ROME -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/14/08 -- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leaderin wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced anexpansion of its European operations with a new office in Rome dedicated todeveloping business throughout Italy. Aruba has been steadily expanding itsoperations throughout the EMEA region and now fields offices in the UK,France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, andthe Emirates."Italian organizations are seeking to enhance mobility, efficiency, andsecurity in their business operations, and Aruba's wireless LANinfrastructure is well positioned to meet those demands," said Santo deStefano, newly appointed country manager for Aruba Italy. "Working inconjunction with our channel partners, we have already achieved significantpublic sector and education wins, and now look to extend that success intothe general Italian enterprise market."
Aruba's unified mobility solutions securely deliver wireless access tousers by integrating adaptive wireless LANs, identity-based security,remote access, and vendor-neutral network management into a cohesive,high-performance system. Aruba's Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technologyautomates common network set-up and maintenance tasks, and continuouslyoptimizes network performance to support data, toll-quality voice, andstreaming video applications. Aruba's Remote Access Point technology is aperfect solution for securely networking remote sites and travelingexecutives, and does away with the client management and administrativeburdens typical of VPNs.
Aruba's products are sold in Italy through a two-tier channel structure,with ICOS providing value-added distribution services to authorizedpartners in Italy. "The Italian market presents Aruba with fresh growthopportunities for unified mobility solutions, and our successes to date inthis region dictated a dedicated office to properly serve local customers,"said Duncan Fisken, Aruba's vice president of EMEA operations. "Our newRome office will enable us to stay abreast of regional requirements, deepenexisting customer relationships, and expose a much broader audience to thebenefits of Aruba's mobility solutions."
About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks tousers, wherever they work or roam. Our unified mobility solutions includeWi-Fi networks, identity-based security, remote access and cellularservices, and centralized multi-vendor network management to enable theFollow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
-- Follow-Me Connectivity: Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical information;-- Follow-Me Security: Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;-- Follow-Me Applications: Remote access solutions and cellular network integration ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move;-- Follow-Me Management: Multi-vendor network management provides a single point of control while managing both legacy and new wireless networks from both Aruba and its competitors.
The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our unified mobilitysolutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on theNASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California,and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and AsiaPacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba athttp://www.arubanetworks.com.
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