Casair | Hardware Solutions: Education

Solutions for Education
Communications are the core of education. Whether in a rural middle school or an urban university, instructors and learners must communicate with each other, with the school community, and with the world they study. When students use online resources, learning outcomes can improve. When faculty access tools, data, and their colleagues, teaching and research improve. And when administrators deploy school management applications and databases, efficiencies are better.

To succeed today, educational institutions at all levels require networked communications. By investing in market-leading systems, schools can enhance teaching and learning while containing costs. 3Com is a leading provider of communications solutions for education worldwide, enabling schools to achieve academic excellence effectively and economically.

Growth and Flexibility

Campuses are like small cities. They support residences, administrations, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, retail outlets, newspapers, food distribution, security functions, athletic and recreational facilities, health facilities and business operations. They require intranets, extranets, and high-speed communications. They warehouse and distribute content, and their populations are dynamic and fluctuating. Moreover, as with cities, services must be available around-the-clock. In summary, they are very complex IT environments.

To meet their communication as easily as possible, colleges and universities require the most flexible and scalable solutions available. Their networks must cost-effectively expand or adapt to support emerging applications, new technologies, and increasing student and faculty populations. To conserve IT budgets, they should be reliable and simple to manage. They need to be standards-based to eliminate obsolescence. School systems should also offer the versatility to restore communications quickly in the event of disaster, providing campuses with safety and peace-of-mind.