Iona College
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise offered a one-stop-shop solution that met all of Iona College’s needs, including pervasive wireless.
- Country: United States Of America
- Industry: Education
- Solution: Autonomous Network, Autonomous Network
Founded in 1940, Iona College is located in New Rochelle, New York. The college also operates a Graduate Center in Pearl River, Rockland County, New York. Iona is home to 3200 undergraduates. Iona prides itself in being a regional leader in educational technology and among the first colleges in the nation to install a completely wireless network.
The cost effectiveness of the proposed solution was also a deciding factor for the college.
We trusted Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to help us increase the quality of our services by implementing the secure and dependable wireless solution we needed, at the right price. It delivers a real benefit to the institution and to our students as well.
Challenges
- Iona wanted a solution that would enable it to keep pace with advances in mobile technology.
- The college’s wireless technology had to be updated to meet growing student bandwidth consumption and the solution needed to deliver high quality levels throughout the large campus.
Results
Technical benefits:
- The remote access point deployment allows seamless management and consistent access policy for off-campus wireless access points.
- Virtual chassis deployment provides easily expandable capacity with simplified management.
- The Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch® 6855 Ethernet Hardened LAN Switch provides layer 3 services in outdoor environments, critical for high-performing outdoor WLAN.
Financial benefits:
- Virtual chassis deployment is pay-as-you-grow with fast ROI compared to chassis-based solutions.
- The technology investment attracts students and increases enrollment.
User experience benefits:
- Students have access to secure, campus-wide wireless, enabling them to connect their devices, carry out schoolwork effectively and fully enjoy campus life.
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Solutions:
- Mobile Campus
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