In recent years, we were associated mainly with Cisco Systems solutions. After introducing Aruba Networks solutions to HPE offer, Cisco is no longer a lonely leader on the market of enterprise-class networking solutions. In the Gartner report from September 2015, HPE significantly exceeds Cisco in terms of Completness of vision. On Concerns About HP's Purchase of Aruba Networks I wrote in March 2015, however, despite the threats, HPE was able to efficiently complete the merger of the two companies.

If we can offer our clients good solutions at a much better price, why not do it ?!

Source: Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure, September 1, 2015

At present, the HPE Aruba Networking offer includes:

• Switches - modular devices and devices with a fixed number of ports addressed to data centers, campus networks, company branches and the small and medium-sized enterprise sector,
• Routers - modular devices with a fixed number of ports as well as virtual and wireless devices for use in branches.
• Access Points and Controllers - The offering covers the full line of Aruba devices.

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On Monday, March 2, I received it information on the acquisition of Aruba Networks by HP. The transaction, valued at $ 2.7 billion, is designed to strengthen HP's position in the wireless network solutions market. In this way, HP will become the No. 2 player after Cisco Systems, which is the undisputed leader in the global market. Currently, Cisco has a 52% share in WLAN sales, Aruba 13% and HP just over 4%.

The question is whether HP will be able to take advantage of the transaction opportunities since it failed to do so in previous WLAN acquisitions - Colubris in 2008 and 3Com in 2010. Another question is that Aruba is a supplier to HP competitors such as Dell. Brocade or Juniper. Will these companies continue to buy WLANs from Aruba while it is owned by HP? Nevertheless, we can say with certainty that a new strong competitor, HP-Aruba, has emerged behind Cisco's back, and with the estimated 40% WLAN market growth until 2019, Cisco's share of sales will decline in the coming years.

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