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Samsung Medical Center Deploys Aruba Wireless Voice and Data Network


Tuesday April 15, 8:00 am ET


System Provides Wireless Medical Records, Pictorial Archiving, Prescriptions, Nurse Call, and Voice Over IP Communications


SUNNYVALE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 15, 2008 -- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NasdaqGM:ARUN - News), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced that Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea has deployed Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and identity-based security solutions throughout the hospital and Cancer Center. The Aruba network provides secure voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN), nurse call, and data access to the staff of 4,700 throughout the 60,000 square meter facility.
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Constructed in 1994, the Samsung Medical Center has 1,278 beds, 100 specialized clinics, and 8 specialty care centers including the Cancer Center, which is among the largest in Asia. The legacy wireless network was unable to support the medical center's security, IP PBX, or wireless nurse call requirements, and after an extensive technical review Aruba was selected because of its robust wireless LAN, high throughput, and scalability.

"Aruba's wireless network allows us to transfer data and voice calls between patients, nurses and doctors without any capacity constraints," said Choi Jong-Soo, Samsung Medical Center's the Department Chief of Information Strategy. "Besides being more cost effective than the system we used previously, the Aruba network is faster and provides pervasive coverage throughout the facility."

Nurses at the facility now manage medical charts and patient prescriptions from portable carts equipped with laptop computers. The pictorial archival communication systems (PACS) and electronic medical records may also be accessed wirelessly, allowing the staff to enter and access data from anywhere within the facility. The VoWLAN communication system, the first in Korea, automatically alerts staff in the event of a patient problem including irregular telemetry readings.

"Aruba was selected for this project on the basis of its technical performance and security, and the medical center has leveraged these capabilities in its telemetry, voice, and nurse call applications," said Kim Young-Ho, country manager for Aruba Networks Korea. "Business-critical applications require a robust solution on which customers can depend, and we're very pleased that the Samsung Medical Center has joined our community of more than 300 customers in Korea."

About Aruba Networks

People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. Our unified mobility solutions include Wi-Fi networks, identity-based security, remote access and cellular services, and centralized multi-vendor network management to enable the Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:



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

The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our unified 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.

© 2008 Aruba Networks, Inc. AirWave®, Aruba Networks®, Aruba Mobility Management System®, Bluescanner, For Wireless That Works®, Mobile Edge Architecture, People Move. Networks Must Follow., RFProtect, The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business, and The Mobile Edge Company® are trademarks of Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.



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