AIT Upgrades the North Lindsey College Wireless LAN During £12.2m Expansion Plan
As part of a £12.2 million expansion plan, North Lindsey college were looking to update their Wireless Network to allow staff and students to connect seamlessly and securely across the whole campus. After choosing AIT to help them with the project, an Aerohive solution was chosen and 173 access points installed across the site, all managed by the Hive Manager platform.
Reading, United Kingdom, August 3, 2015 (Newswire.com) - AIT Partnership Group Ltd, a leading Secure Network Solutions Partner in the UK, announced today the completion of a Wireless LAN project for North Lindsey College, the largest provider of higher education and training in North Lincolnshire. 173 access points have been installed throughout the 33 acre campus, including at the state-of-the-art Engineering Technology Centre (ETC) opening in September 2015.
With the expansion of the college came increased demand from staff and students to be able to connect to the network from there devices wherever they were across the campus. The new wireless LAN has meant all teaching material, emails and social networking is accessible instantly and securely.
"We have experienced exponential growth in mobile devices being used at the college. Staff and students use the wireless network more than ever to access teaching materials, for research and for social applications. We were very pleased with AIT's straight forward approach and practical knowledge. The Aerohive Solution performs well. We've had no complaints about network speed or connectivity issues from our staff or students. I'm particularly pleased with the cloud based management approach which is easy to administer and provides all the features I need to see what is going on within our wireless network, and control it."
Keith Urry, Senior ICT Network and Security Officer, North Lindsey College
"We have experienced exponential growth in mobile devices being used at the college. Staff and students use the wireless network more than ever to access teaching materials, for research and for social applications" said Keith Urry, Senior ICT Network and Security Officer at North Lindsey College.
AIT recommended an Aerohive Networks solution consisting of 802.11ac access points and the cloud based Hive Manager. The Aerohive architecture means that every access point installed has its own controller, eliminating any bottlenecks throughout the network.
Keith continued "We were very pleased with AIT's straight forward approach and practical knowledge. The Aerohive Solution performs well. We've had no complaints about network speed or connectivity issues from our staff or students. I'm particularly pleased with the cloud based management approach which is easy to administer and provides all the features I need to see what is going on within our wireless network, and control it."
The Hive Manager platform uses a web interface to setup user access rights, control the resources each user can access and determine which applications are accessible on mobile devices. These capabilities make it perfect in an educational setting where many individuals need access to a vast range of resources across different departments.
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