| 12/14/09 - Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN)
announced that it has been awarded three awards as part of the eighth
annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. The program promotes the top mobile
products and deployments across a broad range of categories including
applications, enterprise software, and wireless network products.
Superstar awards, the highest honor, were conferred upon Aruba's AirWave
Wireless Management Suite (AWMS) and Virtual Branch Networking (VBN)
solutions. Aruba's RAP-2 Remote Access Point received a Shining Star award.
AWMS is the only network management software to deliver full visibility and
control over multi-vendor wireless networks. A single, easy-to-use console
provides a window into all aspects of network operation, simplifying the
work of network engineers, Help Desk staff, IT managers, and security
analysts. The suite includes four primary components:
-- AirWave Management
Platform (AMP)
-- VisualRF™
Location and Mapping Module
-- RAPIDS™ Rogue
Detection Module
-- AirWave Master
Console & Failover Servers
AirWave
OnDemand , a cloud-based enterprise-class network management service, is
the newest extension of the AWMS product line. Using sophisticated tools
previously available only to large organizations with large budgets,
AirWave OnDemand allows even the smallest organization to efficiently
manage, monitor, and control its network.
The VBN
solution dramatically simplifies the complexity and cost of deploying a
remote solution at branches with one to many users. Complex configuration,
management, software updates authentication, intrusion detection, and
remote site connectivity tasks are handled by powerful data center-based
Aruba controllers. Centralizing these services in the controllers enables
the branch office equipment to be greatly simplified and cost reduced. The
virtualized functions are transport-independent, so any wide-area network
-- including inexpensive cable, DSL, and 3G cellular -- can be used to
connect branches offices.
The RAP-2 , a component of VBN, securely connects remote users with
enterprise network services and applications. Featuring authenticated wired
and Wi-Fi access, and with a list price of just $99, the RAP-2 is a very
economical solution for branch offices and fixed teleworkers.
"'Go Mobile' readers are among the industry's most savvy mobile business
users, so Mobile Star Awards winners can claim they are the users' choice,"
says Jon Covington, MobileVillage founder and president. "Winners are
chosen by real users based on real results, not hype. New mobile services
competed on an equal footing with well-established solutions, and both
nominees and winners are the new leaders to watch."
Mobile Star winners are chosen by subscribers to Go Mobile®,
MobileVillage's free newsletter about mobile technology from news Web sites
such as Cnet, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Computerworld, and AppScout.
This year's Mobile Star Awards winners are posted on-line .
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