HPE Aruba targets retailers with IoT, edge computing launches

The 750 Series APs support up to 18.7 Gbps tri‑band aggregate data rates and can connect to a ton of IoT devices.

“Our flagship HPE Aruba Networking 750 Series Access Points go beyond the Wi-Fi standard to offer enhanced IoT capabilities,” Levin wrote. “They can connect to more IoT devices with twice the number of connections to support BLE, Zigbee, and USB port extensions. The APs themselves have extra horsepower so that the data can be pre-processed and sent directly to local compute for AI inference in near real-time.”

The Wi-Fi 7 APs also offer enhanced location capabilities for wayfinding, asset tracking, and targeted marketing promotions based on the latest Wi-Fi location standards, Levin stated.

On the management side, enhanced User Experience Insights are part of HPE Aruba Networking Central.

“With support for a wide variety of devices including Zebra and now 6 GHz support, IT gains real-user visibility into performance issues that can impact customer interactions, such as inventory visibility and fulfillment,” Levin wrote. “Because IT can monitor what happens from the device to the network to the application, the team can pinpoint where the problem is actually occurring and resolve issues much more quickly, even if the problem is on the device itself.”

With new recommendations in Networking Central, IT teams can better manage complex retail networks without site visits.