Why is this acquisition a good thing for Aruba’s partners?
HP values our partners – One of the main reasons HP is acquiring Aruba is because of the unmatched expertise of our world-class partner community. HP understands how critical our partners have been to our success and is committed to extending and deepening those relationships.
Same Aruba… but even faster – Our partners will continue to benefit from Aruba’s industry-leading innovation engine, our ‘customer first, customer last’ culture and our highly specialized partner programs. We anticipate that we will accelerate the pace of our innovation following the transaction, leveraging the combined resources of Aruba and HP.
Awareness and demand generation – Partners will benefit from HP’s go-to-market resources and ability to drive awareness of the Aruba brand and generate new customer demand for our partners – including leads from HP’s professional services organization.
Broader portfolio – We expect Aruba partners will have access to a broader portfolio of networking products in the future, enabling you to establish more strategic relationships with your existing customers.
Flexibility – We intend to maintain our support for multiple wired and wireless infrastructure vendors through ClearPass and AirWave, giving our partners the flexibility to design solutions that best match your customer requirements.
High-level account access – We expect that our partners will be able to leverage HP’s higher-level strategic relationships to gain increased access to global corporations and large enterprises.