Acclaimed Real Estate Development Company to
Integrate Cutting-edge Features and Intelligent Automation,
including Wi-Fi Calling with Aruba Air Pass, at Properties
Nationwide
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today
announced that The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC), the
nation’s preeminent developer and operator of master planned
communities (MPC) and mixed-use real estate, has selected an Aruba
ESP-based network to supply premier connectivity experiences at its
award-winning properties.
With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) as its network
foundation, The Howard Hughes Corporation can deliver seamless
connectivity and provide an exceptional visitor experience for
those who work, live, and play at its acclaimed properties,
including Summerlin® in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was named 2020
Community of the Year by the National Association of Homebuilders;
and Bridgeland® in Cypress, Texas, which consistently ranks among
the top-selling MPCs in the country, according to the national real
estate consultant RCLCO.
“We’re constantly exploring new ways to give truly meaningful
and high-quality experiences to our customers, residents, and
guests,” said Bobby Aflatooni, EVP of Technology and Innovation for
The Howard Hughes Corporation. “Aruba’s technology is a key piece
of the equation for providing convenient, mobile-first environments
throughout our communities.”
Dedicated to innovative placemaking and providing
fully-connected, amenity-rich environments featuring the best of
dining, shopping, and entertainment in a walkable urban core, The
Howard Hughes Corporation wanted a networking infrastructure
solution that was reliable, secure, scalable and cloud-centric to
ensure streamlined and proactive management. Additionally, the
company sought a Wi-Fi calling solution to enhance its service and
feature offerings in a more cost-effective manner than with legacy
cellular distributed antenna system (DAS) technologies.
To support these goals, Howard Hughes is deploying Aruba access
points (APs), including Wi-Fi 6 APs, Aruba CX 8400 Switch Series
and Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series for wired access and aggregation.
The solution also includes Aruba Central for cloud-native
management featuring Aruba AIOps, which can automatically detect
and dynamically resolve issues anywhere in the network before users
even notice.
Also vital to delivering seamless experiences is Wi-Fi calling,
which the company is achieving by adopting Aruba Air Pass. This
technology ensures users can transition smoothly from 3G, 4G and 5G
cellular to the Howard Hughes wireless network for uninterrupted
mobility.
“We’re seeing exceptional utilization with completely seamless
hand-offs. Air Pass is a robust solution that we plan to continue
rolling out across our communities, having already deployed Air
Pass at properties including Summerlin, the 22,500-acre community
which includes multi-tenant apartments, single-family residences,
and its own 400-acre walkable center of Downtown Summerlin, with
office, retail, entertainment, and more,” added Aflatooni.
Overall, the company will use its new Aruba solution to
efficiently and effectively provide superior Wi-Fi-as-a-service
experiences. This includes relying on Aruba Central for managing
the infrastructure from its Houston, Texas, headquarters as well as
any remote location, including WFH offices. With Central’s
intuitive dashboard, the company’s IT staff can quickly and easily
segregate traffic by region, geography and property management
type.
In addition, Howard Hughes is able to leverage the automation
and programmability within Aruba CX Switches to create a
high-performance, self-healing wired network that supports its
Wi-Fi. Powered by the microservices-based AOS-CX operating system,
the platform includes the Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE) for
real-time monitoring and troubleshooting.
“Scalable, future-ready infrastructure is critical for
supporting a range of users, while ensuring we can always provide
leading-edge, high quality experiences,” Aflatooni notes.
“Providing everyone with the connectivity they need has never been
more important than it is today.”
Moving forward, the adoption of Aruba ClearPass will allow
Howard Hughes to enhance its security platform with secure network
access control. ClearPass provides agentless visibility and dynamic
role-based connectivity for seamless security enforcement and
automated response across wired and wireless networks.
The delivery of cutting-edge, high-performance Wi-Fi and
seamless mobility allows Aruba to attract today’s leading companies
like The Howard Hughes Corporation which are committed to providing
the services and amenities discerning customers require.
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global
leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions
that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive
powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform)
and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to
helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial
requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker
environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide
area networking (WAN).
To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For
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for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba
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Kathleen Keith Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company +1
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650-236-9532 jennifer.miu@hpe.com
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