Bellevue College Deploys Unified Access Network Based on Aruba's MOVE Architecture

The Bellevue College, a public institution of higher learning based in Washington State, used Aruba's Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture to implement a unified wired and wireless access network in order to support its student and faculty campus-wide.

The existing network at Bellevue was not able to scale with the demands of the college's students, faculty and staff and it also lacked in security features. The college then realized that a wireless network access was widely desired across the campus and wanted to install a new network that could offer reliable and secure access for its students and also enable Bellevue to implement advanced educational technologies. The Bellevue College chose Aruba to deliver the new unified access network.

Russ Beard, vice president of information services and chief information officer at Bellevue College, said, "During the PoC (Proof of Concept) stage, Aruba told us to deploy their gear in the densest, highest-use area we had, which is our cafeteria. Unlike the other vendors we considered, who wanted to do their demos in controlled lab environments, Aruba was not afraid to prove their solutions in a real-world, challenging environment. At the end of our evaluation, our team decided unanimously that Aruba was the best solution."

The Aruba network at the Bellevue College comprises of Aruba Access Points, 7200 Series Mobility Controllers, Aruba Mobility Access Switches, the AirWave (News - Alert) Network Management System and the ClearPass Access Management System and is capable of servicing over 15,000 simultaneous wireless device connections at any given time across the 100-acre campus.

TMCnet recently reported that Aruba's MOVE architecture is a complete BYOD and mobility infrastructure solution that leverages contextual data - user roles, device types, application flows, location and time-of-day - and extends this intelligence across the network to devices and apps. It can be deployed in various ways, including cloud or on-premises with centralized or branch options, based on an enterprise's size, needs, and budget.

Bellevue added that it is confident that the new network will continue to meet its growing access needs. 

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