HP already acquired Colubris back in 2008…they have Wi-Fi. I would say that it is the entire ecosystem that they care about! (Airwave, ClearPass, ….)
Could be exciting for the switch business too (HP switches are affordable…if you add the Aruba software it becomes a nice integrated system) Compete with Cisco all the way! Philippe Hanset www.eduroam.us > On Feb 26, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Frank Sweetser <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/26/2015 02:23 PM, Thomas Carter wrote: >> I kept telling our Dell reps that Dell needs to buy into wireless and grab >> Aerohive or Ruckus. They would just mention the Aruba deal; we’ll see what >> happens with that. >> >> I do think this can be good for Aruba. I see it as this – Cisco is a company >> that does $50B revenue annually and spends $6B in R&D. I know that’s not all >> wireless, but Aruba has $725M annual revenue with $170M R&D. They need the >> financial backing to stay in second and maybe close the gap on Cisco. If >> integrated well, HP could have a compelling package with ProCurve and Aruba >> all managed under AirWave with some magic SDN sprinkled in there somewhere. > > But Aruba already has their own package with their MAS switches! > > My biggest fear is that HP is buying Aruba the wireless company, not Aruba > the client access company. This would lead them to keeping the APs and > controllers, while putting all of the rest of the goodies that let us to > selecting them (Clearpass, Airwave's cross vendor capabilities, their > switches) in jeopardy of either being tossed outright or left hanging around > atrophying. > > -- > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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