GEC NEWS WIREAruba Networks Advances Mobile Collaboration for the Digital Workplace with the Introduction of 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Points
Aruba Networks ushers in greater network performance for the digital workplace with the introduction of the Aruba 320 series access points (AP).
The 320 series is the industry’s first 802.11ac Wave 2 AP with dynamic multi-user multiple input/multiple output (MU-MIMO) grouping, significantly boosting network capacity. It is the only Wave 2 AP in its class to integrate a BLE Beacon that can help manage battery-powered Aruba Beacons from the cloud for firmware updates, battery life monitoring, and configuration changes.
By 2018, it is projected that 75 percent of workers in large organizations will interact with video more than three times daily. Therefore, IT departments are challenged to support increasing Wi-Fi capacity performance requirements.
“To accelerate the adoption of 802.11ac Wave 2 solutions, Qualcomm Atheros is working with networking leaders, like Aruba, to manufacture next generation Wi-Fi equipment. Aruba has taken an innovative approach to maximizing Wave 2 performance with its enhanced ClientMatch dynamic MU-MIMO grouping. This technology is designed to automatically identify MU-MIMO-capable mobile devices and steer them to the closest Wave 2-capable access point to provide enterprise-grade performance and capacity.” said Irvind Ghai, vice president, Product Management, Qualcomm Atheros.
The Aruba 320 series APs will be available in calendar third quarter 2015.
