Navigate more devices and simplify complex networks with intelligent management of open standards routing. Navigate more devices and simplify complex networks with intelligent management of open standards routing. The distributed enterprise WAN is in the midst of a vast transformation from traditional architecture to support new hybrid WAN mobility initiatives. Organizations are realizing the need to support new bandwidth requirements that have been propelled by the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). The need for employees to be equally productive and customers to have an uninterrupted user experience is driving retail, financial, healthcare, and hospitality organizations of all sizes to provide the best possible performance and access to resources across the wide area network.

This is easier said than done. Organizations have been locked into long—term service contracts for private WAN connections like MPLS, T1, and T3, and have relied heavily on traditional routing infrastructure. Building these robust networks in distributed locations also required installing, maintaining and managing a complex and costly assortment of hardware and software both in the data center and the remote location. Aruba™ delivers network access and hybrid WAN solutions to remote locations that need simplified enterprise class connectivity and secure access to corporate resources, along with the simplicity of zero touch provisioning. Remote networks can be up and running in minutes with little or no IT assistance. With cloud based Aruba Activate™, hardware is factory shipped to remote sites. Just plug—in and configurations are automatically obtained, which cuts way back on deployment time.

Enterprise Features

Aruba Networks Instant APs can easily convert to controller managed APs, which protects your AP hardware investments as requirements change and your network grows. The simplicity of a controllerless Aruba Instant™ network is in the set up. One dynamically elected Instant AP automatically distributes the network configuration to other Instant APs in the same network. Simply power up one Aruba Networks Instant AP™, configure it over the air or in the cloud, and plug—in the other APs—the entire process takes about five minutes. Aruba Networks Instant™ requires no on site network expertise to deploy and manage. Centralized resources like guest access and authentication services are easily accessed by Aruba Instant APs™ in the branch through a secure IAP—VPN connection to corporate headquarters. Aruba Networks ™ simplifies the entire distributed enterprise by offering one unified hardware, software and management architecture that extends from the campus to every branch and remote location, such as a retail store or home office. The move to hybrid WAN requires a solution that bridges the gap between enterprise mobility and traditional routing architecture, while enabling enhanced cloud services for management simplicity, deployment flexibility, and advanced security protection to deliver the best possible user experience.

Features And Benefits

Aruba Cloud Services Controllers™ also eliminate the need to build and replicate a complex and expensive architecture of routers and dedicated servers at branch locations who have moved from traditional WAN services to broadband. Locations that need to maintain a private WAN can leverage hybrid WAN by simply consolidating Wi—Fi, switching, and VPN services into the 7000 series. This creates a unique opportunity to right size branch network services by consolidating WAN services, threat management, firewalls, VPNs, and application visibility into a single CPE solution. By doing so, branch hardware and maintenance costs will be dramatically reduced. Built in WAN services like compression, policy based routing and survivability health checks improve application performance, ensure continuity of services, and eliminate business disruptions in the branch. Built in security with integrated firewall and secure VPN provide strong protection while ensuring regulatory and corporate compliance. Built in threat management with content and URL filtering secure branch network traffic and simplify guest Internet access.