1)VIGNANA JYOTHI– the new IT infrastructure

VIGNANA JYOTHI– the new IT infrastructure

Vignana Jyothi is a registered non-profit education society founded by a group of industrialists, businessmen and professionals who have won recognition for their professional competence and business ethics.Vignana Jyothi was formed with the objective of promoting quality education essential for sustained development of society. Keeping this noble cause in view,Vignana Jyothi supports a number of educational institutions including professional colleges under its banner.
The Vignana Jyothi which has come into being during 1991 has started the following institutions:
VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.
SPRING DALES PUBLIC SCHOOL
VNR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, in association with the VRS Trust.

The task
*Develop an affordable Wireless Network, but also technologically superior to competing solutions, to provide wireless connectivity and Internet access to the entire campus and student population.
*Provide internet connectivity in the New Management Hostel, located at a distant location
from the main campus.
*Upgrade the existing unmanaged networkinfrastructure, which has no control over it.
Moreover, the number of students increased & the network was facing significant degradation and bottlenecks.
*Central management & control over both wired & wireless network. Centralization and
standardization of services across the campus.

The Solution
After reviewing several responses, Vignana Jyothi selected Siemens, as a System-Integrator, for Wired/Wireless Network deployment
*Siemens HiPath Wireless LAN Controller & HiPath Wireless Access Points
*Extreme Networks Managed L2/L3 PoE Ethernet
*Switches & NMS Software & Enterasys Router.
*SonicWall Network Security Appliance & Proxy

Server Software Licenses.
* ADC Krone Fiber backbone & CAT6 passive components for inter-connectivity between different buildings as well as end-users respectively.
*Point-to-point wireless bridging between new management hostel & the college campus.
* Other Accessories – IBM Rack-Mountable Server,High-gain Antennas and Numeric UPS system.

Top Benefits
*The new Campus-wide wireless network increased flexibility for faculty and students who want to use laptops and other mobile devices across campus.
*An IPv6-ready network with high-speed Internet Access, Gigabit at desk & optional 10G uplink – to build a solid Future-Proof network infrastructure
*Network Management Software for Centralized configuration, management & control over both
network devices as well as users.
* Effective security that protects against unauthorized use of the network by deliver real-time network protection without compromising network performance.
*Flexible management of user groups on both Wired as well as Wireless Network.
* New Services like DHCP, Proxy Service being installed in New Server.

The new IT infrastructure Jan, 2010.