworks.com ]. For real-time news updates follow Aruba on Twitter at [ http://twitter.com/ArubaNetworks ].
© 2009 Aruba Networks, Inc. AirWave®, Aruba Networks®, Aruba Mobility Management System®, Bluescanner, For Wireless That Works®, Mobile Edge Architecture, People Move. Networks Must Follow., The All-Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business, RFprotect, Green Island, and The Mobile Edge Company® are trademarks of Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
