HPE (Aruba) Named a Leader in Gartner® 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the 17th Consecutive Year

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) company, recently announced that HPE (Aruba) has been once again positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise-class Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure report. At the same time, in the accompanying Critical Capabilities for Enterprise-class Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure report, Aruba is one of three vendors that received the highest scores in five use cases, and received the highest scores in two use cases: Remote Branch Office Access and Pure Wireless LAN Upgrade/New Construction.

Aruba was ranked in the Leaders quadrant based on its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. For enterprise customers looking to accelerate digital transformation, replace aging infrastructure, and improve their network security posture, Aruba believes that this industry recognition fully demonstrates the powerful advantages of the AI-driven Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) architecture, including:

Aruba Central, the industry-leading cloud networking solution for unified wired, wireless and SD-WAN network management based on cloud native;

A broad portfolio of Wi-Fi 6/6E-certified access points (APs) and smart switch series to meet the network needs of different environments such as data centers, campuses, branch offices, and remote offices;

Zero Trust and SASE security solutions extend from the cloud to the campus network and to home or remote workers;

Built-in network and security AIOps capabilities that leverage massive and diverse data lakes to help enhance the user experience while driving improvements in IT efficiency and network performance;

Flexible NaaS (Network as a Service) acquisition, deployment and management models provide customers with agility to achieve innovative business outcomes within time, resources and budget constraints.

Additionally, in the Magic Quadrant’s Critical Capabilities report, Gartner ranked Aruba as one of three vendors with the highest scores in five use cases: unified wired and wireless LAN access, automated network operations (NetOps), remote branch access, pure wired upgrade/new build, and pure wireless LAN upgrade/new build.

“We are honored to be positioned as a Leader in the Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure quadrant by Gartner for the 17th time and are excited about our achievements in the Critical Capabilities Report,” said David Hughes, chief product and technology officer, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. “Aruba’s innovation and commitment to our customers have led us to continue to be recognized as a Leader, which will help more enterprises realize the superior business benefits of Aruba’s AI-driven solutions and the long-term value of the NaaS model.”

At the same time, HPE (Aruba) has been rated by Gartner ^® for five consecutive years. A Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN.

​Aruba’s 17-year streak includes being named a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for eight consecutive years from 2015-2022, while Aruba Networks was named a Leader in the same Magic Quadrant for three consecutive years from 2012-2014 and in the Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure for six consecutive years from 2006-2011.

The Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN was previously called the Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. HPE acquired Silver Peak in 2020. Silver Peak was named a Leader in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 reports, and again in 2021 after becoming part of HPE.

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