Aruba took the wraps off a platform the company says will use machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to help customers manage and protect edge network resources.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s network subsidiary introduced Edge Services Platform (ESP), which can analyze telemetry data generated from WiFi or network switching gear and use it to automatically optimize connectivity, discover network problems and secure the overall edge environment.
ESP, which the company said has been under development for over four years, not only builds a data lake of a customer’s data center, campus, and SD-WAN information, but it also combines it with statistics from some 1.5 billion data points generated daily by Aruba devices worldwide. ESP then applies its AI and machine learning algorithms to troubleshoot issues before they become problems, said Miles Davis, senior director of global solutions for Aruba.
“ESP also accesses data that today too often resides in siloes and brings that out where it can be accessed, analyzed and used in automation to improve provisioning and security,” Davis said.
在安全性方面，ESP支持诸如分割和基于策略的firewal和访问控制，以确保有线或无线端点的身份零信任安全原则。它通过与其他安全平台共享信息强制适用于具有应用感知防火墙和适应新的威胁，这些端点政策，并自动调整政策，网络设备，戴维斯说。
ESP can be delivered on-premises, in the cloud or as a managed service from Aruba partners or via network-as-a-service through HPE GreenLake. ESP information can be gleaned with Aruba’s cloud-based network-monitoring console, Aruba Central, which was upgraded to support ESP.
For example, Aruba Central has been enhanced with simplified navigation, advanced search, and contextual views to present multiple pictures of information through a single point-of-control. One new feature, AI Search, uses a natural-language-processing data-discovery service that lets IT teams query it in plain English to grab user and device data from the data lake and if applicable, the root cause of an issue.
Aruba的ESP宣布专注于一些领域是IDC确定为趋势推动企业在2020年及以后的网络市场，IDC网络基础设施的高级研究分析师布兰登·巴特勒说。
The first is the use of machine learning and artificial-intelligence algorithms to improve network operations management. "Given the scale and complexity of modern networks, enterprises are increasingly looking to replace manual, ad-hoc management with automated systems that can improve agility and security,” Butler said.
“表示将一体化管理平台ML / AI算法提供了许多优势：更快地识别性能或安全性问题;使用自然语言搜索查找问题;和依靠的就出现的问题，指导整治自动化管理平台。要启用这个的关键是阿鲁巴中心内Aruba的数据湖是权力这些功能，所以在整个有线和无线基础设施做“。
Aruba's ESP announcement also represents a significant step forward in the company's multi-domain management strategy, Butler said.
"Building off the launch of the CX Series of switches last year, Aruba has developed a strong cloud-based, controller-less platform in Aruba Central that manages not just the wired and wireless LANs, but increasingly extends management into the data center and out to the WAN. Aruba Central has increased capabilities to provide network engineers with detailed visibility, analytics and problem resolution across these disparate networks,” Butler said.
Aruba's new branch-office switch
Aruba has also extended its CX Series switches.The company added the Aruba CX 6200 aimed at enterprise branch offices and campuses. The stackable boxes feature built-in analytics and automation support, Aruba stated.
阿鲁巴也推出了一个开发中心，客户和开发者可以去访问API和有关开发ESP的应用程序等信息。
They will be of interest to WLAN customers looking for more cohesive management of their switches as well or looking to extend their Aruba Central management to the WAN via Aruba's SD-Branch platform,” Butler said.
战略部署的机器学习和人工智能driving a number of Aruba competitors includingJuniper,Cisco和VMware.
ESP, Aruba Central, and the new CX Series switches are available now.