BAA SELECTS ARUBA NETWORKS AS CORPORATE STANDARD FOR WIRELESS
NETWORKS
Aruba Deployed Throughout Prestigious Heathrow Terminal 5 to Deliver Comprehensive
Secure Mobility Applications
Sunnyvale, CA, March 17, 2008 – Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in
wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced that BAA, one of the
world’s leading airport authorities, has selected Aruba as its wireless LAN vendor of choice and
has deployed Aruba’s wireless infrastructure throughout Heathrow Terminal 5. Arup, BAA’s
design consultant for Terminal 5 communication infrastructure, designed the secure wireless
infrastructure to boost operational efficiency and support advanced mobile applications – from
baggage handling to retail outlets – throughout the entire facility. BAA selected Aruba following
an extensive tendering process and detailed evaluation against other vendors in BAA’s £1M test
and certification facility built specifically to support the development of IT systems at Terminal 5.
“We selected Aruba as the corporate standard for BAA because it met the security, resilience,
scalability and flexibility needs of large infrastructure deployments,” said Kevin Fallon,
Commercial Leader, T5 Systems at BAA. “Terminal 5 is enormous - it would be one of the
largest airports in Europe in its own right. Terminal 5 will deliver one of the finest passenger
experiences of any airport, and the infrastructure must be able to support the demands placed
upon it.”
Aruba has already provided hundreds of access points supported by multiple Multi-Service
Mobility Controllers operating in a highly resilient and redundant design. The highly secure
wireless LAN infrastructure will support both public access to the Internet, BAA’s own service
offerings to organizations within Terminal 5, and British Airways’ wireless lounge Internet access.
Aruba’s ability to securely separate BAA services from public Internet services was an essential
part of the decision criteria. “In our view Aruba had the only architecture that could guarantee
the level of security we required” added Fallon of BAA.
BAA acts as a service provider to other organizations within Terminal 5, including retail
establishments, British Airways, and multiple hotspot Internet service providers. The Aruba
network acts as a common infrastructure for all of these elements. As part of the Baggage
Conveyor Systems project, BAA deployed an Aruba wireless LAN for its advanced baggage
handling system, enabling engineers with laptops and PDAs to manage system commissioning
from anywhere within the premises. The wireless infrastructure extends to the apron around the
terminal, and allows wireless barcode scanners to reconcile luggage loaded onto aircraft with
the main database.
“Because of the nature of Terminal 5, a secure and resilient wireless network was a crucial
requirement for BAA, and only Aruba was able to deliver the deep packet inspection firewall,
central management and overall flexibility that was needed without compromising security,” said
Alan Newbold, IP Design Leader for Terminal 5 at Arup. “The Aruba deployment for the
baggage project resulted in unprecedented increases in productivity and efficiency, not to
mention saving a significant amount of commissioning time.”
“Terminal 5 is an enormously exciting project, and we consider the inclusion of our secure
mobility solutions to be a milestone deployment,” said Dominic Orr, President and CEO, at
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Aruba Networks. “The Terminal 5 facility was a challenging wireless environment due in part to
the vast amounts of structural steel used to build and protect the facility. Aruba’s adaptive radio
management technology simplified provisioning and delivered the high availability required for
BAA’s business-critical applications. The overall efficiency enhancements and new features
enabled by the wireless LAN will help keep operating costs in check and as well as enhance the
overall passenger experience at Terminal 5.”
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About BAA
BAA operates across seven major UK airports including Heathrow (the world’s busiest
international airport) and Gatwick, as well as a number in Europe and the US. A visually
stunning building and technologically innovative project, Terminal 5 affords passengers a 21st
Century travelling experience.
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 network management to enable the
Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
• Follow-Me Connectivity: 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks 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.
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.
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Media Contacts

Michael Tennefoss
Aruba Networks, Inc.
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mtennefoss@arubanetworks.com

Jay Nichols
Sterling Communications, Inc.
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+1-415-392-2300

Roger Hockaday
Aruba Networks
rhockaday@arubanetworks.com
+44 7760 174056

Laura Mead / Richard Scarlett
Johnson King
+44 020 7401 7968
ArubaTeam@johnsonking.co.uk

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