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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:30:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | In a bid to set itself up as a go-to provider of multi-vendor network management, Aruba Networks buys AirWave Wireless for $37 million. |
| Keywords: | Wireless network management, Wireless network system |
Enterprise network vendor Aruba Networks Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire AirWave Wireless Inc., thus expanding its networking expertise into multi-vendor wireless LAN management. Aruba will pay approximately $37 million in cash and stock for AirWave. Aruba makes a user-centric mobility system that layers over a network architecture, adding follow-me connectivity and identity-based security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Aruba's product suite already contains a management application, the Aruba Mobility Management System (MMS), for monitoring mobility controllers and access points. But MMS, like most network products, is a single-vendor system. In contrast, AirWave's wireless management application can support a variety of WiFi, mesh, and WiMAX hardware from multiple vendors — including Aruba, Avaya, Cisco, Proxim, and Symbol — in addition to the core functions of configuration management, device and user monitoring, and reporting and diagnostics. [Click to continue] |
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