| 6/9/08 - Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, announced that the Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 in Illinois has selected Aruba's broadband wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for use across the district's twenty-eight elementary, intermediate, and high schools.
The Plainfield School District covers a 64 square mile area and supports more than 29,000 students and 3,500 faculty and staff. Working in conjunction with Dell, an Aruba reseller, the district selected an Aruba wireless LAN solution. In accordance with the district's five year plan, an evaluation of the district-wide instructional technology needs determined that faculty, staff, and students would be well served by a secure wireless network. Aruba was selected following a technical review of available wireless solutions.
"By 2020 our district will be the second-largest in Illinois after the City of Chicago, and our objective was to put in place wireless infrastructure that could meet our needs today and scale to accommodate future growth," said Russell Moore, Senior Network Administrator of PCSD202. "Working with Dell we determined that Aruba offered the best, most scalable solution -- it is simple to set-up, easy to modify, designed to support future electronic learning tools such as real-time streaming video, and provides a high level of security to protect records and ensure privacy. In addition, the Aruba network is standards-based and designed to interoperate with the wide range of wireless chipsets used in Dell and other computers in our schools. This last feature is especially important in reducing support calls and IT overhead across our large district."
Aruba's unified mobility solutions securely deliver networks to users by integrating adaptive 802.11n wireless LANs, identity-based security, Wi-Fi-to-cellular solutions, and multi-vendor network management into a cohesive, high-performance system. By automatically adapting the 802.11n network to accommodate user behavior, interference, and nearby networks, Aruba simplifies wireless LAN set-up and operation. Unique follow-me security capabilities provide unprecedented mobility for users while ensuring that security is always enforced.
"Aruba's wireless LANs are self-optimizing and automate most set-up tasks to maximize reliability and lower IT staff overhead," said Chris Harget, Aruba's head of K-12 education marketing. "Our Adaptive Radio Management technology continuously adjusts the network for best data, voice, and video performance, while correcting for interference from near-by networks. Centralized network management enables a small IT team to oversee a very large network, and remotely diagnose problems, download software updates, and modify security policies district-wide. The result is a network that reliably and securely delivers critical eLearning applications, while scaling to meet the needs of even the largest K-12 school districts."
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