SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 07, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
Aruba Networks, Inc.
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, a global leader in wireless
LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that its Synergy
has deployed Aruba's wireless networks at the Escola de
Aperfeicoamento de Oficiais (EsAO) Brazilian Army School and
surrounding housing complexes. Established in 1919, EsAO serves
company- and field-grade officers at its 46 acre Rio de Janeiro
campus and housing complexes. The school wanted to provide secure
student, faculty, and guest wireless access across the entire campus,
while offering high speed Internet access to the housing complexes.
Prior to this deployment the school offered only limited hot-spot
wireless access, while the housing units had no Internet access due
to their distance from the central telephone exchange. Aruba
authorized partner Synergy deployed access points throughout the
classrooms and auditoriums, and then used outdoor secure wireless
mesh to deliver wireless access to the housing complexes. Mesh
technology enables Wi-Fi access points to be deployed without
installing new data cabling.
"What most impressed us about this project was the speed with which
the deployment was accomplished, and the reliability of the finished
network," said Lt. Colonel Antonio Guelfi of the Roberto Trompowsky
Foundation, manager of Army schools throughout the country. "Aruba's
Adaptive Radio Management and mesh technology made short work of the
physical installation, while centralized management and the integrated
firewall simplified system commissioning. Once commissioned the
network met all expectations and proved more flexible than any other
solution we considered. For example, the Aruba firewall allows us to
precisely tailor network access policies to the needs of faculty,
students, and guests. Those policies follow the users wherever they
roam and deliver a very consistent user experience."
Aruba's secure mobility solutions deliver networks to users by
integrating adaptive wireless LANs, identity-based security, and
multi-vendor network management into a cohesive, high-performance
system. Adaptive wireless LANs deliver robust connectivity to roaming
users in need of high-speed data, toll-quality voice, and streaming
video applications. Identity-based security associates policies with
users instead of network hardware, delivering follow-me security that
enhances mobility regardless of how or where the network is accessed.
"The EsAO deployment demonstrates how Aruba's flexible architecture
allows users to leverage existing networking infrastructure and lower
both capital and operating costs," said Luiz Brandao, Aruba's Brazil
sales manager. "Take for example the campus housing complexes. EsAO
students live with their families in housing just off campus, and
improving network access for this constituency was very important to
the school administration. By using infrastructure already installed
at the main campus, Aruba's secure mesh solution was able to provide
fast Internet access to every housing unit, at no monthly cost to
either the school or the tenants. A small incremental investment
yielded positive results for all parties with no recurring expenses."
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 access solutions and fixed mobile convergence 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(R) 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.
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Media Contacts:
Michael Tennefoss
Aruba Networks, Inc.
+1-408-754-8034
mtennefoss@arubanetworks.com
Patty Oien
Breakaway Communications
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poien@breakawaycom.com
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