Aruba Wireless Networks is blazing the trail to bring scalable and secure Wi-Fi to enterprises everywhere.

Though Wi-Fi is easy and inexpensive to deploy at home, it’s anything but that in the enterprise. A single access point plugged into the existing corporate network exposes the network and compromises the security that IT has worked so hard to ensure. Coupled with the security risks is the massive operational expense associated with deploying and managing hundreds of access points and coordinating how users access the network and safely move about the corporation. Anytime a change is made to the network, potentially hundreds of access points must be physically or logically reconfigured. This has made the deployment of Wi-Fi languishing in corporations across the country.

To solve these problems, Aruba has innovated what it calls a centralized Wi-Fi switching system. This system integrates all the elements needed to automatically deploy, manage and secure a wireless environment from a single point within the corporation. Any changes to the wireless network are implemented in one place thereby eliminating the requirements for RF experts to constantly monitor the Wi-Fi network and troubleshoot remote user problems. Aruba’s Wi-Fi system can also automatically detect malicious users and unauthorized devices and proactively disable them.

Backing Aruba’s pioneering efforts are venture capital pioneers in their own right. Aruba has secured over $32 million in two rounds of financing from Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital, Trinity Venture Partners and Lighthouse Capital. “Our venture capital founders understand the significance of what Aruba is pioneering and provide not only the capital but the insight to help us succeed,” said Duston Williams, chief financial officer at Aruba Wireless Networks. “Lighthouse has a record of solid investment and the experience that startups such as Aruba find invaluable.”

Aruba’s revenue ramp and success in the market reflects the thoughtfulness of its product. Many of the world’s largest financial services, entertainment and technology companies, have now standardized on its Wi-Fi switching system. Aruba is now forging major channels into the market that will maximize shareholder value, provide unmatched market leverage, and speed the company to profitability. Stay tuned.