Announcement on the Aruba website http://www.arubanetworks.com/aruba-and-hp/?source=homepage
_________________________________ Tomo | Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Networks, Telecoms & Security. Direct line +44 (0)20 7000 7777 www.london.edu | London experience. World impact. Connect with us: Follow us on Twitter Become a fan on Facebook -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) Sent: 02 March 2015 12:29 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba Networks And is they push that, they will drive most of Aruba's existing customers to Cisco or elsewhere. People are not going to rip out a Cisso or Juniper infrastructure to deploy HP. Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Carter [mailto:tcar...@austincollege.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:33 PM Subject: Re: HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba Networks Yes, edge switches, but HP can sell the whole campus from firewalls to routers to core switches to APs to software (clearpass, airwave, etc) to truly compete with the likes of Cisco. They're pushing the "converged campus" to sound like a marketing wonk. Whether or not they screw it up is what we'll have to wait and see. Thomas Carter Network and Operations Manager Austin College 903-813-2564 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank Sweetser Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:44 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba Networks 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/. ********** 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/.
