You are pursuing an opportunity to sell an Aruba location-based service solution to a customer. The customer is also considering a Cisco location-based solution. What should you explain to…

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Options

• AAruba beacons fully pair with users' devices for a more complete and effective solution while Cisco
• BAruba delivers an already complete mobile application tailored to the customer vertical while Cisco
• CAruba offers PoE for beacons to make them easier to install and manage while Cisco beacons
• DThe Aruba solution can use cost-effective and easy-to-deploy battery-powered beacons or

• A
  8% (2)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  8% (2)
• D
  80% (20)

Explanation

Option D correctly identifies Aruba's key competitive differentiator: the flexibility to deploy battery-powered BLE beacons that require no wiring or Power over Ethernet infrastructure. This makes installation significantly faster, cheaper, and more flexible - beacons can be placed virtually anywhere without running cables, which is a concrete operational advantage over Cisco's approach that typically relies on wired infrastructure.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is factually incorrect - BLE beacons advertise signals passively; they do not "fully pair" with user devices. Neither vendor's beacons work that way.
• B misrepresents Aruba Meridian's model - Aruba provides an SDK and app-building platform, not a pre-packaged, vertically complete mobile application ready to hand to customers.
• C actually inverts the advantage. Requiring PoE for beacons would be a disadvantage (more installation complexity), not a differentiator. Battery power eliminates that dependency.

Memory tip: Think "D = Deploy Freely." Aruba's battery-powered beacons can be deployed freely anywhere - on shelves, walls, ceilings - without an electrician or cable run. If a Cisco question comes up, remember Cisco = more infrastructure dependency, Aruba = more deployment flexibility.

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