Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Mon, October 5, 2009
Sun, October 4, 2009
Aruba Networks, Inc.: Philips' IntelliVue Patient Monitors Verified Interoperable on Secure Multi-Use Voice / Data / Video Wire
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 5, 2009) - Aruba Networks, Inc. (
"Aruba's proven interoperability with Philips IntelliVue Clinical Network solutions provides our mutual customers with greater flexibility in selecting the best network to meet their needs," said Theresa Poole, Philips Healthcare's Senior Product Manager, Clinical Networks. "Using a wireless LAN to provide network access for patient monitors requires advanced wireless networking capabilities to ensure reliable operation. Aruba's wireless LAN infrastructure, used in conjunction with our 802.11a wireless patient monitors and voice applications, provides that assurance."
The interoperability certification testing included Aruba's 802.11a/b/g and 802.11n access points. Tests included inter-access point and inter-controller roaming, wireless LAN security, quality of service (QoS), and Aruba's role-based firewall protection of Philips devices.
Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technology automatically optimizes Wi-Fi performance, an essential requirement in a healthcare facility's dynamically changing and challenging RF environment. By automating site surveys and using infrastructure-based controls to optimize the performance of Wi-Fi clients in real-time, ARM helps ensure that data, voice, video, monitoring, and nurse call applications all have sufficient network resources, including airtime, to operate reliably.
Identity-based security, Quality of Service (QoS) control, and traffic management capabilities are provided by Aruba's policy-enforcement firewall network. The firewall classifies on the basis of user identity, device type, location, and time of day, and provides differentiated access for different classes of users. For example, medical monitoring and nurse call traffic can be assigned high priority and reserved bandwidth to ensure reliable delivery. Guest access might have limited bandwidth and tight controls with respect to the sites and servers that can be accessed.
These features enable data, voice, video, nurse call, monitoring, and guest traffic to simultaneously run over a shared, common Wi-Fi infrastructure but perform like isolated networks. "One commonly shared high-speed wireless LAN can now be used to support a wide variety of critical services including patient monitoring and voice-call," said Manav Khurana, Aruba's head of industry marketing. "Aruba's integrated role-based firewall provides an added layer of protection against network intrusion attempts, while VLAN pooling makes the correct VLAN available to the patient monitor anywhere there is Wi-Fi coverage."
To learn more about Aruba's healthcare solutions please visit our Web site at [ http://www.arubanetworks.com/applications/healthcare.php ].
About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam, using a combination of award-winning solutions:
-- Adaptive 802.11n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Rightsizing expensive wired LANs by replacing them with high-speed 802.11n Wi-Fi reduces both capital and operating expenses; -- Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed; -- Remote networking solutions for branch offices, fixed telecommuters, and satellite facilities ensures uninterrupted remote access to applications; -- 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 ].
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