Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Aruba Networks has announced new network procurement and consumption models to give enterprise customers more flexibility in how they obtain and support network infrastructure.
The rapid introduction of mobile technologies and the IoT have accelerated the requirements for IT network infrastructures. With refresh cycles measured in months instead of years, networks need to enable a new set of end user and line-of-business facing digital services requiring IT organizations to efficiently adapt and deliver enterprise grade security at the highest levels of reliability.
To remove unpredictability in IT operations and spending, Aruba is taking a software-based approach with its Mobile First Platform, enabling IT organizations to quickly respond to new requirements as they emerge.
Customers will be provided customized options for obtaining and managing their networks with Aruba’s portfolio of programmable IT networking products for Wi Fi, BLE, wired and WAN connectivity, as well as consulting, support and technology services from its key alliances.
The Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) market, comprised of SDN and cloud-managed WLAN, is expected to grow significantly. IDC estimates that the global enterprise SDN market will grow to $8.7 billion and the global cloud-managed WLAN market is forecast to reach $2.5 billion by 2018.
“The cloud paradigm has driven an expectation of being able to buy technology as a service on an as-needed basis,” Aruba VP for business and corporate development Peter Cellarius said.
“Network-as-a-Service addresses this market shift with a fundamentally new way to acquire and consume communications services. Starting with an initial group of alliances today, we will be expanding our breadth of subscription offerings to make them available to an increasingly broad base of customers.”