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
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1:5 |
- Number of additional access points saved
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104 |
- Number of additional cable runs saved
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104 |
- Number of switch ports that saved
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104 |
- Average power savings per year (kWh)
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22,601 |