Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba - Winners of Wi-Fi 7 and SD-WAN categories...
It was recently announce that HPE Aruba Networking has won not just one, but two CRN 2024 Product of the Year awards in the Networking - Wireless and SD-WAN categories for HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 7 and HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN solutions. Also, HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G was a finalist in the Networking-Enterprise category.
The enterprise network has never been more important as it creates, drives, and sustains businesses of all sizes globally. So, winning CRN’s Product of the Year awards brings much more than just high-fives amongst the team – it reinforces their leadership and innovation in developing AI-powered networking solutions that deliver business value, enhance security, and solve real customer challenges.
The CRN 2024 Products of the Year awards honor the leading partner-friendly IT products for partners like COOLSPIRiT to develop industry-leading solutions and services for customers. After CRN editors selected finalists in 30 technology categories, solution providers rated the products based on three subcategories: technology, commercials, and customer need. Products with the highest overall score in each product category were named the winner. This recognition is very gratifying and reflects HPE's “customer first, customer last” approach to innovation.
Read further about HPE's winning products and what makes them stand out from the competition.
Wi-Fi 7 recognised for best wireless solution
HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 7 access points scored highest overall in the Networking - Wireless product category and are ready for customers looking to modernise and future-proof their networks — to better support growing numbers of IoT devices, bandwidth-intensive applications, and AI initiatives. The access points (APs) are differentiated — they go beyond the Wi-Fi 7 standard to maximise wireless performance, strengthen network security, enhance location-based services, and act as a secure IoT platform, enabling enterprises to maximise the value of their wireless investment and unlock operational efficiencies.

The idea that APs can do more than just route traffic is a core part of our product philosophy, and HPE have consistently expanded on that over multiple Wi-Fi generations. HPE are proud to continue this innovation with the HPE Aruba Networking 730 Series and flagship HPE Aruba Networking 750 Series Campus Access Points that are Wi-Fi 7 certified, managed and optimised by AI-powered HPE Aruba Networking Central.
EdgeConnect SD-WAN recognized as best SD-WAN solution
HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN scored highest overall in the SD-WAN product category and was recognised by partners with the highest scores for commercials.
EdgeConnect SD-WAN eliminates the inefficiencies of backhauling traffic to a data centre by intelligently steering traffic to the cloud or to an SSE (Security Service Edge) solution. The platform can be combined with either HPE Aruba Networking SSE, creating a single-vendor SASE solution or third-party SSE, leveraging one of broadest integrations in the industry.

Performance optimisation features such as path conditioning, AppExpress, and WAN optimization ensure seamless user experience. EdgeConnect SD-WAN integrates with leading cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, and includes the newly added secure cloud on-ramp feature leveraging the fast, reliable backbones of cloud providers. With advanced Zero Trust principles, such as a next-generation firewall, IDS/IPS, and role-based segmentation, EdgeConnect SD-WAN protects sensitive assets in branch locations and enables the replacement of legacy firewalls. The recent introduction of Adaptive DDoS defense, using machine learning, underscores our commitment to proactive security.
Private 5G selected as enterprise finalist
HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G was a finalist in the Networking-Enterprise category. Making it simple for enterprises to augment their Wi-Fi networks with private cellular using a complete solution based on mature and proven technology.
Traditionally, customers looking to deploy a private cellular network had to procure components and services from as many as seven different vendors. HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G is an end-to-end solution that includes indoor/outdoor small cell radios, a 4G/5G mobile core, a hardware appliance, SIM/eSIMs, and cloud management, all from a single vendor.
HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G masks the complexity of 3GPP technology, enabling enterprises to set up and manage their private 5G network in a similar way to Wi-Fi, without extensive training or cellular expertise.
The solution leverages 4G/5G mobile core technology from Athonet, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquisition, which has been deployed by more than 500 enterprises and 25 service providers globally over 15 years.
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