Mobility Field Day 2017 events will be held July 25th-26th in Silicon Valley. Additionally, a Tech Field Day Extra Event at Cisco Live on June 26th-28th will touch on mobility centric topics.
Aruba ClearPass and Managing Unknown Devices
Richard McIntosh writing for Gestalt IT comments: The most difficult part of any network engineer’s job is securing the unknown devices users will connect. How many times has a facilities manager gone through an RFP process to enhance controls of their HVAC and power control systems, award a vendor a contract, complete their work, and connect […]
ArubaOS 8 – Behind the Release Notes
This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Aruba Mobile First” Last month I was invited to attend Mobility Field Day Live (#MFDLive) featuring one of my favorites in the wireless space – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. During the event made some pretty big announcements and showed off a plethora of new […]
Aruba ClearPass and Managing Unknown Devices
This is post 4 of 5 in the series “Aruba Mobile First” The most difficult part of any network engineer’s job is securing the unknown devices users will connect. How many times has a facilities manager gone through an RFP process to enhance controls of their HVAC and power control systems, award a vendor a contract, complete […]
Aruba’s Mobile First Vision: Much More Than Connecting Devices
This is post 3 of 5 in the series “Aruba Mobile First” Earlier this month I was honored to attend the announcement of the Aruba Mobile First Platform as a Mobility Field Day delegate. The event as a whole consisted of product enhancement announcements that were tightly integrated and focused squarely on how Aruba’s mobility […]
Aruba Brings Campus Wireless Improvements
This is post 2 of 5 in the series “Aruba Mobile First” Campus wireless is faced with increasing demands from BYOD, high density, capacity, and IoT. Keeping it all running efficiently is troublesome without the right solution. Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company addresses these challenges with the introduction of ArubaOS 8. Campus wireless can […]
Aruba Networks Sensors Everything
Shaun Neal of Contextual Intelligence comments: In case you missed it, Aruba Networks, an HP Enterprise Company announced the availability of their new Aruba Sensor product this week. This was spoken about at Atmosphere back in March, but then had seemingly disappeared. This new sensor enables Aruba Network’s Meridian cloud analytics and wayfinding solution and […]
Who’s Got it Better Than Aruba? Nobody, When It’s Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Shaun Neal of Contextual Intelligence comments: Wireless Field Day wrapped up last week with an incredible visit to Levi’s Stadium, home of my San Francisco 49ers. As both a rabid football and Wi-Fi fan, it doesn’t get any better than this to culminate an already awesome week. Aruba Networks and Levi’s Stadium have set a […]
Aruba and HP – The Remaining Pieces
Matthew Norwood of In Search Of Tech writes: Ask anyone who follows the industry about HP, and you will get a variety of thoughts. However, one of them that always seems to surface is in regards to their ability to execute. There is a history of missteps regarding HP in the executive arena over the […]
Let’s Revisit The Aruba Networks Acquisition
Matthew Norwood of In Search Of Tech writes: After several months and many conversations with HP, Aruba, and my peers, I have a different take. I am not 100% ready to back off from my concerns though. The acquisition has closed. The deal is done. However, it is too early in the process to be […]