New Solutions Simplify IoT Device Connectivity
and Bring Aruba ESP to Microsoft Azure
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), in
collaboration with Microsoft, announced two new solutions that
enable organizations to accelerate their digital transformation
from edge-to-cloud by delivering deeper integration between Aruba
ESP (Edge Services Platform) 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 1 million devices already under
management, to Azure.
Expressway for IoT Data
IoT devices are the eyes and ears of any smart facility. When
powered by a secure, cloud-native infrastructure, the value of the
data they collect increases exponentially, especially when the
infrastructure has the ability to provide data that interacts
seamlessly with business and facility applications. The better
instrumented a facility is with IoT devices, the more hyper-aware
it becomes, thus yielding better, richer insights, which can then
be utilized across the infrastructure in support of business
objectives.
Yet, securely and economically implementing IoT monitoring and
control of devices across a site can be challenging. The breadth of
data and its sources, the interface with legacy IoT devices that
use non-interoperable protocols, securing the data path, and the
prohibitive cost of implementation are just a few of the hurdles
that organizations may encounter when embarking on a facility
modernization project.
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. The Aruba IoT
Transport for Azure multiplies the power of Aruba ESP by seamlessly
enabling the secure, bi-directional movement of data from IoT
devices connected to Aruba APs and controllers, enabling customers
to take advantage of the vast array of services and applications
available in Azure. Aruba IoT Transport for Azure eliminates the
need for an intermediate gateway, server, or application, thus
reducing processing latency. Additionally, the solution allows
customers to run IoT systems and services over their existing Aruba
infrastructure, thus reducing the time, cost and risk of developing
homegrown or customized solutions. This frees customers to focus on
instrumenting facilities, achieving hyperawareness, and deriving
deeper insights from their business processes.
Security is always front-and-center when it comes to IoT because
many IoT devices are fundamentally untrustworthy. The Aruba IoT
Transport for Azure was designed from the grounds up with security
as a cornerstone. Flexible, built-in credential management and
authentication policies protect against security threats on both
the northbound data plane and southbound control planes.
Enterprise-grade Cloud Networking for Azure
Technology research firm IDC states that by 2022, 50 percent of
infrastructure deployed will be in critical edge locations, and by
2024, over 75 percent of infrastructure in edge locations will be
consumed or operated via an as a service model.1 Yet, managing
distributed infrastructure as a service requires an extensible,
secure, and massively scalable platform. Aruba ESP combines unified
infrastructure for IT, IoT, and operational technology (OT)
devices, a Zero Trust security framework, and AIOps to deliver an
automated, cloud-native platform that continuously analyzes data
across domains to predict and resolve issues at the network
edge.
A critical element of Aruba ESP, Aruba Central is a cloud-native
service designed to unify management of campus, branch, remote and
data center networks. Aruba Central on Azure will allow IT
administrators to manage and optimize the network from a single
point of control.
“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 of IoT and
Strategic Partnerships at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise
company. “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.”
"IoT helps organizations make more intelligent decisions—so they
can be more efficient, more resilient, and provide better
experiences to customers and employees,” said Sam George, corporate
vice president of Azure IoT at Microsoft. “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.”
Aruba IoT Transport for Azure and Aruba Central on Azure will be
available in Spring 2021. For more information on Aruba solutions
for Microsoft, please visit
https://www.arubanetworks.com/partners/microsoft-solutions/.
1 IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Datacenter 2020 Predictions, Doc #
US44747919, October 2019
Additional resources:
- Blog: Ride the Edge-to-Cloud Express with Aruba IoT Transport
for Microsoft Azure
- Blog: How to Advance Strategic Business Goals with IoT
- White paper: Designing hyper-aware smart buildings
- White paper: Designing hyper-aware industrial facilities
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
real-time news updates, follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook, and
for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba
products, visit the Airheads Community at
community.arubanetworks.com.
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