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CAMPUS WIFI BILLING AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT
Educational institutions today face increasing challenges in how to effectively regulate end users usage of information technology (IT) resources. Post-secondary education facilities including colleges and universities all share one thing in common: an extremely high ratio of connected users in their environment, including students and faculty, who in many instances have completely unmetered access to campus IT resources and the internet. As access broadens beyond classrooms and libraries to include wireless access in dorms, lecture halls and common areas, it becomes a greater burden for IT administrators to securely manage the network. Peer to peer traffic on the network overwhelms resources and dominates available bandwidth, severely degrading production application performance.
In fact, typical campus network requirements are entirely similar to those of an internet service provider, with thousands of recurring subscribers to IT services, such as wireless and wireline internet access, shared storage, and user-specific applications.
The EngageIP Broadband Suite from LogiSense takes the best of the features of the software developed for commercial Service Providers and delivers the capability to automate, control and meter access to the campus network, by application, device and user, all managed from a central web interface console. Manual tasks such as provisioning e-mail or granting access privileges to thousands of students are automated, significantly reducing administrative overhead. EngageIP simplifies administration and provides education IT administrators the granular control they require to manage their networks effectively through the following ongoing cycles:
DEFINE
The logical first step is to align end user IT resource usage with corporate policy. EngageIP allows administrators to set specific usage rules by end user, department or group and integrates with common user directories including LDAP and Active Directory. These rules are easily modifiable as policies change and include IP billing/cost allocation for bandwidth quality of service controls, applications, devices and resources.
MEASURE
Once defined, usage patterns are reported on in EngageIP with graphical tools in the web-based interface. This allows central administrators to view ad-hoc, in a summary or detail form, who is using particular resources and provides the information necessary to effectively charge back internally.
ANALYZE
The data gathered with the EngageIP Broadband Suite can be exported to 3rd party analysis tools or utilized in a basic form to assist in redefining corporate policy or charge back rates, based on usage patterns.
IMPROVE
With EngageIP Cache Server appliance in place, users frequently requested data is moved closer to the edge of the network, removing load from central servers, driving down bandwidth requirements and improving performance.
CONTROL
The key benefit of EngageIP Broadband Suite is the automated control it gives administrators over the allocation and use of information technology (IT) resources. This is increasingly important as the number of applications and services in a typical network expands, and their use spans the entire "virtual" organization, including customers, partners and suppliers.
Automate, Accelerate and Regulate with LogiSense EngageIP!
If you are a Education organization and you are interested in maximizing the return on corporate IT resources, contact us today.
Friday October 10 2008