SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - January 28, 2009) - Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced a wireless LAN investment protection program for Nortel customers. The program extends preferential pricing to existing Nortel customers who transition to the AirWave Wireless Management Suite, the industry's leading multi-vendor wireless network management software.

"In today's economic climate, customers want to extract the maximum useful life from their investments, and Nortel's wireless LAN customers are no exception," said Bryan Wargo, general manager of Aruba's AirWave division. "The AirWave suite can better manage existing Nortel wireless LANs, while lowering operating expenses with Help Desk, compliance, reporting, troubleshooting, and life-cycle management features. The AirWave suite also provides a graceful migration path to newer wireless LAN solutions from Aruba and other suppliers."

The latest AirWave Suite, version 6.2, includes many new security and monitoring features:

--  Enhanced rogue access point detection and workflow, including
    additional levels of rogue classification;
--  PCI compliance reporting assistance;
--  RADIUS authentication for administrators to address the PCI
    requirement that all systems adhere to centralized AAA, use strong
    passwords, rotate passwords regularly, and maintain an external audit
    trail;
--  SSID-based statistics collection and report filtering for tracking the
    migration of devices away from WEP to PCI-compliant security methods;
--  Monitoring support for Cisco 871 Routers.
    

The investment protection program is designed to provide peace of mind by giving customers control over the future of their infrastructure investment. The program is available to all existing Nortel customers. For additional program details please call 1-866-552-7822 (US) or +1-408-227-4500 (international), or send an e-mail to sales@airwave.com.

About Aruba Networks

People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. Our mobility solutions enable the Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:

--  Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure
    that users are always within reach of mission-critical information;
--  Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing
    those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;
--  Remote networking solutions ensure uninterrupted access to
    applications as users move;
--  Multi-vendor network management provides a single point of control
    while managing both legacy and new wireless networks from Aruba and its
    competitors.
    

The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our secure mobility solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.

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