The University of Cambridge, founded almost 800 years ago, is one of theworld's oldest universities and is today a leading academic centercomprised of 31 colleges. Each college is an independent institution withits own property and income. The Network Division of the University'sComputing Service Department acts as a service provider and works with thecolleges and departments to provide a wireless hotspot service, "Lapwing,"through which students and faculty members access the university'sadministrative and learning resources.

"Since we serve many masters, it is paramount that the University ComputingService's wireless network be adaptable to a wide range of needs, simple tomanage with minimal staff overhead, self-adjusting to accommodatedynamically changing local conditions, and cost effective for our clients,the colleges," said Bob Franklin, Network Division, University ComputingService. "Aruba's wireless architecture minimized the time required forour initial deployment and has delivered robust Wi-Fi performance eversince. The network's centralized management and RAP technology aresupremely scalable with a minimum number of controllers, and have cut oursupport overhead costs by minimizing field visits. As a result theUniversity's Network Division can support a greatly expanded network withits existing staff while simultaneously passing operating expense savingsdirectly to the colleges."

Aruba's secure mobility solutions deliver networks to users by integratingadaptive wireless LANs, identity-based security, remote networking andfixed mobile convergence, and multi-vendor network management into acohesive, high-performance system. Adaptive wireless LANs deliver robustconnectivity to roaming users in need of high-speed data, toll-qualityvoice, and streaming video applications. Identity-based security associatespolicies with users instead of network hardware, delivering follow-mesecurity that enhances mobility regardless of how or where the network isaccessed.

"The University Computing Service has a challenging role to play as aservice provider because they must accommodate a wide range of needs -- andtherefore need a feature rich architecture with tremendous flexibility --all the while keeping a lid on costs," said Bob Vickers, Aruba's UK salesdirector. "Aruba's centralized architecture, RAP technology, VLAN pooling,and scalability address both today's and future needs, at a highlycompetitive price. We're delighted to welcome the University of Cambridgeinto our fast expanding universe of higher education customers, and lookforward to serving their growing wireless requirements."

About the University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge will celebrate its 800th anniversary in2009. It is one of the finest universities in the world, a superb Britishuniversity with global reach. It is renowned for its 31 colleges and worldclass teaching departments, ground breaking research and breathtakingarchitecture. It attracts the very best and brightest students, regardlessof background, and offers one of the UK's most generous bursary schemes.

Cambridge was recently ranked number two in the world and the numberone University outside the US, in two separate surveys, the Shanghai JiaoTong University 2006 survey, and in the Times Higher Education magazine'sworld rankings.

Cambridge people have been awarded more Nobel Prizes than those fromany other UK university with more than 80 laureates.

About Aruba Networks

People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks tousers, wherever they work or roam. Our mobility solutions enable theFollow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:

-- Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical information;-- Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;-- Remote networking solutions and fixed mobile convergence ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move;-- Multi-vendor network management provides a single point of control while managing both legacy and new wireless networks from Aruba and its competitors.

The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our secure mobilitysolutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on theNASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California,and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and AsiaPacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba athttp://www.arubanetworks.com.

© 2008 Aruba Networks, Inc. AirWave®, Aruba Networks®, ArubaMobility Management System®, Bluescanner, For Wireless That Works®,Mobile Edge Architecture, People Move. Networks Must Follow., RFProtect,The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business, Green Island, and TheMobile Edge Company® are trademarks of Aruba Networks, Inc. All rightsreserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respectiveowners.

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