Networking & Wireless
Ranger College Outsources Network Services to the Cloud
Ranger College,
a community college in rural Texas, has implemented an advanced digital
learning environment using cloud-managed wired and wireless network
services.
The college was experiencing the same challenge facing
many other higher education institutions, trying to provide a robust
network infrastructure to accommodate the variety of connected devices
students bring to campus, while supporting new digital learning and
administrative applications. The demands placed considerable pressure
on the college's network infrastructure and IT team.
"It's
challenging for schools to keep up with the demand for mobility and
address the limits of traditional network architecture in terms of its
ability to handle the growing connectivity demands in classrooms as the
way we teach and students learn evolves," said Michael Beran, IT
director for Ranger College, in a news release. "Prior to ProCloud Plus
services, we had a variety of dissimilar, difficult-to-manage access
points with a lot of downtime and no way to pinpoint problem areas."
The college turned to outsourcing to solve the problem, implementing Adtran ProCloud Services for its wireless and local area network (LAN) services, as well as the
company's professional services for initial site surveys, installation,
student and staff help desk, alert monitoring and full system
management.
The college now delivers new learning applications
from the cloud and streaming media over Gigabit broadband, while
eliminating the operational and capital costs typically associated with
digital learning programs. According to a news release, the
implementation has also reduced the college's IT support calls by more
than 90 percent per week.
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].
