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Aruba Networks Announces Healthcare Mobility Initiatives

(March 12, 2007)-- Aruba Networks said that several initiatives, partnerships and new capabilities of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture designed to enable the secure implementation of multiple healthcare applications on a single wireless network. By doing so, Aruba enables healthcare IT to create secure, multi-service mobility networks designed to reduce costs and complexity while satisfying federal regulations such as the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

In conjunction with leading application providers such as Welch Allyn, IntelliDOT and AeroScout, the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture now enables healthcare IT professionals to support the following key services and features via their mobile networks:

* Patient Monitoring -- Aruba Networks and Welch Allyn have entered into partnership to mobilize critical patient telemetry applications such as heart monitoring (see companion release issued today -- Welch Allyn and
Aruba Networks Partner to Deliver Reliable Patient Monitoring Solution on Secure, Standards-Based Mobility Network)
* Patient Safety and Workflow Management -- Aruba Networks and IntelliDOT have joined forces to enable the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture to provide the infrastructure for IntelliDOT's CAREt(TM) System, a comprehensive bedside system that employs the CAREt mobile handheld device at the point of care to eliminate medication errors
* Location-based Services -- Aruba Networks and AeroScout, a leader in real-time location services, have announced interoperability of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture and AeroScout's active RFID products to
provide location and status of high-end, mobile healthcare equipment in hospital settings
* Voice Management and Control - With the newly announced ArubaOS 3.1, Aruba's application-aware Mobile Edge Architecture has expanded scalability and performance compared to prior versions and provides detailed monitoring and management for Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi) services throughout healthcare settings
* Secure Mobility -- Aruba's role-based access, multiple captive portals and Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) technology enable healthcare IT to provide mobile access to applications and services
while assuring they comply with federal policies and protect sensitive patient data.

Through a joint technology and marketing partnership, Aruba Networks will enable the Welch Allyn FlexNet patient monitoring system to seamlessly and securely operate on the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture. FlexNet links multiple devices such as ambulatory wireless monitors and hardwired and wireless bedside monitors to Acuity Central Monitoring Stations. It is designed to support comprehensive patient monitoring networks while providing noise tolerance and communications integrity, and can coexist with the hospital network or be installed as a separate network. The companies have closely collaborated to ensure that Aruba's mobility platforms provide the reliability and quality of service necessary in conjunction with the Welch Allyn solution to support critical patient telemetry applications such as heart monitoring.

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