“Having SDN-enabled switches from Aruba allowed us to achieve our goal.”
Jacob Chappell,Aruba | Cisco Meraki | |
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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 |