Aruba Wi-Fi and location-based services provide seamless connectivity at Christie Spaces to create a smarter digital workplace

Delivering flexible workspaces to local and international clients across a variety of buildings and providing a professional environment for its members are top priorities for Lee Allemand.

“劳动力是充满活力的，我们需要为新一代公司及其团队提供解决方案，”克里斯蒂空间的IT经理Allemand解释道。“今天，人们想要一种价值感。他们正在为任务而上班，我们的目标是为他们提供空间和新的工作方式。“

提供前进的方向

As one of Australia’s premier co-working spaces with over 52,000 square feet of space across the East Coast, the challenge Christie Spaces faced was retrofitting buildings to comply with its vision of a flexible, always available work environment, as well as adapting newly-built spaces it had leased.

阿鲁巴是我们为长途的合作伙伴，真正帮助我们为我们的会员推广聪明的数字工作场所蓬勃发展。
Lee Allemand,IT经理，澳大利亚的克里斯蒂空间

“今天的工人正在寻找一种宗旨和归属感，”Allemand说。“通过创建一系列合作，办公室和项目空间，这是聪明且易于使用的，因为它们是美丽的，我们不仅仅为人们提供工作，而且还建立了社区感。”

With the goal of delivering a self-supportive and self-sufficient community, Christie Spaces needed to provide its members with high speed internet, the ability to access resources on the fly as well as enabling them to book a room seamlessly. As a result, Christie Spaces selected Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to help the business roll out a more connected workplace for its members.

802.11AC无线网络支持各种用途

In order to provide always-on connectivity for its members, as well as to prepare for future expansion, Christie Spaces deployed a pervasive enterprise network consisting of 802.11ac indoor and outdoor access points, 7210 Controllers and Mobility Access Controllers, as well as AirWave for optimising Wi-Fi experiences, and ClearPass for strong network security.

“我们需要一个适应我们成员利用空间的变化的解决方案。阿鲁巴的发言让我们能够制作我们的物理空间 - 会议设施，协作工作空间，热门办公桌和私人办公室 - 通过使用最好的技术，更轻松地为我们的高度移动社区提供更加友好，更聪明，“Allemand说。

Christie Spaces迎合了各种业务需求。无论是鼓励合作，为初创企业提供初创公司，为旅行者发展运营或临时连接。该网络牢记了这一点。

Seamless network insights with AirWave

对于连接到网络的各种用户，设备和应用程序，Christie Spaces需要深入了解基础架构的健康和性能，以确保连续连接。

Allemand表示，AirWave通过其提供了在有线和无线网络中提供了精细的可视性，使用任何其他网络分析产品无法实现的能力提供了网络洞察力。

“We can have thousands of users accessing the network at any one point in time,” he says. “AirWave provides insights into the network in plain English and allows our network support team to fully understand areas of high-density, what issues may arise, and how resources can be redirected to ensure we have zero downtime. This ultimately allows us to offer an uninterrupted service to our members.”

Secure network access with ClearPass

With members using the offices for a variety of reasons, Aruba’s ClearPass solution has allowed Christie Spaces to create a network that follows the user from desk to desk, and building to building. According to Allemand, the organisation’s members can have their own private networks and log in to access their cloud resources, regardless of which location the member is working at.

ClearPass also ensures secure network access control, with a context-based security model that allows a network access policy to be set and then rolled out across the entire network.

“As we are a 24/7 provider to thousands of members using the spaces for various reasons, it is necessary that we provide a safe network with secure authentication to our community of mobile workers,” says Allemand. “With ClearPass, customers are no longer locked into a single access point. Anywhere they go in the Christie portfolio effectively becomes their office for the day. In effect, the network follows them, not the other way around.”

Meridian provides future opportunities and expansions

A key step in the journey to creating a new digital workplace was ensuring that the space would be able to adapt and grow with the evolving needs of the workforce. As well as seeking to elevate their day-to-day environments and capabilities, Christie Spaces worked towards a future vision that would enable a number of various use cases. In order to achieve this, Christie Spaces is planning to invest in Aruba’s Meridian Mobile App platform with Bluetooth beacons.

“Wayfinding is something we are really excited about,” Allemand says. “We are only just scratching the surface of what could be possible with the app in conjunction with Meridian and the Bluetooth beacons that we have throughout all our office spaces.”

Aruba的Meridian移动应用程序的集成将使Christie Spaces扩展其目前提供客户的服务，包括提供简化的客房预订服务，以确保客人可以保护他们所需的空间。此外，该应用最终能够使用蓝牙信标提供逐回转方向，以帮助指导客人参加会议位置。

Attracting new members with outdoor APs

在其中一个布里斯班地区，Christie Spaces也有户外接入点向任何想要使用它的人提供免费，高速的互联网。此免费访问具有覆盖范围，可以在同一附近到达两个竞争对手的合作空间的位置。

Allemand says that opening its offering to the public promotes Christie Spaces’ pervasive Wi-Fi, and the speed of the connection provides an incentive for potential members to come and visit.

“我们免费提供的是，它可能比他们在竞争对手的空间所付出的更好，”他说。“我们在阿鲁巴的技术中非常有信心，我们愿意向当地企业展示为什么他们也应该依靠我们的优质服务。”

坚实的关系

他说,克里斯蒂w空间的关系ith Aruba is a rock solid and reliable relationship, just like their wired and wireless solutions.

“阿鲁巴的团队在帮助我们解决我们不知道的内部谜语和问题上。他说，这种合作伙伴关系正在帮助我们剥离和界限，以促进创造力，合作，为我们的会员提供数字自由。““阿鲁巴是我们长期的合作伙伴，真正帮助我们为我们的会员推广一个聪明的数字工作场所蓬勃发展。”

提供灵活且可靠的网络解决方案帮助Christie Spaces实现了其作为合作办公室社区的动态领导者的地位。