The Home Depot has selected Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) delivered via HPE GreenLake for Aruba networking, to power “advanced customer and associate experiences” across its US stores.

“Our goal is to enable technology to remove the friction from our customers’ and associates’ experiences each and every day,” says Daniel Grider, Vice President of Technology at The Home Depot.

“Our customers trust us to have the right tools and materials to complete their home improvement projects; having an in-store network that further supports interconnected capabilities like in-store navigation or image search allows them to get back to their projects more quickly.”

43 years ago, we opened our doors to our first customers. Thank you to all of our associates!

What’s your favorite Home Depot memory? pic.twitter.com/oEoPYOzSUh
— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) June 23, 2022

The retailer is rolling out Zebra Technologies’ TC52ax handheld devices, allowing associates to easily check pricing and inventory availability in hand or from more than 40 feet away.

Its refreshed network will streamline IT management and operations. Solutions like Aruba Central cloud with AIOps capabilities allow the company to proactively monitor network health and address issues before they negatively impact performance.

The Home Depot’s wireless solution includes Aruba location services via WLAN APs, which provide zero touch determination of AP location, continuously validate and update location, and provide a set of universal coordinates that may be transposed on any building floor map or web mapping platform.

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