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Oxygen and Aruba Join Forces to Target SMB Expansion [Mid-East.Info]
[August 20, 2014]

Oxygen and Aruba Join Forces to Target SMB Expansion [Mid-East.Info]


(Mid-East.Info Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Companies Bring Together Unique Smart Wi-Fi and Affordable WLAN System for Small and Medium Businesses Dubai: Oxygen, the region's leading Secure Mobility Value-Added-Distributor (VAD), and Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that  the company has expanded its existing offering of tier-one wireless networking solutions to the channel for both the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and the small-to-medium business (SMB) markets in the Middle East Region.



Oxygen has taken a big leap forward on its strategy to engage with small and midsize businesses, after excelling in the enterprise market and will focus on training SMB-focused VARs and helping them  provide an comprehensive enterprise-grade security, resiliency and unlimited scalability to the customers they serve.Also the "Partner Incentive Program", sales and technical support and PR & marketing support will be offered by Oxygen to help partners drive this initiative further in the region. Oxygen will also provide sales and technical trainings toits value added resellers on the Aruba SMB product line across the Middle East region starting from August.

Aruba Networks SMB product line includes "Aruba Instant" which combines enterprise-class WLAN with affordability and ease of use, which is ideal for the SME and SMB resellers. Aruba Networks has also unveiled new WLAN access points and software, expanding its Aruba Instant product line of easy-to-deploy Wi-Fi networks. These compact and cost-effective dual-radio APs deliver wireless data to 5-GHz devices with 802.11ac technology, while also simultaneously supporting 2.4-GHz 802.11n clients.


Khalid Laban, CEO, Oxygen Khalid Laban, Board Advisor, Oxygen said, "Oxygen will push hard behind the Aruba SMB products which are aimed at improving Wi-Fi capacity, security, and management for the SMB market. We will  enable SMB-focused partners, as well as large Oxygen partners with SMB practices, to build Aruba's presence among smaller businesses. Our training program will help the channel to develop, so that they are well equipped with the product lines, and our unique programs will help them in their service as well as support to the organization" “We are extremely pleased with Oxygen's strategy to boost Aruba's wireless and networking solutions available to SMEs and SMBs through its extensive VAR network,” said Osama AlHaj- Issa, Director of Channel Sales at Aruba Networks, Inc.“This relationship will help ensure that small and mid-size businesses have access to the same enterprise-grade wireless networks that are deployed in the largest universities, Fortune 500 companies, and government organizations in the world." About Oxygen: Oxygen is the region's leading Secure Mobility Value-Added-Distributor (VAD), and a next generation wireless, critical communications and IT security solution provider.

Founded in 2004, with on the ground presence and physical offices in 6 locations, Oxygen today has been recognized as a regional reference based on best secured mobility products in the market. Oxygen has helped Governments, Banking & Finance, Telco, Oil & Gas, Education, Healthcare, Hospitality and Retail sectors establish a secured enterprise-class mobility and high density wireless environment, and meet regulatory compliance standards on their wireless infrastructure to protect sensitive enterprise data and applications.

Oxygen shares a long standing partnership with leading wireless and security vendors like Aruba Networks, Vidyo, Fortinet, MobileIron, RedSeal Networks, Ascom, Fluke Networks, A10 Networks, Samgsung Knox, box, Certes, RaGaPa, Ekahua, Vocera.

About Aruba Networks, Inc.: Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company designs and delivers Mobility-Defined Networks that empower IT departments and #GenMobile, a new generation of tech-savvy users who rely on their mobile devices for every aspect of work and personal communication. To create a mobility experience that #GenMobile and IT can rely upon, Aruba Mobility-Defined Networks™ automate infrastructure-wide performance optimization and trigger security actions that used to require manual IT intervention. The results are dramatically improved productivity and lower operational costs.

Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.

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