Aruba resellers with multinational customers can now leverage NCR
globally to extend their market reach, reduce costs and increase
customer loyalty
DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 21, 2012--
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN)
today announced a global agreement that enables NCR to provide Aruba
support services to Aruba resellers as part of its managed services
agreements with its core customer segments, including service providers
and telecommunications carriers.
The agreement builds on NCR’s existing Aruba ServiceEdge partner status,
where NCR provides Aruba deployment services, to now authorize NCR to
deliver a full range of wireless networking services to Aruba channel
partners, ranging from planning and design to site surveys,
installation, and moves, adds and changes. This relationship also
benefits Aruba channel partners seeking to extend their service coverage
globally to secure multinational contracts or wanting to add global
service capabilities cost-effectively.
“We’re moving to a mobile-centric world, spurring massive demand for
wireless networks,” commented Nadine Routhier, vice president of NCR
Telecom & Technology. “We’re delighted to help Aruba channel partners
grow their businesses and capitalize on the market opportunities that
this presents by making our world class and cost-effective Wi-Fi
services infrastructure and professionals available to them on a global
basis.”
“NCR is a strong global service partner with the necessary depth,
breadth and scale of expertise that our partners need to help scale
their businesses,” said Peter Cellarius, vice president of business
development and partnerships at Aruba Networks. “This agreement will
enable Aruba channel partners to provide ongoing onsite and remote
service support for Aruba’s MOVE architecture and associated solutions.
We are delighted to be working together.”
There is currently a high level of global demand for knowledgeable WLAN
service engineers and test lab facilities. This is being driven by an
increased use of wireless laptop, tablet and smartphone devices and
802.11 a/b/g/n networks. NCR’s highly-trained and Aruba-certified
engineers are experienced in managing large, complex deployments,
partnering seamlessly with partners to serve large enterprises. NCR has
provisioned more than 200,000 Wi-Fi hotspots globally on behalf of
telecom companies, OEMs and system integrators, delivering exceptionally
high levels of performance, security and availability.
Approximately 13,000 highly-skilled NCR service professionals manage
nearly 11 million service actions annually worldwide. NCR is a strategic
service provider to the world’s top networking OEMs, as well as to over
40 telecom companies – including eight of the global top 10.
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how
the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s
assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services
address the needs of retail, financial, travel, hospitality,
entertainment, gaming, public sector, telecom carrier and equipment
organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR (www.ncr.com)
is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.
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About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access
solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company’s Mobile Virtual
Enterprise (MOVE) architecture unifies wired and wireless network
infrastructures into one seamless access solution for corporate
headquarters, mobile business professionals, remote workers and guests.
This unified approach to access networks dramatically improves
productivity and lowers capital and 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, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit
Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
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Aruba Networks’ trademarks include the design mark for AirWave, Aruba
Networks®, Aruba Wireless Networks®,
the registered Aruba the Mobile Edge Company logo, the registered
AirWave logo, Aruba Mobility Management System®,
Mobile Edge Architecture®, People Move.
Networks Must Follow®, RFProtect®,
Green Island®. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other
countries.
Source: NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation
Cameron Smith, +1-770-623-7998
cameron.smith@ncr.com
or
Aruba
Networks
Dayle Hall, +1-408-754-8059
dhall@arubanetworks.com
