> I do think this can be good for Aruba.... If integrated well, HP could have a compelling > package with ProCurve and Aruba all managed under AirWave with some magic SDN > sprinkled in there somewhere.
We'll see how it works out. We had a 3Com system once upon a time. Remember 3Com? Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 *jcoeho...@york.edu <jcoeho...@york.edu>* The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Thomas Carter <tcar...@austincollege.edu> wrote: > I kept telling our Dell reps that Dell needs to buy into wireless and > grab Aerohive or Ruckus. They would just mention the Aruba deal; we’ll see > what happens with that. > > I do think this can be good for Aruba. I see it as this – Cisco is a > company that does $50B revenue annually and spends $6B in R&D. I know > that’s not all wireless, but Aruba has $725M annual revenue with $170M R&D. > They need the financial backing to stay in second and maybe close the gap > on Cisco. If integrated well, HP could have a compelling package with > ProCurve and Aruba all managed under AirWave with some magic SDN sprinkled > in there somewhere. > > Thomas Carter > > Network and Operations Manager > > Austin College > > 903-813-2564 > > [image: AusColl_Logo_Email] > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey Sessler > *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:59 AM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba > Networks > > > > Makes sense. Aruba is #2 in the market (but pretty distant from Cisco), > and HP is 4th depending on who to talk with, so acquiring Aruba would put > their combined market share well past the other competition, and a tad > closer to Cisco. Then again, it could go all wrong under HP. I thought Dell > would have been a better match - I wonder what happens to the Aruba/Dell > oem relationship if this happens? Or the Alcatel oem agreement. > > > > Jeff > > >>> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM, in message < > b46a050c-963c-4838-acec-6c890472e...@exchange.louisville.edu>, Trent Hurt > <trent.h...@louisville.edu> wrote: > > http://mvnoblog.com/hp-is-reportedly-trying-to-buy-aruba-networks/ > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > <http://www.educause.edu/groups/> > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
