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- Case Study: Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia
- Southern Polytechnic is a special-purpose institution in the University System of Georgia, with about 3700 students. As a school dedicated to the study of technology, SPSU's Information Technology Division wanted to implement a campus-wide wireless LAN that would augment its existing 802.11 Ethernet wired network and meet the challenges presented...
- Tags: Security, IEEE 802.11, Meetinghouse, Georgia, Southern Polytechnic, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wireless, LANs, Networking
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- Meetinghouse Data Communications Case Study: Southern Polytechnic State University
- Southern Polytechnic is a special-purpose institution in the University System of Georgia, with about 3700 students. As a school dedicated to the study of technology, SPSU's Information Technology Division wanted to implement a campus-wide wireless LAN that would augment its existing 802.11 Ethernet wired network and meet the challenges presented...
- Tags: Security, Meetinghouse, IEEE 802.1X, Southern Polytechnic, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Ethernet, Networking
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- Republic Polytechnic Creates a Progressive Educational Environment With the Cisco Wireless Network
- Singapore's fifth polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic RP, was established on 1 August 2002, and currently has 3,700 students enrolled in various three-year Diploma programs. Republic Polytechnic wanted to provide a unique mobile learning environment for a new generation of IT-savvy staff and students. The company deployed Cisco Core Network with Cisco...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless Network, Republic Polytechnic
- Case studies 2006-02-01
- Adobe Systems Case Study: Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
- Temasek Polytechnic's mission is to prepare its graduates and working adults for future dynamic change with relevant knowledge, and lifelong skills. One of its initiatives is to equip its students with sound technical skills that are current and future to the global economy. In congruent to this, Temasek Polytechnic introduced...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Skill, Web Development, Temasek Polytechnic, Channel Management, Marketing
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- Polytechnic Institute Improves Productivity and Communication With Instant Messaging
- Republic Polytechnic of Singapore provides students with courses in engineering, information and communications technology, applied science, and technology for the arts. Since the institute's inception, management wanted students, faculty, and staff to be able to communicate more easily with each other to enhance learning. Because students in most educational settings...
- Tags: IM, Student, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Microsoft Office, Internet, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software
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- Finnish Polytechnic Issues Student IDs Faster With New Identity Management Solution
- Turku Polytechnic, located in Southwest Finland, needed to cut the time taken to issue user IDs, passwords, roles, and access rights to its student and learning community. The polytechnic worked with other universities and institutions on the implementation of a new solution for the management of user data. By using...
- Tags: user-ID, Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Identity Management
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- Republic Polytechnic in Singapore Upgrades Database to Support Problem-Based Learning
- Republic Polytechnic of Singapore is a new and unique higher education institution dedicated to delivering Problem-Based Learning PBL to students in a paperless environment. A rapid increase to 3,700 students was causing its IT infrastructure to experience high database usage spikes. The Polytechnic worked with Microsoft Services on a proof...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- At the Forefront of Educational Excellence, Republic Polytechnic Uses VMware for Innovative Problem-Based Learning
- Republic Polytechnic RP is Singapore's newest polytechnic school and first educational institution to fully adopt the advanced Problem-Based Learning PBL approach. As part of the PBL pedagogy, the school wanted to create a realistic environment for training its students. For the intrusion detection module, the school wanted to create a...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Republic Polytechnic, Intrusion Detection, Server Consolidation, It Services, Servers, Network Security, Security, Hardware, Networking
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- Success Story: Western & Southern Financial Group
- Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) needed to replace an outdated caching solution in the branch offices of one of its insurance subsidiaries, Western & Southern Life. The company implemented SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for 25 percent of the cost of a proprietary caching solution, and increased caching...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Financial, Branch Office, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Insurance, Open Source, Financial Planning, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-14
- Southern Cross Healthcare Improves Reliability and Boosts Analytical Capabilities With Oracle on Linux
- Southern Cross Healthcare is comprised of two organisations that focus on the health sector in New Zealand. The first created is the Southern Cross Medical Care Society with more than 800,000 members. The need to do more with less was the reason behind Southern Cross Healthcare's decision to migrate its...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Health Care, Southern Cross Healthcare, Linux, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources
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- International Network Services Case Study: Southern Company
- Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest generator of electrical power in the US, with more than 31,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its objective of implementing a world-class customer support center, Southern Company needed to consolidate multiple networks due to prior acquisitions. Southern Company selected Predictive Systems...
- Tags: Customer, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Networking, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
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- Southern University Firewall Policy
- Network Security Services NSS, a department of Technology and Network Services, operates a firewall to enhance security between the Internet and the Southern University network to establish a reliable network for the Universities computer and network resources. The Firewall is a key component of the Southern University network security architecture....
- Tags: Network, Firewalls, Network Security, Networking, Security
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Student Is Hooked on Networking
- Ricardo comes from a small family that resides in Queens, New York. In September 1996 Ricardo arrived at Thomas A. Edison Polytechnic High School and felt frustrated because the only subjects offered were basic curricula. In September 1997, a Cisco Networking Academy was opened at Thomas A. Edison Polytechnic High...
- Tags: Network, Student, Cisco Systems Inc., Ricardo, Professional Development, Career
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- The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company Saves $700K With Lexmark Solution and DFM Contract
- Headquartered in Cincinnati, The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company provides more than $57 billion in life insurance protection to 2.5 million policyholders. Paper is like oxygen for insurance companies. They can't live without it - lots of it. Western and Southern was no different, and like many companies, had...
- Tags: Life Insurance, Lexmark International Inc., Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Mainframe-to-Windows Server Move Speeds Key Process 33 Percent at Southern Company
- One of the mission-critical processes at Southern Nuclear - the nuclear facilities subsidiary of energy giant Southern Company - is granting clearances for employees and contractors who enter its facilities. That process was managed by an aging mainframe that could no longer handle the increasing pace of new federal regulations...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Regulations, Hardware, Government
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- Southern Company Ensures $30-Million Revenue Stream Using InTune and MAINVIEW
- Southern Company, one of the largest producers of electricity in the U.S., is a super-regional energy company with more than 38,000 megawatts of electric-generating capacity. The challenge was to find the source of an application response-time problem that was on the verge of bringing down a $30-million daily revenue stream....
- Tags: Revenue, BMC Software Inc., Quality Management, BMC MAINVIEW, It Management, Quality, It service Management, Business Operations
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- Utility Powers Up Productivity and Customer Service With a Wireless Solution
- The largest public utility in the southern United States, Southern Company utilizes local crews to handle routine repairs and restore power during outages. The crews rely on local storerooms for the materials they need to repair and service power lines and transformers. The efficiency of these storerooms is crucial to...
- Tags: Customer Service, Symbol Technologies Inc., Product Marketing, Wi-Fi, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Wireless, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Nortel Network Case Study: Southern Company
- With 4 million customers and nearly 39,000 Megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Ensuring power-grid control and customer service applications is a key requirement for the IT professionals at Southern Company....
- Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), VOIP, Telecommunications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- First Paperless Campus in Singapore Boosts Collaborative Learning, Saves Time and Costs
- Republic Polytechnic RP is Singapore's fifth polytechnic. RP has a student population growing from a current 5,600 to projected 13,000 by 2010. Although staff and students interact wirelessly through IP phones, Tablet PCs, email messaging and MSN Messenger Services for a student-centric learning environment, its growth demanded solutions for the...
- Tags: MSN, MSN Messenger, Student, Microsoft Corp., Singapore, Republic Polytechnic, Tablets, Entrepreneurship, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, VOIP, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Office Suites, Software, Telecommunications, Networking
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- Republic Polytechnic Is First Education Institute in Asia to Deploy Cisco Unified Wireless Network Implemented by Singapore Computer Systems
- The first educational institution in Singapore to adopt the Problem-Based Learning approach for all its diploma programmes, Republic Polytechnic has five schools offering nineteen diploma courses in Information & Communications Technology, Engineering, Applied Science, Technology for the Arts, and Sports, Health & Leisure. The institution believes that the use of...
- Tags: Education, Network, Institution, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless Network, Republic Polytechnic, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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