CDW-G、惠普和阿鲁巴岛提供统一的网络with performance, scalability, and availability at the right price.

When Jeffrey Hoag, Systems Administrator of Hoosic Valley Central School District, New York, was asked to update the Board of Education on the state of the technology and network infrastructure, he jumped at the opportunity.

“Our Cisco network is more than a decade old, and—while I can’t predict the future—I knew that we needed a mobile-first infrastructure,” explains Hoag. “We have to support connectivity for over a 1000 students and staff, new eLearning tools, streaming media, and—eventually—BYOD.”

Refreshing an aging infrastructure

有超过400台计算机分布在三座地区建筑物中，在线支持城堡学习，Google Chromebook的引入以及在线测试的地平线扩展，对学区进行正确的网络至关重要。教育委员会批准升级后，Hoag与CDW-G联系，要求他们设计网络并根据两家行业领先供应商的设备提交比较报价。可比较的构建每个包括可堆叠的开关和完整的冗余，与Cisco电话系统集成，并支持10GB光纤型主链，并能够在将来扩展到40GB和100GB。

With a restricted budget and dependence on government grants to complete the project, Hoag was also conscious of the need to keep costs to a minimum without compromising the school district’s requirements.

Aruba … “a no-brainer”

“当CDW说他们可以为我们提供强大的HP网络解决方案，几乎是竞争性竞标成本的一半时，这是不费吹灰之力的。我们抓住了这个机会，”霍格补充说，“我们并没有失望。”

All of the previous legacy equipment was replaced by new Aruba 10GbE across the campus and 1GbE to the desktop. The Aruba 2920 and 3800 switches provided the scalability and performance needed to support the school’s media-rich, bandwidth-intensive applications.

高性能统一网络

When CDW-G said that they could provide us with a robust HP Networking solution at almost half the cost of the competitive bid, it was a no-brainer. We jumped at the opportunity. We haven’t been disappointed.
Jeffrey Hoag,Systems Administrator, Hoosic Valley Central School District, New York

随着惠普（HP）对Aruba网络的收购，最初最初是因为两个独立的网络项目很快合并为一个。小学已经安装了一些Aruba接入点（AP），无线网络已扩展到包括Aruba的802.11ac Wi-Fi接入点，用于融合的校园网络，并具有最新的多Gigabit Wireless技术。负担得起的多功能200系列802.11ac AP易于使用零触摸配置部署，并在中等密度Wi-Fi环境中最大化移动设备性能。

霍格说：“结果肯定满足了我们的期望，如果没有超过他们的期望。”“为了测试网络，我们开始在小学的笔记本电脑上流式传输电影，然后走到高中而没有任何中断。那很酷。现在，我们的网络更快，更易于连接，我们的用户比以往任何时候都更加满意。”

量身定制的解决方案

One of the key differentiators was the ease with which the solution came together. “We sent the building plans to CDW-G and they came back with the two designs that we had asked for. We had to make a couple of tweaks, but nothing significant,” says Hoag.

“For the wireless network we did the same thing. Within a few days CDW-G came back with Aruba heat and channel maps that provided a guide for positioning the APs to maximize performance and coverage,” adds Hoag. “What really impressed me was that we weren’t forced into deploying a solution designed for a much larger school district. CDW-G, Aruba, and HPE listened to our needs. We got the solution that’s right for us.”

A seamless solution with significant cost savings

作为管理员，Aruba Airwave也使Hoag的生活更加轻松。Hoag说：“我可以管理从单个玻璃玻璃的所有内容，以及我们的防火墙和Aruba AP之间的集成能够简化，主动的管理，使我能够在问题出现之前解决问题。”“我们还节省了大量资金。我们已经能够合并和简化我们的接线壁橱，我们的网络支持成本已减半。此外，整个升级是没有任何停机时间完成的。那正是我想要的。”

地区纳税人是真正的赢家

Hoag summed it up: “I believe that the burden for district tax payers has been reduced by the decisions we’ve made. We’ve future-proofed our environment and can scale easily as demands increase. Unified networking from HP and Aruba provides our staff and students the access they need to make the most of the learning experience. Along with CDW-G, they’ve proved to be trusted advisors that I can depend on to meet the future needs of the school district.”