SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN) congratulates The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), on receiving the 2012 “Mobilizer Award” from Mobile Enterprise Magazine for enterprise-wide mobility deployment. Ottawa’s award-winning deployment utilizes an Aruba Networks wireless LAN.
The “Mobilizer Awards” honor public and private enterprises across all industries that have transformed their businesses by deploying wireless mobile solutions. Now in its 11th year, the awards recognize the most effective and innovative mobile technology deployments of the year in Field Service, Mobile Device Management solutions, Enterprise-Wide Mobility Deployment and Mobilizing Business Applications.
In an awards ceremony held on Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Mobile Enterprise Executive Summit in Sarasota, Florida, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), received its award in the category of Enterprise-Wide Mobility Deployment. TOH was selected for its imperative and aggressive mobility plan, the goal of which was to become a top 10% performer in quality and safety of patient care in North America and for its vision of providing each patient with world-class, compassionate care. Three thousand mobile devices were issued to physicians, clinicians and pharmacists, and a mission-critical wireless network was deployed to support real-time access to medical records and electronic order entry systems at the patients’ bedside. TOH is the only hospital in the world to implement such an ambitious mobility strategy, which has resulted in a new standard for patient care. TOH’s award-winning deployment utilizes an 802.11n wireless LAN based on the Aruba Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture. Additional information about The Ottawa Hospital’s innovative wireless network is available here.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company’s Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture unifies wired and wireless network infrastructures into one seamless access solution for corporate headquarters, mobile business professionals, remote workers and guests. This unified approach to access networks enables IT organizations and users to securely address the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon, dramatically improving productivity and lowering capital and operational costs.
Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com. For real-time news updates follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook, and for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba products visit Airheads Social at http://community.arubanetworks.com.
© 2012 Aruba Networks, Inc. Aruba Networks’ trademarks include the design mark for AirWave, Aruba Networks®, Aruba Wireless Networks®, the registered Aruba the Mobile Edge Company logo, the registered AirWave logo, Aruba Mobility Management System®, Mobile Edge Architecture®, People Move. Networks Must Follow®, RFProtect®, Green Island®. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is a bilingual multi-campus, health sciences centre offering comprehensive, high quality, patient-focused health-care services to a community of 1.2 million people in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario.
With over 1,100 beds and an annual budget over $1 Billion, TOH is one of the largest teaching and research hospitals in Canada. To meet the high demand for its services, it relies on a dedicated and compassionate team of 12,000 employees, 1,200 physicians and more than 1,700 volunteers.
The Ottawa Hospital is renowned for its leadership in patient care, research, education and for its investment in state-of-the-art facilities and technology. Working together with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa, and other partners, TOH is gaining national and international recognition for high quality patient care, teaching and research.