 |  With a proud 20-year tradition of serving higher education, Enterasys solutions help colleges and universities find a balance between providing an open computing environment to students, faculty and staff, and mitigating the security risks associated with data theft, DoS attacks, propagating worms and illegal downloads. You’ll find our Secure Networks™ in some of the world’s most prestigious, technically advanced institutions. How can we help you? Why choose Enterasys to be your Secure Networks provider? Here are just a few reasons: - Innovative leader—In 2000, Enterasys was the first vendor to bring security and networking expertise together to meet the evolving needs of higher education. Our Secure Networks strategy has been recognized by Forrester Research and Gartner as head of the class.
- Experienced provider—We’ve been deploying campus-wide network solutions at some of the most progressive colleges for more than 20 years. Chancellors, CIOs and IT directors alike trust Enterasys because we know what it takes to succeed in the highly competitive education market. See for yourself.
- Well-connected partner—Key to serving the unique demands of schools is partnering with other technology leaders to deliver true best-of-breed solutions. Our relationships with Dell, Siemens, Lucent, Microsoft and others ensure secure, seamless interoperability with today’s converged applications—and tomorrow’s—for a greater ROI.
- Award-winning performer—Don’t just take our word for it. Enterasys Secure Networks products and solutions have garnered recent industry awards from Information Security, VAR Business, SearchNetworking.com and others.
What are your most pressing issues? Our Secure Networks™ architecture—which embeds security pervasively throughout the network infrastructure—uniquely meets today’s higher education challenges: - Identity and Data Theft—Now one of the most talked about issues, the theft of sensitive personal information not only harms the individuals, but can severely damage a school’s reputation. A Secure Networks architecture lets you establish and enforce strict usage policies for everyone—and everything—on your network. Learn more.
- Worms and Viruses—More sophisticated than ever before, worms and viruses can propagate an entire campus in minutes, bringing it to a virtual halt. A Secure Networks architecture has the built-in response capabilities to detect, locate and mitigate a threat well before it spreads. Learn more.
- Illegal Downloads and Other Abuse—Peer-to-peer application abuse (such as music downloads) can put a strain on available bandwidth and the service expected by a large user community. With Secure Networks, you can have pinpoint control over how and when applications are used campus-wide. Learn more or click here to view the Peer-to-Peer Security Solution overview.
- Classroom Control—Networked computers are now an important learning tool in the classroom, but they can also be a distraction. But with Secure Networks, professors can limit classroom access as much or as little as they desire. Learn more.
Our Secure Networks can be found at some of the nation’s most prestigious learning institutions. Here are just a few: - Appalachian State University—Secure Networks technology preserves the traditional "openness" of the university environment, while ensuring advanced security with features like MAC authentication and multiple MAC authentications per port and support for the university's unique registration system. Learn more.
- Baylor University—By segmenting its Secure Network exclusively for students, Baylor minimized bandwidth consumption, secured the network from misuse, and implemented a management framework that allows for policy changes to be deployed quickly and easily from a central location. Learn more.
- Mott Community College—When this 14,000-student community college in Michigan wanted to extend its e-learning capabilities off campus to include online classes with real-time voice and video, they turned to Enterasys. Our Secure Networks solution provided on-demand quality of service—and saved the school more than $60,000! Learn more.
- Bentley College—Enterasys’ Secure Networks technology provides a powerful, campus-wide communications infrastructure and plays a pivotal, active role in the school’s broad, business, arts and science curriculum. Learn more.
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