Aruba Networks

Type	Public (NASDAQ: [1])
Founded	Sunnyvale, California, USA (2002)
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, CA
Key people	Dominic Orr, President and CEO Keerti Melkote, Founder & CTO
Industry	Computer networking
Revenue	$178 million USD (2008)
Employees	571 (2008)
Website	http://www.arubanetworks.com

Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) is a networking vendor selling enterprise wireless LAN and edge access networking equipment^[1] . The company has over 500 employees and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. Aruba's core products are access points (APs), mobility controllers, and network management software through their Airwave Management Platform product.

According to the Dell'Oro Report published in Q408, Aruba ranked #2 in market share in the wireless LAN market.

In May 2009, the company introduced the Virtual Branch Network (VBN) family of products targeting branch offices and remote locations.

[edit] Corporate history

Aruba was founded in 2002 by Keerti Melkote, Merwyn Andrade and Pankaj Manglik. The company was venture backed by Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners. In 2005, it entered into an agreement to provide OEM equipment to Alcatel-Lucent. ^[2]

Aruba went public in March 2007. It acquired the wireless security business of Network Chemistry later that year. In 2008 it purchased AirWave Wireless, a vendor of wireless network management software. ^[3]

[edit] External links

• Aruba Networks
• Green Island Blog
• AirHeads Online Technical Assistance

Coordinates: 37°24′46″N 122°00′30″W / 37.412696°N 122.008336°W / 37.412696; -122.008336

[edit] References

1. ^ WiFi Alliance - Certified Products
2. ^ Network World: Alcatel, Nortel Ink Wireless OEM, Development Deals
3. ^ Network World: Aruba acquires WLAN management vendor AirWave