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{{Short description|American wireless networking equipment company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox company
| name = HPE Aruba Networking
| logo = Hpe-aruba-networking-logo.svg
| logo_size = 
| former_name = Aruba Networks
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|ARUN}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|2002|02}}, in [[Sunnyvale, California]], U.S.
| caption = 
| location_city = [[Santa Clara, California]]
| num_employees = 6000+
| industry = [[Computer networking]]
| revenue = {{profit}}[[United States Dollar|US$]]3.6 billion <small>(''FY 2022'')</small>
| parent = [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]]
| homepage = {{url|arubanetworking.hpe.com}}
}}

'''HPE Aruba Networking''', formerly known as '''Aruba Networks''', is a [[Santa Clara, California]]-based security and networking subsidiary of [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] company.

The company was founded in [[Sunnyvale, California]] in 2002 by Keerti Melkote and Pankaj Manglik. On March 2, 2015, [[Hewlett-Packard]] announced it would acquire Aruba Networks for approximately US$3&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/02/hp-to-acquire-aruba-networks-for-approximately-27b.html
 | title      = HP to acquire Aruba Networks for about $3B
 | website    = CNBC
 | date       = 2015-03-02
 | access-date = 2018-09-25}}</ref> On May 19, 2015, HP completed the acquisition. As of November 1, 2015, the company operates as the "Intelligent Edge" business unit of the [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] company, which encompasses all of HP/HPE's networking and security related operations and acquisitions. The company's products include [[network switch]]es, [[wireless access point|access points]], [[Wi-Fi hotspot|hotspots]], and wireless controllers.

Following their acquisition of [[Juniper Networks]], Hewlett Packard Enterprise agreed to divest their Instant On technology and patents as part of an agreement with the [[United States Department of Justice]] that allowed the acquisition to pass regulatory approval.<ref>{{cite web | last=Burke | first=Steven | date=June 30, 2025 | url=https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2025/the-hpe-juniper-networks-u-s-doj-settlement-five-things-you-need-to-know?page=4 | page=4 | title=The HPE-Juniper Networks U.S. DOJ Settlement: Five Things You Need To Know | work=CRN | publisher=The Channel Company}}</ref>

==Acquisitions==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Company Acquired
!Date of Acquisition 
!Business
!Country
!Price
|-
|AXIS
|March 2, 2023
|[[Cloud computing|Cloud]]-based Security Software(SSE, SASE)
|Israel
|$471M
|-
|Athonet
|February 24, 2023
|Private 5G
|Italy
|NA
|-
|[[Silver Peak Systems]]
|September 21, 2020
|[[Wide Area Network]]s (WANs)
|U.S.
|$925M
|-
|Cape Networks
|March 27, 2018
|Network Security 
|South Africa
|N/A
|-
|Niara Inc. 
|February 1, 2017
|Network Security
|U.S.
|N/A
|-
|Rasa Networks
|May 9, 2016
|Network Performance Management and Analytics 
|U.S.
|N/A
|-
|Aruba Networks ('''acquired by HPE''')
|May 19, 2015
|Wireless Networking 
|U.S.
|$2.7B
|-
|Meridian Apps
|May 16, 2013
|Location Services 
|U.S.
|N/A
|-
|Avenda Systems
|December 8, 2011
|Network Access Security 
|U.S.
|N/A
|-
|Amigopod Pty Ltd. Assets and Technology
|December 14, 2010
|Network Authentication Solutions
|Australia
|N/A
|-
|Azalea Networks
|September 2, 2010
|Outdoor Mesh Wireless Technology 
|U.S. 
|$40.5M
|-
|AirWave Wireless
|January 9, 2008
|Wi-Fi Hotspot
|U.S.
|N/A
|-
|[[Network Chemistry]] 
|July 23, 2007
|Wi-Fi Security
|U.S.
|N/A
|}

==See also==
* [[ProCurve]]
* [[ProCurve Products]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://instant-on.hpe.com Aruba Instant On]
* [https://www.hpe.com/networking HPE Networking]

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