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The Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County, California, has deployed Aruba's Wi-Fi networks across all of the district's campuses.

 

Joel Hames, the Tamalpais Union High School District's senior director of Information Technology said that wireless access classrooms enable teachers to use laptops and wireless devices in novel ways. The District was unhappy with their previous ad-hoc wireless efforts that allowed staff members to bring wireless access points as needed to solve specific access issues.

 

The Tamalpais Union High School District wanted to provide ubiquitous wireless access with integrated security and picked Aruba as the platform offered a comprehensive suite of tools for managing and maintaining their wireless network. Hames added that they chose Aruba for the project due to its competitive pricing, integrated security, and easy-to-use network management.

 

Aruba’s deployment for this project included three MMC-6000 Multi-Service Mobility Controllers, 175 access points, and the AirWave (News - Alert) Management Platform. According to Aruba officials, they identified and eliminated a number of rogue access points and use the AirWave system to centrally manage and monitor both the secure internal network and the guest network for use by non-District users.

 

Robert Fenstermacher, Aruba's head of education marketing noted that a increasing number of school districts are using mobile computer carts and handheld devices as well as interactive learning applications to facilitate anytime/anywhere learning.

 

“Making the most of these mobile teaching resources requires pervasive and reliable wireless access. School systems, like the Tamalpais Union High School District, increasingly turn to Aruba for wireless solutions because our networks offer both the best value and best-in-class performance,” he added.

 

Education IT departments on every level have begun to undertake major retooling efforts, according to Dave Hart, chief technology officer for Presidio Networked Solutions that recently implementation IT technologies at two St. Lucie Public School District in Florida and Massachusetts-based Becker College. He said that educational institutes can gain overall security and mobility, streamline operations and reduce operating expenses by using future-ready solutions.

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