Aruba Wins - Higher Education

Welcome to Aruba

Over 2500 universities use Aruba solutions to make sure teaching staff, students and guests enjoy an effortless networking experience, no matter where they are.

Provide non-stop IoT-ready connectivity everywhere from student accommodation to lecture rooms, research labs and sports venues. Our products are ready for Wi-fi 6, compatible with your existing infrastructure and provide reliable networking that can’t be beaten across the industry.

Aruba networks’ solutions give you the advantage

Give users personalised mobile-first experiences through secure, seamless connectivity
Whatever your size, our solutions offer long-term affordability and autonomy
We’ve been a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant in Wired and Wireless LAN for 13 consecutive years

“Having SDN-enabled switches from Aruba allowed us to achieve our goal.”

Jacob Chappell,
programmer/systems analyst, University of Kentucky

Win with Aruba

Speed is everything

DESIGN A NETWORK BASED ON YOUR NEEDS AND BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF OUR £200 VOUCHER PRIZES.

We’ve created a quick and easy tool that will help you find the right switches, access points and network management solution for your organisation. If you’re not quite sure on how to configure your business network, the Aruba Product Wizard will accurately create a solution fitting of your needs. And, when you ‘request pricing’ and submit your requirements along with your business contact details, we’ll enter you into a draw to WIN one of our £200 Amazon voucher prizes.

Start your journey to a better business network in just 2 minutes.

An Aruba preferred partner will contact you with a full and competitive quote for your recommended solution.

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Aruba Stories

CERN CAMPUS

Aruba Access Points allow CERN researchers to be on the move with an uninterrupted connection.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Aruba Networks worked with Cambridge University to deliver public access to free wi-fi across its city centre campus. Our solution enables students and staff to roam and work freely between the 180-odd separate institutions – including colleges, departments and faculties – which make up the University.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Texas A&M University advances engineering education with state-of-the-art complex built on Aruba Mobile-First solutions.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

These University researchers needed to move massive data sets easily across campus and to the cloud without choking their network. Aruba SDN-enabled ports let them handle large scientific flows without affecting the academic, administrative or residential IT needs of over 30,000 students, faculty and staff.

A Better Choice for Higher Education

WHY ARUBA IS BETTER FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION.

CLIENTMATCH & AIRMATCH

Users expect an always-on experience. With ClientMatch technology, students, faculty, and guests can connect to the best access point, while AirMatch leverages machine learning to automate Wi-Fi network tuning for the highest performance.

MOBILE-FIRST DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS

Learning in the 21st century should not be confined to the classroom. Aruba is helping to create digital learning environments.

ARUBA CENTRAL

You don’t have to re-authenticate your devices every day at home or work. Why should the hotel Wi-Fi be any different? Give your guests a simple and secure check-in experience that reduces frustration and complaints

How Aruba Compares

HOW ARUBA COMPARES.

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	Aruba	Cisco Meraki
Flexibility/Scalability
Network management options	Local, cloud, or on-premises	Cloud only
Investment protection	Yes	No
Multi-vendor network management	Yes	No
Performance
Switches	More PoE power, multi-gigabitEthernet, and uplink capacity	Lower PoE power and uplink capacity
Wireless	30% better than Meraki APswith similar radio specs	Lower performance than Aruba
Optimized user experience
RF innovations	Yes	No
Wi-Fi interference mitigation	Yes	No
Optimized switch configuration with APs	Yes	No
Tunnel Node	Yes	No
Application visibility and control	2,600 applications	115 applications
Business continuity
Manage network if connectivity fails	Yes	No
No cloud license required	Yes	No
Security
Government-grade solutions	Yes	No