Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary, has authorized Ingram Micro to distribute its wireless networking products to federal government clients, CRN reported Thursday.

By Light Professional IT Services has received recognition from Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Aruba subsidiary for demonstrating expertise in selling the latter's networking and security products to the federal sector.

PAE has received a five year, $79 million task order to deliver base support services for U.S. Southern Command locations in Curacao and Aruba. The services will be in support of SOUTHCOM’s anti-drug surveillance operations under the joint effort between the Defense Department and the Department of State, the company said Monday. Services under the order …

A Cubic subsidiary has secured clearance from the National Security Agency to offer its cloud servers with Aruba Networks’ virtual mobility controller as a certified component under the Commercial Solutions for Classified program. The NSA clearance seeks to demonstrate that DTECH Labs’ tactical cloud servers with Aruba VMC met the Common Criteria …

The U.S. Army has begun to field a wireless connection infrastructure developed by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to various command posts worldwide. Command Post Wi-Fi, an 802.11ac wireless infrastructure, is implemented at Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve tactical units as part of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has created a laboratory in Fort Collins, Colo., that offers a live-test environment for telecommunication providers to demonstrate the fifth generation of wireless technology platforms.

Cubic has concluded a National Information Assurance Partnership Common Criteria testing and validation process for two ruggedized servers designed to help operators transmit secure and classified data via unsecured or commercial networks.

Ben Gibson, formerly chief marketing officer at F5 Networks, has been appointed to the same position at California-based cloud computing software company Nutanix. Nutanix said Tuesday Gibson will be responsible for developing and implementing a global marketing strategy intended to drive adoption of company-built enterprise cloud technology offerings. Gibson said he aims to help …

Tony Whigham, formerly director of the federal business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary, has joined Hitachi Data Systems as director of government sales in Australia and New Zealand. He will work to develop strategies for HDS’ federal and state government portfolio and  explore new areas of collaboration with the company’s social innovation solutions …

Intel has added Check Point, Huawei and Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary into an alliance wherein partner companies can integrate their technologies with Intel’s cybersecurity offerings. Check Point integrated its firewall products with Intel’s McAfee DXL and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange to help customers scale and automate their security environments, Intel said Thursday. …

A new Research and Markets report predicts the global wireless sensors market will gain a 20.58-percent compound annual growth rate during the period from 2014 to 2019. The market research firm said Nov. 12 the rising adoption of smart devices will drive the market’s growth during the forecast period. Research and …

Tom Joyce, formerly senior vice president of global corporate development at Hewlett-Packard, is set to join the software group at Dell, CRN reported Wednesday. Matt Brown writes Joyce oversaw the establishment of HP’s ventures group and the Palo Alto, California-based firm’s transactions to acquire Voltage Security, ConteXtream and Aruba Networks. Before …

LGS Innovations has won a $2.9 million contract to design and install the U.S. Geological Survey’s wireless local area network, intending to help the agency secure Internet and Intranet access for visitors and staff. The company will also maintain the system at 200 agency sites under the three-year blanket purchase …

Juniper Networks has acquired software-defined networking startup Contrail Systems for $176 million to gain technology that supplements its offerings in the software-defined-networking sector, Data Storage Today reports. Jennifer LeClaire writes etworking experts who previously worked at Juniper, Cisco, Google and Aruba Networks helped form Contrail Systems inin early 2012 to …