Philip Olejnik, services manager at Square One Solutions, says Arubas products enable large corporations and service providers to simplify the deployment, and lower the costs, of operating large-scale 802.11 infrastructures.

These savings are achieved through a centralised switching system, specifically built for the operation of wireless LANs. The Aruba systems solve critical problems, such as securing all aspects of a wireless network, automating deployment and optimising the performance, he continues.

Olejnik adds that Aruba has recently achieved official certification from the International Wi-Fi Alliance that its products and systems meet the newest 802.11i standard.

He also believes the thin access point" (AP) approach and centralised switching architecture pioneered by Aruba provides true investment protection for users.

Implementing 802.11 enterprise networks is a huge and highly complex task for large corporations, and there are concerns about cost, security and operational issues. If a user randomly deploys an access point, the entire corporate network is at risk. Arubas focus has been on developing products such as the Wi-Fi switching system that overcome these concerns and bring a structured, secure approach to wireless networking.

Aruba also says that it is the first WLAN Switch vendor to obtain ICSA Labs certification for its mobile firewall solution that performs comprehensive network access admission control.