It’s true: Hewlett-Packard is buying Aruba Networks and its campus Wi-Fi expertise for about $2.7 billion, exclusive of cash, both companies said early Monday. The per-share price is $24.67 in cash. From the… Read more »
Well, it’s been a while since Hewlett-Packard made a really big acquisition but it sounds like the IT giant is shaking off the post-Autonomy jitters: it’s weighing a purchase of Aruba Networks,… Read more »
Apple forced the Wi-Fi industry to switch to Bluetooth when it comes to indoor location services. But the change is a welcome one, according to Aruba. Read more »
Ruckus Wireless will supply the gear for Google’s planned business Wi-Fi service. The catch is Ruckus has never sold any small business products — not until today, that is. Read more »
Google continues to push hard for Chromebooks in the workplace, touting new features and a low annual price for support and management features. Read more »
Wi-Fi may seem like an established market, but there are still companies trying to improve on the decade -old technology. Aerohive is trying to propel itself further into enterprise Wi-Fi by… Read more »
Ruckus Wireless is the latest Wi-Fi equipment vendor seeking to use its own wireless technology as a GPS network in miniature. It has bought Singapore’s YFind for an undisclosed sum. Read more »
Meridian works with companies that want to bring detailed location awareness to their mobile apps using their Wi-Fi networks as guideposts. If you’re Aruba, that’s not a bad feature to have… Read more »
Meraki, a San Francisco-based company that came out of MIT Roofnet project, has been acquired by Cisco for $1.2 billion in cash. With $100 million in bookings for 2012, Meraki was… Read more »
Contrail Systems, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company cofounded by veterans of Aruba, Juniper, Cisco and Google has jumped into the increasing exciting and crowded world of software-defined data centers with $10 million… Read more »