Extreme Networks announced the launch of its Mobile Student architecture
offering a seamless user experience for the education market.
The architecture combines Extreme Networks switching portfolio, ExtremeXOS-based user and device identity management with
network automation, and a converged wired and WLAN data plane that scales to
the needs of 802.11n deployments and the new mobile student population.
More than 700 education institutions run their campus networks on
Extreme Networks, including UC Berkeley, Georgia State, Imperial College
London, JeJu University Korea, University of Miami, University of Pendidikan
Sultan Idris, University of San Paulo Brazil, Surrey University, Texas A&M,
and Villanova University.
“With the Mobile Student architecture, Extreme Networks is
introducing a powerful new architecture for identity management, giving schools
sophisticated access controls for students and their mobile devices,” said
Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst for ZK Research.
The Mobile Student architecture is designed to meet the mobility,
performance and security challenges of educational institutions. The Altitude
4511 provides broad and consistent 802.11n performance in minutes for up to 10
dormitory or hotel rooms with a single access point.
“Imperial College is effectively operating a fully converged
carrier-grade Ethernet network, with different classes of users and data across
a large metropolitan area,” said Matthew Williams, head of networks and
infrastructure, ICT, for Imperial College London.
By
Telecomlead.com Team
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