World’s First Mobility-Specific Higher Education Program Provides Future IT Leaders with the Tools to Support #GenMobile in the All-Wireless Workplace
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN) today announced it is educating the
IT leaders of tomorrow with the world’s first mobility-specific
education program designed for colleges and universities. The new Aruba
Mobility Academy provides students with the fundamentals required to
build, maintain and advance wireless LAN networks. Years of wireless
training experiences and materials were used to create unique,
for-credit semester-long courses that can be directly integrated into
higher education programs.
Aruba Mobility Academy is a global program with its first wave of
participation at Texas A&M University, Tafe South Australia and Princess
Sumaya University in Jordan. Due to the demand from initial courses at
these participating schools, Aruba is working with dozens of colleges
and universities worldwide to bring Aruba Mobility Academy to more
students.
Prior to the Aruba Mobility Academy curriculum, higher education
programs covered general networking topics with no specific focus on the
type of networking technology. Since Wi-Fi is now the connectivity
medium of choice with wireless traffic expected to exceed wired traffic
by the end of 2015, it is becoming crucial for students to gain
knowledge and real-world experience with mobility technology to better
prepare for #GenMobile
in the all-wireless
workplace.
According to Greg Lynch, Networking Lecturer for TAFE SA (Technical and
Further Education South Australia), the largest education and training
provider in Australia, “Since wireless is one of the fastest growing
technologies in networking, adding a course specific to Wi-Fi
implementation was imperative to prepare our students for real-world
networking careers. The Aruba Mobility Academy provides our students
with a strong foundation in WLAN technologies and, due to its
lab-intensive approach, gives our students the practical experience
required for understanding wireless networking and the challenges
associated with mobile devices.”
“The addition of a wireless-specific networking course was a critical
ingredient in my Advanced Diploma program,” said Daryl Maslin, TAFE SA
student and Systems Engineer, Logic Plus. “Completing the Aruba Mobility
Academy has helped me gain a stronger foundation to build and secure
wireless LAN networks, which has given me a competitive edge in my
career as a Systems Engineer.”
The Aruba Mobility Academy foundation-level course is a combination of
lectures and labs that covers the basics of wireless LAN solutions,
including 802.11 Wi-Fi standards, network mobility architecture, and
wireless LAN configuration. The lab-intensive aspect of the curriculum
provides students with the skills and practical experience necessary to
setup and configure a wireless LAN, as well as fine-tune the wireless
infrastructure for mobile devices.
Upon completion of the course, Aruba Mobility Academy students will have
the technical understanding and hands-on experience to configure a
wireless LAN with mobility controllers and access points. Additionally,
Aruba Mobility Academy courses cover common Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
networking challenges, with a focus on Wi-Fi fundamentals, spectrum
analysis, wireless LAN design, Remote Authentication Dial In User
Service (RADIUS) configuration for 802.1X and Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP) authentication, and mobile device provisioning for
employees and guests.
Located in College Station, Texas A&M is home to more than 50,000
students making it the sixth-largest college in the United States. Dr.
Ana Goulart teaches networking courses at the university and has
integrated segments of the Aruba Mobility Academy into three of her
courses with plans to expand to more courses this summer and fall. "We
live in a world where we are increasingly relying on wireless technology
to live and work, so it's important to make sure our students have the
opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of building and operating
wireless networks," said Dr. Goulart, associate professor, Electronic
Systems Engineering Technology, Texas A&M. "With the Aruba Mobility
Academy curriculum, including hands-on lab lessons, students gain a
pragmatic understanding of Wi-Fi and learn how to keep the network
secure while providing access to a variety of wireless and mobile
devices."
For additional information on Aruba Mobility Academy, please email academy@arubanetworks.com.
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About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access
solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company designs and delivers
Mobility-Defined Networks that empower IT departments and #GenMobile, a
new generation of tech-savvy users who rely on their mobile devices for
every aspect of work and personal communication. To create a mobility
experience that #GenMobile and IT can rely upon, Aruba Mobility-Defined
Networks™ automate infrastructure-wide performance optimization and
trigger security actions that used to require manual IT intervention.
The results are dramatically improved productivity and lower operational
costs.
Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in
Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more,
visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
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