Aruba's $37 million acquisition of wireless LAN management maker AirWave Wireless gives it a foot in the door of Cisco customers, where Cisco is popular, reports Network World's John Cox. 
Aruba says the buy gives it "the tools to apply its 'unified network' concept across the various wireless topologies and technologies that enterprises are adopting, and blend these more seamlessly with the existing wireline infrastructure." AirWave's product is one of a few that can manage different brands of equipment, and one of even fewer that can manage different types of wireless networks including mesh and WiMAX.
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