Report by Gartner places Aruba as a leader in Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company announced it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner Inc.’s latest “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure.”

Additionally, in the Gartner companion report “Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure,” Aruba scored among the three highest-scoring vendors across all five Use Cases, with the highest scores achieved for Remote Branch Office and WLAN-Only Refresh/New Build Use Cases.

Aruba was assessed and named a Magic Quadrant Leader for both the Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision for customers aiming to expedite digital transformation initiatives, replace outdated infrastructure, and improve their network security posture.

This recognition shows the strength of the AI-powered Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) architecture, which includes:

• Aruba Central, a cloud-native solution for unified wired, wireless, and SD-WAN management

• An extensive portfolio of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E Certified APs and intelligent switches for data centre, campus, branch, and remote work environments

• Secure Zero Trust and SASE solutions that extend from the cloud to the campus to the home

• Built-in network and security AIOps features that leverage a large and diversified data lake to enhance the user experience while driving up IT efficiency and network performance

• Flexible Network as a Service acquisition, deployment and management models that provide customers with the agility to achieve innovative business results within their time, resource and budget constraints

In the companion Critical Capabilities report, Gartner positioned Aruba among the three highest-scoring vendors for each of the following five Use Cases: Unified Wired and WLAN Access, Hands-Off NetOps, Remote Branch Office, Wired-Only Refresh/New Build, and WLAN-Only Refresh/New Build.

David Hughes chief product and technology officer for Aruba said “We’re honoured to be recognized by Gartner as a Leader for the 17th time in enterprise wired and wireless LAN infrastructure and are thrilled with the results of the Critical Capabilities report.”

He added “We believe our track record of innovation and commitment to customers is why we continue to be recognized as a Leader which leads to enterprises recognizing the business benefits of Aruba’s AI-powered solutions and NaaS model for delivering long-term value.”

HPE (Aruba) has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for the past five years. Gartner has named HPE (Aruba) a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN.