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Enhance K-12 Network Infrastructures to Meet Evolving Needs
Standards-based 3Com® secure converged networks deliver tested interoperability so that schools can easily build on an existing infrastructure, leveraging prior investments and assuring compatibility with future technology opportunities. They are designed to expand easily to align with changing numbers of users and educational applications. Standards-based solutions can also simplify management and minimize training for the community of technology users. 3Com converged networks offer a common transport medium that eases system administration of voice, data, and video services. IT staff can use a single set of skills to maintain security, track network demands, and support staff and students. Adds, moves and changes can be made conveniently and economically by inhouse personnel. Furthermore, 3Com converged solutions can facilitate collaboration and promote productive use of time and effort. Similar management and performance benefits result from an integrated wired and wireless 3Com network. Users gain seamless anytime, anywhere access and school districts can benefit from improved levels of security with unified authentication policies for network access. The network can remain robust at the same time that security is strengthened. Bandwidth can be monitored and managed to address specific usage and application needs—systems can seamlessly support dense graphics or high-resolution video. The secure, converged network's Quality of Service parameters can be customized to ensure that IP telephony traffic has the priority required for high-value voice services. The following links lead to additional information about how 3Com products can enhance network infrastructures to meet the increasing demands of today's learning environments: 3Com Security Solutions Learn more by using the RELATED INFO links on this page or by emailing education@3com.com. |
To meet the considerable demands of technology-based learning and administration dependencies on real-time data, K-12 educational networks must be reliable, flexible, and robust. To handle the realities of 21st century communications, these networks must also provide security and mobility without jeopardizing performance. And to continue to meet evolving needs cost-effectively, a school’s network must allow for practical scalability.