Cloud-managed services provide the network foundation needed to
support new technology initiatives in the classroom
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 26, 2016--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), today announced it created an advanced digital
learning environment for Ranger College, a community college in rural
Texas, with ProCloud Plus cloud-managed wired and wireless network
services. New learning applications, delivered via the cloud and over
Gigabit broadband and with streaming media, are elevating educators’
abilities to create an engaging learning environment and connect with
tech-savvy students. By leveraging ADTRAN’s ProCloud Plus managed
services, Ranger College is able to eliminate the typical operational
and capital costs that often preclude higher education IT institutions
from delivering the digital learning programs that prepare students to
compete in the data-driven workplace.
Students at Ranger College, like at most colleges and universities
across the U.S., come to class with a variety of connected devices, so
having a robust Wi-Fi infrastructure is critical to keeping them
connected and engaged. While these devices enhance the students’ ability
to learn, they also increase the pressure on the IT support
infrastructure and team. By outsourcing its Wi-Fi and LAN services
through ADTRAN ProCloud Services, the college can now easily support all
connectivity needs from the classroom to the administrative offices.
Ranger College now has the confidence to scale new digital learning
applications and services as more come online. Ranger College was also
able to layer on a number of ADTRAN’s professional services, including
initial site surveys, installation, student and staff help desk, alert
monitoring and full system management as part of its new cloud strategy.
This integrated approach has had an immediate impact on the college’s IT
help desk by reducing service calls by over 90% per week.
“It’s challenging for schools to keep up with the demand for mobility
and address the limits of traditional network architecture in terms of
its ability to handle the growing connectivity demands in classrooms as
the way we teach and students learn evolves,” said Michael Beran, IT
director, Ranger College. “Prior to ProCloud Plus services, we had a
variety of dissimilar, difficult-to-manage access points with a lot of
downtime and no way to pinpoint problem areas. ADTRAN eliminates all
those issues by providing a managed service with a solid backbone.”
“Education is changing, both in terms of the readily available online
resources for teachers, and how tech-savvy students want to learn, and
it’s causing real challenges for IT departments that are already
strapped for resources,” said Todd Lattanzi, director, cloud services
portfolio, ADTRAN. “Enabling these higher education IT teams to leverage
a cloud-managed solution provides the critical networking foundation
that will allow them to stay ahead of the learning curve and on budget.”
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures.
ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
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