a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, in collaboration with Microsoft, has announced two new solutions that enable organisations to accelerate their Digital Transformation from Edge-to-cloud by delivering deeper integration between Aruba Edge Services Platform (ESP) and Microsoft Azure.
Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2021, the first solution is Aruba IoT Transport for Azure, a service that enables IoT devices connected to Aruba access points (APs) and controllers to bi-directionally communicate with the Azure IoT Hub. In addition, Aruba announced the introduction of the Aruba Central cloud management platform hosted on Azure, bringing Aruba’s enterprise-grade cloud networking solution, with more than one million devices already under management, to Azure.
Working closely with Microsoft, Aruba developed the Aruba IoT Transport for Azure service – the first of its kind for general purpose applications – to address these challenges.
“Edge networking and IoT have had a profoundly positive impact on businesses, however, their recent convergence has surfaced interoperability challenges across platforms, applications, and systems,” said Michael Tennefoss, Vice President, IoT and Strategic Partnerships, Aruba HPE. “Simplifying the integration of Edge IoT and cloud services using the advanced cloud capabilities of Aruba ESP with the extensibility and power of Microsoft Azure overcomes these challenges. And it does so without sacrificing security, manageability, or reliability. The ubiquity of Azure, and its 99.99 percent regional availability, makes the solution attractive to customers worldwide that want better informed decisions and continuous process improvements.”
Sam George, Corporate Vice President, Azure IoT, Microsoft, said: “IoT helps organisations make more intelligent decisions—so they can be more efficient, more resilient and provide better experiences to customers and employees. Our collaboration with Aruba simplifies the process for IT administrators who are adding IoT devices to their traditional enterprise environments, allowing them to use their existing Aruba network to connect devices to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub in a bi-directionally secured way. It’s a cost-effective, seamless path to powerful transformation.”
