SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- At its Annual Creativity in
Electronics (ACE) Awards, CMP Media's EE Times has recognized Aruba Networks
(Aruba) as its 2005 Emerging Company of the Year. The honor was presented at
the first annual ACE awards gala as part of the largest electronic systems
design event in North America, the Embedded Systems Conference in San
Francisco.
"We're ecstatic to be recognized by what is arguably the world's leading
publication for engineers," said Keerti Melkote, co-founder and vice president
of Product Management for Aruba. "This award acknowledges the innovative
efforts our own engineers have made over the last two years in defining the
next step in enterprise infrastructure."
EE Times ACE awards were created to recognize the people, companies and
products that show leadership in the electronics industry and honor those who
are leading the way as the real innovators of technology. In the first year of
the EE Times ACE awards, CMP received over 340 nominations for companies and
individuals who wanted to take part in the one-of-a-kind opportunity to
acknowledge advances and innovations in technology today.
The ACE awards Review Committee, comprised of a who's who of technology,
evaluated finalists and bestowed one Excellence Recognition Award in each of
seven categories.
The Review Committee included:
-- Gordon Bell from Microsoft
-- Jeff Bier from Berkeley Design Technology
-- Larry Boucher from Alacritech
-- Erach Desai from America Technology Research
-- Jim Feldhan from Semico
-- Gene Frantz from Texas Instruments
-- John Hennessy from Stanford University
-- Lucio Lanza from Lanza Tech Ventures
-- John Mashey from TechViser
-- Regis McKenna from Regis McKenna, Inc.
-- Teresa Meng from Stanford University
-- Girish Mhatre from Target Group
-- Richard Newton from UC Berkeley
-- Greg Papadopoulos from Sun Microsystems
-- George Scalise from the Semiconductor Industry Association
-- Neaveed Sherwani from Open Silicon
-- Nick Tredennick from the Gilder Technology Report
-- Leslie Vadasz, former vice president at Intel Corporation
EE Times is the premier technology and business newsweekly serving the
information needs of over 150,000 engineers and technical manager in North
America. Together with EE Times Asia and China editions, EE Times print
editions reach more than 200,000 electronics professionals around the world.
About Aruba
Based in Sunnyvale, California, Aruba Wireless Networks (Aruba) is a
fast-growing enterprise infrastructure company. Aruba pioneered the concept
of centralized network systems to enable wireless, security and mobility
services. The company's products help corporations address fundamental new
changes taking place in enterprise networks caused by user mobility, security
and wireless technology. Aruba markets and manufactures a complete line of
network mobility and security systems that include wireless LAN switches, grid
controllers, grid and access points along with advanced grid control software
applications. Privately-held, Aruba has operations in the United States,
Europe, Asia Pacific and India and employs staff around the world. Aruba has
received over $59 million in three rounds of venture funding from top-tier
venture firms -- Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital, Trinity Ventures and WK
Technology Fund. Visit Aruba Wireless Networks at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
SOURCE Aruba Wireless Networks
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Related links:
http://www.arubanetworks.com
CONTACT:
David Callisch of Aruba Wireless Networks,
+1-408-504-5487, or dcallisch@arubanetworks.com
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