Published in GG Group Monthly newsletter June 2005

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Enterprise Level Wireless Security
For Your Business


A true enterprise-grade wireless system is possible for your business: it can be secure and easily deployed while being centrally managed to ensure a scalable and robust wireless network for end users in the main office, remote offices, or even home users. Aruba Wireless Networks is the wireless vendor that has redefined the enterprise wireless network environment with several breakthrough systems and technologies. In contrast, Cisco Systems wireless technology still remains first generation and does not acknowledge many of the complexities and challenges that current wireless networks face. Though "Aruba" is not a household name, consider that Microsoft has chosen to replace its Cisco-based wireless network with an Aruba system comprising 100,000 wireless devices in 275 buildings throughout 60 countries encompassing over 17,000,000 square feet with the ability to handle 25,000 concurrent users.

Aruba Networks systems excel with several key features that make it the technology leader in enterprise-grade wireless infrastructure. These include its Wireless Grid architecture, strong roaming support, robust scalability, multi-layered security, wireless intrusion detection and suppression, and adaptive radio frequency (RF) management.

The Aruba Wireless Grid architecture uses inexpensive APs, called grid points (GPs) to bring down the cost of procuring and installing a WLAN. This allows for a structured model for the WLAN to form a dense wireless grid. The Aruba switch will configure all the GP's for optimum RF coverage modulating the channel, power, and coverage area to ensure seamless coverage for roaming users.

The Aruba system is scalable and deployable with its switch and "dumb" access point architecture. The centralized switch manages all the AP's so there is no need to physically go to any of them and your network will remain secure if one of the AP's is lost or stolen. Aruba systems are centrally-configured for a multilayered security approach combining: user identity, computer identity, location security, and temporal security to ensure that wireless transmissions are as secure as possible. Aruba wireless switches can even be combined to work together and manage the entire enterprise's wireless infrastructure in various physical locations.

Intrusion detection systems (IDS) for wireless networks are a new challenge for wireless enterprise. Aruba systems are able to detect, classify, and contain rogue access points, bridges, and other threats to your wireless network like no other system. Aruba's wireless IDS was designed from the start because there was nothing else out there.

If your firm is interested in deploying a wireless network securely the right way, the first time, or if you're interested in upgrading your existing legacy wireless network, don't hesitate to contact us to discuss an Aruba solution that works for you.   Call us to see how it can benefit your organization.


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