Juniper and Aruba form a partnership to combine Aruba mobility solutions with Juniper enterprise switches and routers, thus bringing about "ongoing product innovation" to customers.
Aruba will get key Juniper software elements and APIs to create a reference architecture leveraging its WLAN access points, AirWave network management and ClearPass policy management systems alongside Juniper EX series switches and MX series routers.
The deal includes Aruba's current generation 802.11n and next gen 802.11ac products.
"With Aruba we jointly deliver a unique, interoperable wired and wireless solution that will enable customers to realize performance, cost, intelligence and simplified management benefits," Juniper says. "Additionally, Juniper's Open Convergence Framework provides customers with comprehensive solutions optimized for the unique requirements of the Enterprise."
According to a Juniper blog post the integration with Aruba will roll out in three phases-- the integration of Aruba and Juniper network management applications (providing customers with common Juniper switch and Aruba WLAN management), policy orchestration integration, and the integration of wired and wireless data planes by the opening of EX and MX series solutions to 3rd parties via published interface.
Juniper already sells WLAN products from 2010 acquisition Trapeze Networks, but sales have remained underwhelming at best as rumors suggest the company will sell off the unit.
According to Canalys the mobile device market will reach 2.6 billion units by 2016-- demanding comprehensive and intelligent device and management, as well as granular policy and performance management.
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