With sprawling campuses and multiple buildings including classrooms, administration offices, and student residences, higher education IT staff must provide connectivity services that enhance the curriculum and support leading-edge applications while remaining easy to manage and cost-effective.

Higher education institutions demand a networking solution that goes beyond basic high speed connectivity. The solution must maintain a high degree of accessibility and flexibility to serve the needs of students, faculty, and staff, while at the same time safeguarding student privacy and the integrity of the institution’s resources.

With embedded intelligence that can be fine-tuned to the specific needs of the higher education environment, Enterasys networking solutions are leveraged by colleges and universities around the world to:

• Ensure the availability of both wired and wireless networking services
• Prioritize access for administrative operations as well as education applications and research
• Enforce authorized access criteria to protect student data confidentiality and preserve data integrity
• Offer high speed, mobile wireless network access for students, faculty, and staff
• Enforce role-based acceptable usage policies