New facility leverages Aruba solutions to create next-gen digital workplace for seamless employee and guest experiences.

After years of successfully helping customers deploy and move into their own digital workplace, it was time for Aruba to make their own workplace vision a reality.

梅尔科特解释说：“当我们现有的设施不足以继续吸引和留住顶尖人才时，我们开始计划一个新的地点。”Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. "We envisioned a campus doubling as a living laboratory, essentially serving as a giant innovation experience center for our employees, customers and partners."

Designing a Next-Gen Digital Workplace

Aruba designed a new 230,000 sq. ft. campus with an open floor plan.

Housed in a new LEED Silver building, it includes multiple types of community spaces, quiet zones, collaboration areas, right-sized workstations, hot desking options, a 10,000 sq. ft. Customer Experience Center (CEC) and smart innovations required to empower the GenMobile workforce.

"Providing high-performance connectivity is no longer enough," Melkote says. "Employees need tools to quickly and efficiently locate each other, find an appropriate meeting space and use technology to collaborate seamlessly."

Aruba Portfolio = The Best Tech for the Job

通过利用自己的Aruba网络解决方案组合，我们设计并实施了员工立即接受的下一代数字工作场所。
Keerti Melkote,Founder and President, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Supplying intelligent connectivity for its highly mobile workforce throughout the six-story building, and the a ground floor R&D facility next door, required the latest in Aruba's wireless and wired solutions for secure, resilient and scalable networking.

A leading-edge infrastructure foundation

为了启用超快速Wi-Fi，移动统一通信（UC）和物联网（IoT）连接，Aruba正在使用其802.11ac Wave 2indoor and outdoor APsalong withmobility controllers配备了新的移动导体.

Additionally,Aruba 5400R和3810系列开关，使用HPE智能率多数型端口，可以在有线基础架构上贡献高速连通性。

创新优化网络并实现强大的安全性

Aruba also relies on the latest innovations withinAirWave,就像明晰, for predictive analytics and granular network management. Advanced network access control and strong security is addressed withClearPass Policy Manager, including ClearPass Exchange partnerships that integrate with ClearPass Extensions for seamless end-to-end security and simplified guest workflows.

这些解决方案结合在一起，有助于Aruba安全，优化和管理其有线和无线网络。

Location-based services for smarter spaces

Beyond the network infrastructure, the facility also boasts smarter spaces powered by Aruba's robustmobile engagement solution.

This includes a new location-aware employee Campus App, created with Aruba's子午线应用程序平台and theAppMaker toolwithin it. Powered by Aruba Beacons, the app infuses real-time location context to provide wayfinding and concierge services, boosting productivity and enhancing employee and guest experiences.

贵宾体验企业范围的

Together, the deployed solutions help foster personal connections between people and teams by supplying a flexible and sustainable workplace that adapts to how employees work.

梅尔科特说：“无论是员工，客户还是合作伙伴，我们都将VIP移动体验扩展到每个人。”

Simplified building and Wi-Fi access

Such experiences begin the moment an individual comes onto the premises, where using ClearPass Guest to integrate with ClearPass Exchange Partner, Envoy, simplifies access for visitors and contractors.

“Instead of manual sign-in processes, guests simply register once to gain both building and Wi-Fi credentials,” Melkote says. “Further, if an individual visits other companies with Envoy deployments, their registration information will automatically be provided to streamline those experiences.”

对于员工来说，这是一个类似的故事，他们从这个简化的系统中受益于个人移动设备。

动态情报提供最佳的擅长iences

随着员工和访客在校园的整个室内和室外空间中移动，通过嵌入无线基础设施中的情报来确保无缝的Wi-Fi连接。

Melkote说：“使用我们解决方案中的进步，例如机器学习和预测分析，我们可以监视性能并进行积极的调整，以保持体验的光滑和生产率较高。”

"For example, we can mitigate data traffic storms that occur when hundreds of employees connect first thing in the morning," he adds.

Mobile UC over Wi-Fi significantly enhanced

Such Quality of Service (QoS) fine-tuning capabilities have also significantly enhanced the mobile UC experiences in Microsoft Skype for Business.

"Although we'd previously standardized on Skype for Business, which runs over our WLAN, employees now rely on it heavily for voice, presence and web conferencing," Melkote says.

"Also, in conference rooms, technology processes have been substantially streamlined, allowing meetings to start faster," he continues.

"Additionally, we added enhanced cellular coverage via Wi-Fi Calling for the four major national wireless carriers," says Melkote. "This eliminated the need for a dedicated wireless Distributed Antenna System (DAS). It ensures seamless roaming across campus and superior QoS by leveraging many of the same tools that we use for Skype for Business."

Apping Around Campus

Whether seeking an appropriate conference room, looking for an informal collaboration area, or just trying to find colleagues, the new Campus App makes things easy.

它始于到任何位置的转弯指示，包括洗手间，休息室，更衣室和母亲的房间。另外，该应用程序还在现场咖啡馆提供实时菜单选项。

有效定位协作空间

To accommodate different sized groups and types of interactions, the campus includes almost 100 formal conference rooms and dozens more informal collaboration spaces.

These areas include various seating options and amenities, such as dual large-format video monitors for web conferencing, desktop sharing or PowerPoint presentations.

With the employee app, individuals and teams can quickly find an appropriate space to meet their needs.

找到你的朋友

The employee app also helps pinpoint an individual's whereabouts anywhere on campus. It incorporates Aruba's location-awareness technologies and has an opt-in capability so that employees can choose to share their presence or keep it private.

"We've improved location accuracies considerably, allowing individuals to locate each other to within three meters," Melkote says. "Given several hundred potential spaces where an individual could be working at any given time, this is a critical enhancement."

Reserving Spaces a Snap

Aruba has simplified the conference room reservation process.

"We're partnering with meeting room management platform specialists TEEM and Robin, as well as incorporating Microsoft Office 365, to create an 'Uber-like' experience for conference room scheduling," Melkote says.

"Employees can book individual or recurring meetings by selecting the type of room and amenities they need," he adds.

What's more, Aruba built intelligence into the booking system to cancel recurring reservations if a meeting fails to materialize – by detecting the presence or absence of meeting participants – after a designated number of instances.

"Our solution ensures spaces are automatically released back into the pool for efficient utilization," says Melkote.

无线投影切割绳索

Yet another advantage of the new building is wireless projection onto display screens in conference rooms, collaboration spaces and in the Customer Experience Center (CEC). Although cables will be available for legacy equipment, it's expected most employees and guests will opt for using their mobile devices.

Melkote说：“我们通过将Aruba WLAN架构中的功能与Apple的Airplay，Google的Chromecast和新的Miracast Wi-Fi标准相结合来完成无线投影。”

"Within a few seconds, individuals can project directly onto a large-format display from their Apple or Android mobile devices," he adds.

现代能力“完美工作”

当员工搬进现代设施时，他们很快就接受了新的范式。

医疗保健产品营销经理，最早进入新大楼的员工之一里克·里德（Rick Reid）表示：“从一个工人的安静区域到广阔的小组会议，我对许多工作空间选项印象深刻。”

"During the first few days I checked out each feature of the Campus App, including navigation, the café menu and Find-a-Friend to collaborate with others," he adds. "For conference booking, after specifying the floor and amount of time I required, the scheduling app gave me a list of options. In a few swipes, I was done."

为了证明无线投影的有效性，REID报告说，在VIP客户的存在下，将其智能手机顺利地投入到CEC的大屏幕上，从未这样做过。

"It worked flawlessly," he says. "All of the tech in our new facility is dynamic, intuitive and easy to use."