LAN (Local Area Network) is a local computer network

2016: "Magic quadrant" of Gartner

In August, 2016 the Gartner analytical company published "a magic quadrant" for infrastructure of access wire and wireless local area networks (Gartner Magic Quadrant for wired and wireless LAN access infrastructure). Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) were among leaders.

Noting Cisco advantages, experts noted "capability implement the drawn-up plans" and "completeness of strategy" and also development of Connected Mobile Experience (CMX) technology thanks to which the network will be transformed from simple means of connection to the outside world to a source of detailed information on what happens in the company.

"Magic quadrant" for infrastructure of access wire and wireless local area networks, data of Gartner, 2016.

In Gartner referred work with two lines of the equipment of the access level which have different functions to weaknesses of the American producer and are developed by development teams independent from each other. Besides, specialists pay attention to incompatibility of user interfaces and lack of uniform functions for security, network management, implementation the politician and uses of the guest modes.

The HPE company was also carried to leaders of Gartner Magic Quadrant for wired and wireless LAN access infrastructure. Thanks to purchase of Aruba Networks in 2015 for $3 billion HPE a year later occupied nearly 20% of the market of devices of wire line access and more than 10% of a wireless segment.

In the report of Gartner it is mentioned "high degree of satisfaction" of users of the solutions Aruba ClearPass, a broad spectrum of the HPE switches with a lifelong guarantee and free three years' technical support of the majority of the Aruba switches and the solutions HPE FlexNetwork and OfficeConnect.

As for the barriers containing HPE-Aruba growth, here analysts called absence in Aruba Central of functionality ClearPass and AirWave and also difference in levels of support of a switching equipment Aruba in the products AirWave and ClearPass.

("Seers") of "a magic quadrant" for infrastructure of access wire and wireless local area networks of Gartner included in category "Visionaries" the companies Extreme Networks, Brocade- Ruckus Wireless Huawei Aerohive, Zebra Technologies and Fortinet.^[1]

2015: "Magic quadrant" of Gartner

In 2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Cisco were called leaders of the published Gartner of "a magic quadrant" for infrastructure of access wire and wireless local area networks. The sector of applicants (Challengers) included Huawei.

"Magic quadrant" for infrastructure of access wire and wireless local area networks, data of Gartner, 2015.

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