Two makers of mobile management applications recently announced upgrades to their flagship products. Aruba Networks Inc. and Wavelink Corp. plan to expand their wireless infrastructure and mobile device management suites to include multiple network management and location-based services, respectively.
Aruba Networks announced AirWave 7, a management application that now works with wired and wireless networks, including multiple client devices.
IT organizations that have struggled with the proliferation of vendor-specific, single-purpose management tools needed to support multiple networks can use AirWave 7 as a single point of visibility and control for the entire network edge. Aruba said AirWave 7 reduces the cost and complexity of network management, while improving service quality for users.
The AirWave 7 wireless management suite includes a new mobile device manager (MDM) module that provides over-the-air management of devices ranging from handhelds, to self-service kiosks, to wireless printers; wired infrastructure management capabilities that can manage Cisco and Hewlett-Packard edge switches and integrate wired and wireless network management; XML APIs to ease integration with the rest of the IT operations infrastructure; and customizable user interfaces and dashboards.