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The University of Tennessee has selected Aruba's 802.11n adaptive wireless LAN and secure mobility solution at its Knoxville campus College of Business Administration.

 

Based on positive endorsements from other University of Tennessee campuses, and following a competitive bake-off including single channel and adaptive wireless LANs, Aruba's 802.11n solution was selected for the project.

 

The new 174,000 square foot, $40 million business administration building will offer state-of-the-art electronic learning facilities, and it required wireless infrastructure that would complement the school's culture of innovation and enhance its high level of educational distinction.

 

Originally founded in 1794 as Blount College, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) today serves 26,400 students and 8,300 faculty and staff on a 550-acre, 220 building campus.

 

"This new facility is intended to propel the college of Business to the next level of academic excellence, and the facility's wireless network is critical to the realization of that vision," said Philippe Hanset, UTK's Wireless LAN manager.

 

"Based on the experience we gained since launching our first campus-wide wireless network in 2000 under project Nomad, it was clear that Aruba's systems approach to wireless networking really stood apart. RF design is only one element in a multi-dimensional problem that includes bandwidth management, client steering, guest access, encryption, access control, and network management, among others. Aruba's 802.11n solution delivered the best performance, was the easiest to use and manage, and offered the highest available security. In my book, that lays a solid foundation on which we can build a world-class learning center,” explained Hanset.

 

"Recent tests conducted by Aruba show that our standards-based 802.11n solutions extract the best performance from 802.11n enabled laptops, allowing faculty and students alike to make the most of this new technology," stated Robert Fenstermacher, Aruba Higher Education Marketing.

 

"If you build a state-of-the-art facility you don't want the learning experience sullied by poor Wi-Fi performance due to driver incompatibility or nearby interference. We have taken pains to enable our 802.1n networks to adapt to the environment in which they operate. The result is that IT staff can focus on learning initiatives without distraction,” added Fenstermacher.

 

Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. The company’s unified mobility solutions include Wi-Fi networks, identity-based security, remote access and cellular services, and centralized multi-vendor network management to enable the Follow-Me Enterprise (News - Alert) that moves in lock-step with users. Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.

 

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