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City, University of London Modernizes Wireless Campus Infrastructure with Extreme Networks
Offers 99.9% uptime for 18,000 students across 24 buildings, dramatically simplifies network management for IT staff READING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nOffers 99.9% uptime for 18,000 students across 24 buildings, dramatically simplifies network management for IT staff\n\n READING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExtreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leader in cloud networking, today announced the deployment of a new Wi-Fi 6 wireless network for UK-based City, University of London, providing connectivity to over 18,000 students and 2,000 staff. The new infrastructure includes the ExtremeCloud™ IQ platform, which simplifies network management and provides the IT team with full visibility and advanced analytics around network performance, usage and security. ExtremeCloud IQ also delivers insights that will help the university improve the student experience and drive operational efficiencies.\n\nAlongside Charterhouse Group, Extreme Networks delivered a wireless solution that seamlessly integrates with the university’s existing wired infrastructure and offers greater reliability, flexibility, control and security across the campus.\n\nKey Benefits\n\n\nImproved Learning Experience for Students: The deployment of a new Wi-Fi 6 wireless network provides seamless connectivity throughout high-density environments across campus. The enhanced network easily handles an ever-increasing load of media-rich content and devices. Students benefit from faster speeds and low latency, allowing them to access educational platforms or stream videos without delay from anywhere on campus. It also future-proofs the university for the emergence of new programs and curriculum that will rely on Wi-Fi connectivity.\n\n\nSimplified, Streamlined Network Management and Visibility of Applications for IT Staff: The powerful combination of ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine and ExtremeAnalytics provides the university’s IT team with an easy, effective and automated way to operate and manage all network functions via the cloud. Now, the university can automate the provisioning of new devices, freeing up staff to focus on other tasks and projects, and use hyper-segmentation to drastically increase the university’s security posture by creating stealth networks that separate certain user and device groups to minimize the risk of unauthorized access. Analytics empower the staff to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues, understand usage patterns to optimize application performance, leverage insights around ...