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总体而言，矩阵估计阿鲁巴的边缘服务平台（ESP）would provide a 30 percent reduction in five-year lifecycle costs vs. retaining its existing system.

在为其传统无线网络解决方案奋斗之后，北美工程和建筑承包商Matrix Service Company决定了能源和工业市场的建筑承包商，因此，网络刷新是实现其运营和竞争目标的关键。

俄克拉荷马州总经理的公司Rick Bennett解释说：“当我们授予一个项目时，它通常需要在客户的网站上迅速建立项目办公室，并为数百名建筑专业人员提供连接。”“我们现有的解决方案无法跟上我们不断发展的敏捷性，可扩展性和性能需求。”

阿鲁巴's AI-Enabled Innovations and Automation Outshine the Rest

作为一些最著名的能源和工业公司的著名服务提供商，Matrix维持了美国，加拿大和澳大利亚的办公室位置；俄克拉荷马州和韩国的制造设施；和整个北美的项目站点。

With each project site serving as a branch office for the duration of an engagement, depending upon the project, IT infrastructure installations can range from months to a few years. "Regardless of the project scope and size, all require reliable, secure, high-performance access for CAD and other engineering applications," says Bennett.

寻求一个很容易升级和扩展以满足不断扩展需求的有线，无线和分支网络解决方案，在选择惠普（Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company）Aruba之前，Matrix考虑了几种选择。Bennett说：“我们对Aruba的创新AI支持解决方案印象深刻，并具有积极主动和精简管理的自动化功能。”

总体而言，矩阵估计阿鲁巴的边缘服务平台（ESP）would provide a 30 percent reduction in five-year lifecycle costs vs. retaining its existing system. "In addition, the savings from purchasing Aruba solutions suggested we could achieve break even within 18 months when compared to what we would have spent with our previous vendor, while gaining significant new capabilities," Bennett says. "This benefits both our company and our clients."

Building on its Aruba ESP Foundation

为了建立其Aruba ESP基金会，Matrix选择了公司和SD-Branchhardware comprised of阿鲁巴's 530 Series Wi-Fi 6 access points (APs),9000系列LTE分支网关,CX 6400开关系列for core switches, andCX 6300 Switch Series用于访问和聚合。

软件解决方案包括云原生阿鲁巴Centralto unify AP, gateway and switch management, with阿鲁巴ClearPassproviding unified network access control andUser Experience Insight (UXI)supplying continuous real-time performance insights from a user and device perspective.

Although the evaluation process began well before the COVID-19 pandemic, adoption proved otherwise. Matrix worked closely with local partnerSageNet利用随之而来的经济停顿来加快部署的速度。

"It's a testament to Aruba that we closed the contract quickly and received products rapidly," Bennett says. "This allowed us to start replacing our legacy solution with minimal disruption while the majority of our staff was working remotely."

"We can commission, scale, decommission and re-purpose components, without a forklift update to our branch networking equipment," says Bennett. "This allows us to better manage our budgets and also permits deploying and managing branches effectively with a very lean IT team."

敏捷，可扩展和具有成本效益的SD分支

对于其项目位置，矩阵依靠其Aruba SD-Branch解决方案的灵活性来动态适应。

"We can commission, scale, decommission and re-purpose components, without a forklift update to our branch networking equipment," says Bennett. "This allows us to better manage our budgets and also permits deploying and managing branches effectively with a very lean IT team."

Benefiting from Aruba Central and AIOps

Branch implementations and management are accomplished using Central for streamlined operations, such as zero-touch provisioning, and Aruba AIOps for network self-optimization. This includes Aruba's unique AIOps approach, which preempts network problems by combining network and user-centric data with machine learning and anonymous data gathered from millions of devices throughout its worldwide customer base.

"We're excited about using the full breadth of Central, including the analytics and monitoring supplied by Aruba's AIOps capabilities," Bennett says.

LTE Gateways to deliver 60% telecommunications savings

Contributing to agility and savings are Matrix's new LTE gateways, configured and managed with Central, which allow for using the most cost-effective available telecommunications connection, such as local Internet services.

Additionally, the LTE gateways reduce cellular-related hardware costs. "Where cellular is the best connection option, we no longer need an LTE modem because each Aruba branch gateway includes dual carrier SIM support," says Bennett.

以前，分支部署是复杂且不灵活的，导致成本更高。例如，通常需要电信连接的大型项目网站的网络设备对于在较小的站点重新部署的昂贵而过高。贝内特说：“在这种情况下，我们必须为较小站点购买了多年的MPLS合同，以支持重新部署的设备，这是不可接受的。”

Once Matrix has fully transitioned all of its locations to Aruba, the company estimates it will cut telecommunications costs by 60 percent, while enabling faster circuit delivery and boosting access speeds.

Enhanced and Unified Security with a Robust Zero-Trust Approach

矩阵还通过采用包括Aruba解决方案组合的零信任功能来增强和统一安全性。

"Our new network contributes to a series of cybersecurity initiatives we're pursuing," Bennett says.

Security and productivity goals achieved with Central's third party integration

As a revolution in zero-trust enforced, Matrix's new gateways forward all traffic within a branch to a gateway for deep packet inspection (DPI) by a firewall.

就矩阵而言，其长期防火墙合作伙伴是ZScaler. Because Aruba integrates so tightly with applications like Zscaler, IT staff simply use Central's drop-down menus to quickly configure the partner solution appropriately.

Bennett说：“ Aruba的高级ZScaler集成使我们能够迅速前进，而无需新的防火墙或增加了VPN集中器。”

动态分割有助于确保终点，同时降低复杂性

Matrix also appreciates Aruba's Dynamic Segmentation feature for reducing numerous VLANs to a single VLAN deployment.

这降低了网络复杂性，增加了动态路由流量的能力，并允许隔离端点（无论是笔记本电脑还是设施访问控件），同时还可以停止任何恶意活动。

将Aruba Clearpass与Microsoft Intune结合在一起，使安全图片结合在一起

To further increase security, Matrix establishes and manages enterprise-wide user and device policies within ClearPass. In turn, ClearPass smoothly integrates with Matrix's endpoint managerMicrosoft Intune.

贝内特说：“将ClearPass与Intune结合起来，不仅可以提高安全性，还可以使设备采购和入职。”“它允许将公司发行的设备直接运送到项目站点，用户可以单击几下安全地将它们连接起来。”

智能，可编程的有线网络，具有从核心到边缘的Aruba CX

从有线网络的角度来看，Matrix利用Aruba CX Switch平台来简化和现代化。该平台由以AOS-CX为中心的，完全可编程的操作系统提供支持，提供了易于使用的配置工具和Aruba网络分析引擎（NAE），用于实时监视和快速故障排除。

The solution includes a CX 6400 core switch at each of Matrix's two geographically-dispersed data centers, providing scalable, non-blocking performance with脊柱叶建筑和EVPN-VXLAN fabricthat supports speeds of up to 100GbE and multi-gigabit Ethernet.

For the access and aggregation layers, Matrix's CX 6300M switches furnish built-in high-speed uplinks and field-replaceable, hot-swappable components for non-disruptive high availability.

"In addition to offering considerable operational benefits, Aruba's CX Switches have a lower price per port than our legacy solution, Bennett says.

User Experience Insight for AI-powered awareness

由于其依赖Microsoft团队，Office 365和其他用于劳动力和客户互动的云传递应用程序，Matrix还部署了Aruba的用户体验Insight（UXI）传感器，从用户和设备的角度来看，它们连续监视网络连接。

Bennett说：“ UXI使我们能够从集中式仪表板中了解本地用户和设备体验。”“我们可以识别根本原因，无论其Internet连接，DHCP，DNS，网关，开关还是AP。”

"This ensures we can trace problems to their source as well as build performance benchmarks to proactively identify potential issues," he adds.

在公司，分支和远程位置进行无缝合作

Today, Matrix values the proven networking infrastructure supporting its Microsoft Teams-driven environment. "For years we had daily issues with audio and video quality using our legacy network and web conferencing solutions," says Bennett. "However, we lacked the appropriate tools to identify and resolve issues."

Now, that's all changed. With this new infrastructure at Matrix, Bennett says Teams has operated exceptionally well for all employees, whether they're in the office, remain working from home, or are at project location.

"In fact, our corporate network operates so smoothly and requires little IT attention, enabling us to concentrate on deploying our branch locations and completing other business-critical initiatives," he adds.

评估微站点和WFH的说唱

Moving forward, Matrix will continue evaluating Aruba innovations, such as how远程访问点（RAPS）could facilitate ongoing WFH or more effectively serve small project sites.

阿鲁巴RAPs maintain persistent VPN connectivity, with the same secure traffic routing and policy enforcement as on the physical network, while delivering remote and micro site employees a plug-and-play wireless and wired experience.

Core value alignment

Regardless of the solution or innovation at hand, the strong partnership developed between Matrix and Aruba ensures the company will have access to the latest developments.

"Aruba has worked hard to understand our business and, by doing so, has achieved partner status with us very quickly," says Bennett. "If our representatives feel there is something we should consider, we're going to listen."

What's more, Bennett's team is pleased with Aruba's enterprise support model, including expert engineers and a local parts depot, which their legacy solution lacked.

他继续说：“最重要的是，我们经历了Aruba的一定程度的完整性和客户重点，与我们公司自己的文化和核心价值观保持一致。”“我们当然重视这一点。”