Creator of the First and Only Multi-function
Ventilator Uses Aruba Solutions to Help Produce 30,000 Critical
Care Ventilators for COVID-19 Pandemic
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today
announced that Ventec Life Systems, manufacturer of the VOCSN, the
first and only multi-function ventilator, is using an Aruba
ESP-based network, which includes Aruba access points (APs),
switches and Aruba Central management, to help accelerate the
manufacturing and delivery of its life-saving ventilators to
hospitals and healthcare facilities across the United States.
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Ventec has committed to delivering 30,000
of its VOCSN multi-function ventilator units to the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, which are being manufactured with the
help of Aruba networking technologies. (Photo: Business Wire)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ventec has committed to
delivering 30,000 of its portable, VOCSN critical care ventilators
to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the
Strategic National Stockpile. This represents an increase in
production from a previous average of about 150 units per month to
over 10,000 per month. To accomplish this, Ventec has deployed a
network based on Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), a cloud-native
platform that continually analyzes data across domains, in its
Bothell, Washington headquarters and manufacturing facilities to
power a more mobile workforce. In addition, the Aruba network
enables better collaboration with Ventec’s manufacturing teams in
Kokomo, Indiana, where it has partnered with General Motors (GM) to
use the Kokomo GM facility to fulfill its commitment of 30,000
critical care ventilators to the federal government.
According to Jacob Omlid, IT Director for Ventec Life Systems,
the Aruba infrastructure is resulting in better productivity and
efficiencies, as well as improvements in quality – all of which are
important for ensuring more critical care ventilators can be
delivered more quickly to the front lines.
“We’re a relatively small company that is now working across
three time zones, with multiple teams in a dynamic, fast-paced
environment,” explained Omlid. “Communication and collaboration
between these teams is critical to ensuring the successful
manufacturing ramp-up of our critical care ventilators, so scaling
our network to meet these needs was vital. The Aruba wireless,
switching and management solutions have allowed us to quickly
expand our capacity, ensure smooth and reliable communications, and
build in redundancy, so our teams can function at peak levels.”
Ventec is using Aruba Instant APs across its entire Bothell
site, and has installed Aruba edge switches along with Aruba
Central for management and insights into the network. The APs
ensure that every square inch of Ventec’s Bothell site has wireless
coverage, which is key for connecting its multiple departments
including manufacturing and quality assurance. The wireless
coverage has made Ventec’s workforce fully mobile. Using a
combination of their mobile devices and applications such as Skype,
Teams and Zoom for collaboration and video conferencing, and a
variety of manufacturing apps for quality management, ERP, and
inventory tracking, employees can work from anywhere in the Ventec
facilities. Ventec also relies on the network for its manufacturing
line, with wired IoT devices communicating and funneling
information back to a central database throughout the manufacturing
process.
Omlid noted that the Aruba switches have delivered the
redundancy Ventec needed to eliminate network downtime – something
they lacked previously – and have provided substantial increases in
network performance. Perhaps, more importantly, Aruba Central has
given the IT team a dashboard that simplifies configuration and
management of all the APs and switches in the network through
easy-to-use templates. It also provides valuable insights on
activity, as well as alerts, if issues arise.
Concluded Omlid, “Before we had a flat network that wasn’t
scalable or redundant, and our employees suffered from bad
experiences with the wireless, which was spotty and unreliable.
With the Aruba network, we’re seeing a night and day difference,
and ultimately, that bolsters our company’s ability to meet the
commitments we’ve made to deliver more critical care ventilators,
faster, to help battle the current health crisis.”
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global
leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions
that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive
powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform)
and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to
helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial
requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker
environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide
area networking (WAN).
To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For
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Kathleen Keith Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
+1-707-529-4507 kathleen.keith@hpe.com
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650-236-9532 jennifer.miu@hpe.com
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