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.

Security and Privacy

In this day and age, school safety is an essential concern. However, whereas K-12 schools once had to secure only their physical campuses, they now have online resources and data to defend. Schools must safeguard their networks 24/7 from hackers, vandals, and denial of service attacks. They need to preserve the confidentiality and integrity of student records, grades, and health information. To strengthen campus security, they need low-cost video surveillance systems. They also must ensure that faculty, staff, and students in any classroom can rapidly summon assistance in the event of emergency.

Schools, however, lack the budgets and IT personnel that businesses and universities invest in security measures. They require solutions that can protect networked communications throughout a school district, but without complexity or great costs. Their safeguards must be easy to manage while ensuring business-class safety and communications.