State-of-the-Art Facility Accommodates Mobility Needs of 10,000 Expected Annual Guests and Event Attendees
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN) today announced that the University
of the South, located in Sewanee, Tennessee, and named one of America’s
most beautiful college campuses by Travel and Leisure Magazine, has
deployed Aruba’s 802.11ac solution in its new, state-of-the-art Sewanee
Inn and Conference Center. Already booked with events through September
and anticipating approximately 10,000 guests and event attendees
annually, Sewanee chose Aruba to ensure consistent, reliable coverage
and capacity throughout guest rooms, inside the event, restaurant and
lounge spaces and across the Inn’s outdoor areas.
Having already conducted an upgrade in 2012-2013 of the network
infrastructure that serves its sprawling 13,000-acre campus, the
University of the South was familiar with the challenges of
accommodating combined indoor and outdoor venues, enabling
Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) and ensuring high performance and bandwidth
for applications such as multimedia. When it came to designing a network
for its new Sewanee Inn, the University once again turned to Aruba for
its networking requirements.
“Supporting our guests’ connectivity needs in and around the Inn, as
well as delivering a reliable, high-quality experience for event
attendees who typically use video and other multimedia applications over
the network, were key priorities for us,” said Geno Schlichting,
Wireless Network Engineer, University of the South. “Our success with
the Aruba network on campus certainly factored into our decision; more
importantly, Aruba offered a full portfolio of 802.11ac access points
(APs) for both indoor and outdoor use, to match our vision of giving
guests and conference-goers an advanced facility equipped with the
latest technology.”
Schlichting noted that the Aruba 802.11ac solution is ideal for handling
the high density requirements of the Inn’s meeting rooms during events,
as well as supporting the expected mix of mobile devices guests and
event participants will bring into the venue. With more than 500 Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED™ ac devices on the market today, 802.11ac was an obvious
choice for “future-proofing”, but Schlichting noted that Aruba’s
patented ClientMatchTM
technology delivered the additional benefit of boosting the performance
of 802.11n and older devices that may be used on the network, as well as
ensuring that devices are always connected to the best possible AP. Said
Schlichting, “We’ve already seen the power of ClientMatch in our
university network to increase performance and improve client capacity
and association, resulting in the need for fewer APs and therefore,
reduced costs. We expect to see these same benefits with our Sewanee Inn
deployment.
The Sewanee Inn implementation includes Aruba
AP-225s inside the hotel and meeting areas and the recently
announced Aruba
AP-275s in its outdoor eating area and outside of the conference
center. Given the University of the South’s reputation as one of the
most beautiful campuses in the country, Schlichting said the aesthetics
of the Aruba outdoor APs were an added benefit; the Aruba 270 Series APs
blend into the environment in a compact, element-resistant enclosure
with no exposed wiring or antennas.
The Inn is also using Aruba
mobility controllers and the AirWave
Network Management System. AirWave is being used in both the
deployment phase, providing visual RF planning capabilities for optimal
AP placement and design, and once the network is up and running, for
management, maintenance and troubleshooting.
“802.11ac is clearly becoming the standard of choice for customers
looking to upgrade their aging networks or outfit new buildings and
campuses,” said Jeff Dolce, Area Vice President for Aruba Networks.
“Innovative deployments like the Sewanee Inn are paving the way for
further 802.11ac adoption across a wide variety of verticals including
education, healthcare, hospitality, retail and finance.”
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.
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Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more,
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