Aruba Expands Mobility Academy
Aruba Networks has expanded the
coursework available through its Aruba
Mobility Academy, a mobile-specific higher education program designed to
teach the fundamentals of building and maintaining a wireless local area
network (LAN).
The company first launched Aruba Mobility Academy in 2014, and it has been
adopted by higher education institutions in the United States and around the
world as part of their general networking curriculum. While it uses Aruba
Networks' products for its hands-on learning labs, the curriculum "is taught in
a vendor-agnostic fashion," according to information on the company's site.
Aruba has expanded the program to a include a four-semester curriculum
leading to the Aruba Certified Mobility Expert (ACMX) exam. During the two-year
program, students have the opportunity to earn five different
certifications.
Aruba Mobility Academy course topics include:
- Wi-Fi fundamentals;
- Large enterprise Wi-Fi networks;
- Enterprise Wi-Fi troubleshooting and access control; and
- Designing and integrating Wi-Fi networks.
"The new courses will give our students both a general and broad
exposure to wireless networking, as well as valuable hands-on experience with
Aruba solutions like ClearPass for network security and AirWave for network
management," said John Mowry, associate professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, in a
prepared statement. "We need to be sure our students receive the most
current coursework and training relative to changes in the networking industry
and integrating the Aruba Mobility Academy content helps us accomplish
this."
Aruba Networks is planning further expansion of the Mobility Academy with
the addition of new hands-on training opportunities and is currently piloting a
program that takes students on field trips to customer sites.
Further information about the Aruba Mobility Academy can be found on the
Aruba Networks site.
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Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].