Aruba's Airwave 7™ Brings Unified Management To The Mobile Enterprise

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By Webtorials on January 18, 2010 6:57 PM   0 Comments
  • New Software Eliminates Cost and Complexity by Integrating Wireless, Wired, and Mobile Device Management
Aruba Networks, Inc., a global leader in 802.11n wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, recently announced AirWave 7, a major extension of its award-winning operations solution that integrates the management of wireless networks, wired infrastructure, and client devices into a single interface. As increasingly mobile enterprise users connect to networks from more locations, using a wider variety of devices than ever before, IT organizations have struggled with the proliferation of vendor-specific, single-purpose management tools need to support these networks. AirWave 7 solves this problem by providing a single point of visibility and control for the entire network edge, including wired and wireless infrastructure as well as individual client devices. In so doing, AirWave 7 reduces the cost and complexity of network management, while improving service quality for users.

AirWave 7 significantly enhances the capabilities of Aruba's award-winning AirWave management suite by incorporating the following new features:

    * New AirWave Mobile Device Manager (MDM) module: Provides over-the-air management of business-critical devices ranging from handheld devices to self-service kiosks to wireless printers - saving time and money while improving service quality.
    * Wired infrastructure management: The AirWave Management Platform (AMP) now manages edge switches from Cisco and HP to provide integrated wired andwireless management. AMP can map upstream relationships between APs, controllers, and switches enabling root-cause analysis for scenarios such as a down AP - accelerating time to problem resolution.
    * Improvements to open architecture: XML API eases integration between AirWave 7 and the rest of the IT operations infrastructure. The use of open standards makes valuable AirWave data accessible to virtually any application developer without specialized knowledge of the AirWave platform.
    * Customizable user interface and dashboards: AirWave administrators can create customized views for specific roles, such as service desk personnel or executives, so that each person sees the information that is most useful. Users can also create and save customized reports and incorporate report components in their personalized dashboards.
    * Support for state-of-the-art wireless infrastructure: Includes support for Aruba's newest products and management capabilities.

The growing reliance on mobile devices in retail, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, and other industries has made mobile device management an essential task. The powerful monitoring, diagnostic, and Help Desk features of AirWave 7 can expedite the detection and resolution of network and device problems, maximizing device up-time.

AirWave 7 can be delivered as software, on an appliance, or using the recently announced AirWave OnDemand (AoD) software as a service (SaaS) model.

AirWave 7 is currently undergoing customer field tests and is scheduled to be shipping in March 2010. For additional information please visit our Web site.

For the full press release, please visit here.

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