Iona College
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise offered a one-stop-shop solution that met all of Iona College’s needs, including pervasive wireless.
Il cliente
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.
Soluzioni adottate
- Autonomous Network
- Autonomous Network
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.
Products & Solutions
Products
OpenTouch Business Edition OmniAccess AP135 OmniSwitch 6850 Stackable LAN Switch OmniAccess AP93H OmniSwitch 6400 Stackable Gigabit LAN Switch OmniAccess AP105 OmniSwitch 6250-8M Stackable Fast Ethernet Switch OmniAccess 103H OmniVista 3600 Air Manager OmniAccess 205 OmniSwitch 6850E Stackable LAN Switch OmniAccess AP225 OmniSwitch 6860E OmniAccess AP125 OmniSwitch 6900 Stackable LAN Switch OmniAccess AP275 OmniSwitch 6855 Hardened LAN Switch OmniAccess IAP 275 OmniSwitch 6250 Stackable Fast Ethernet Switch OmniVista 2500 Network Management System ClearPass Policy Manager
Solutions
- Mobile Campus
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