Higher education networking made easy

Technology is vital to today's digitally native students, who spend roughly 78 percent of their waking hours using digital devices. Meeting their needs requires fast, seamless connectivity across an ever-shifting landscape of personal and institutional access points. In addition to student expectations for fast, reliable internet anywhere on campus, college and university IT teams must support the growing bandwidth demands of connected campuses. Research centers, stadiums, security systems and virtual learning all compete for limited IT resources.

The pandemic multiplied these challenges, forcing several years' worth of digital transformation over the course of a few months. Abrupt and unwelcome as they may have been, those changes may help colleges and universities stay competitive in a time of increasing competition and disruption in higher education. Institutional success will depend on agile, reliable IT infrastructure that can deliver an exceptional learning environment and support the transformation necessary to attract and retain students and faculty.

This guide examines high-performance networking solutions and managed services that can enhance student experiences, improve efficiency and simplify IT.