Gavilan College Goes State-of-the-Art with Xirrus Wireless Networking


Located near California's Silicon Valley, the fully accredited Gavilan College offers a wide range of services, including programs of community education, study in the liberal arts and sciences, and study in the pre-professional, business, vocational, and technical fields. Originally established in 1919, Gavilan College is committed to educational excellence and has much to offer including small class sizes, a beautiful 150-acre campus, and an excellent faculty of over 200 teachers. Its services and programs are designed to instill the values of critical thinking, life-long learning, cultural understanding, and community service for the 7,000 students. Gavilan's quality of service to students is closely bound to the quality of the college staff.


Requirements
  • Support large number of connected wireless users throughout campus
  • Provide seamless roaming for each user and fluid connectivity for full-time and adjunct professors
  • Minimum devices installed
  • Support for data and voice over Wi-Fi
  • Easy management and long term RoI

Benefits
  • Entire college blanketed with high-performance Wi-Fi enabling everyone on campus to experience High-Performance Wi-Fi
  • Support for data and voice on single infrastructure
  • Personal service, expertise and support from a knowledgeable and familiar account team
  • 80% fewer devices installed to result in less cabling, switch ports, installation time, cost and maintenance

Savings
  • Ratio of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional access points
1:5
  • Number of additional access points saved
104
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
104
  • Number of switch ports that saved
104
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
22,601