Drawing on newly released enhancements to the ArubaOS-Switch operating system, 2540 switches also enable businesses to prioritize traffic and limit access rights by assigning IoT devices to pre-defined roles as they connect to wired and wireless networks. Those same enhancements are available to other products utilizing the ArubaOS-Switch operating system starting today as well.
Demand for software and hardware capable of automating IoT management is likely to mount in coming years, as IoT devices proliferate. Gartner predicts that there will be 21 billion such devices in use worldwide by 2020.
Aruba introduced a new integration platform, new “as-a-service” payment options, and a new managed services administration portal for Aruba Central in September.
