Aruba Networks Announces Virtual Branch Networking Solution

18.05.2009
Aruba Networks announced its new Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution, which it says, transparently and securely connects remote users with enterprise applications and resources, greatly simplifying the management of branch offices, clinics, home offices and telecommuter while significantly lowering costs. The remote networking market targeted by VBN comprises roughly half of the nearly USD $11 billion WAN edge market.* Growth in this segment is expected to be driven by the need to support increasingly dispersed workforces, lower operating expenses by reducing real estate holdings, and encourage sustainability through teleworking, among other factors.

"Aruba's new VBN solution addresses a challenge faced by India's enterprises for years, namely how to simply and economically network remote facilities," said Alok Kothari, Managing Director of Aruba Networks India.

The VBN solution includes new software for data center-based Aruba Controllers, as well as three new families of wired and wireless Remote Access Points (RAPs) and Branch Office Controllers (BOCs). One of the new RAPs, the RAP-2 make it the least expensive, centrally-managed enterprise branch networking solution on the market.

Since all of the complex tasks are centrally managed and automatically disseminated, Aruba says the rRAP and BOC set-up is quick and easy. Secure one-click installation allows a non-technical person to provision a branch office in minutes, with no intervention or assistance by IT. RAPs and BOCs are transport-independent, and work with virtually any wide-area network - including 3G cellular for instant connectivity. A RAP can literally be mailed to a remote user, connected to power and the WAN, and be fully commissioned following a single data entry. No truck roll, no IT intervention. VBN does for branch connectivity and security what data center virtualization did for desktop applications.