Broadcom vs HPE Aruba Networking

Broadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991. In 1995, the company moved from its Westwood, Los Angeles, office to Irvine, California. In 1998, Broadcom became a public company on the NASDAQ exchange and now employs approximately 11,750 people worldwide in more than 15 countries.

Aruba Networks, Inc. is a networking vendor selling enterprise wireless LAN and edge access networking equipment. The company has over 1,200 employees and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Aruba's core products are access points, mobility controllers, and network management software through their Airwave Management Platform product. According to the Dell'Oro Report published in Q211, Aruba ranked #2 in market share in the wireless LAN market.