HP Networking used HP GPC 2013 to announce the industry’s first unified wired and wireless BYOD solution.

Taking advantage of the gaps in managing and securing either wired or wireless networks, the new HP solution is built upon the following components:

a. Software-Defined Networking, or SDN,

• The HP Sentinel Security SDN application
• Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller

b. Unified Wireless and Wired Networks and Management, which consists of the

• HP 830 Unified Wired-WLAN Switch
• Unified Wired-WLAN 10500/7500 Module
• HP 2920 Series Switches, and
• Wi-Fi Clear Connect

c. Unified BYOD Essentials,

• IMC User Access Manager 5.2 (UAM)
• HP IMC Smart Connect

d. Services

• WLAN Lifecycle
• Design & Validation

The simplest way to characterize this is that now, IT can focus on architecting a solution that best suits their environment, knowing that there is an available holistic management and security solution to help out.

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