Lebanese University IT Department Open Source Culture (IT Infrastructure Projects, LPI Academy & LMS)
Lebanese University- Central Administration Lebanese University Overview: Number of Faculties: 88 WAN Topology: Star to Central Admin Number of Students: 75000 Number of Staff/Professors: 7000 Internet Link Speed: 220 Mbps WAN Topology
Lebanese University- Central Administration Network Infrastructure Solutions: Systems & Services: DNS (Bind) WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard) Email Filter (spamassassin) Faculty Webhosting (LAMP) Scripting and Task Automation: Bash, AWK scripting DNS, proxy Firewall, IDS Antivirus Network Operation Center
Lebanese University- Central Administration Network Infrastructure Solutions: Systems & Services: DNS (Bind) WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard) Email Filter (spamassassin) Faculty Webhosting (LAMP) Scripting and Task Automation: Bash, AWK scripting Network Security: IPS (SNORT) Firewall (IPTABLES) Network Operation Center
Lebanese University- Central Administration Network Infrastructure Solutions: Systems & Services: DNS (Bind) WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard) Email Filter (spamassassin) Faculty Webhosting (LAMP) Scripting and Task Automation: Bash, AWK scripting Network Security: IPS (SNORT) Firewall (IPTABLES) WAN Topology Faculty Firewalls
Lebanese University- Central Administration Network Infrastructure Solutions: Systems & Services: DNS (Bind) WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard) Email Filter (spamassassin) Faculty Webhosting (LAMP) Scripting and Task Automation: Bash, AWK scripting Network Security: IPS (SNORT) Firewall (IPTABLES) WAN Topology iptables 60x Faculty Firewalls
Lebanese University- Central Administration Learning Management Solution: Moodle + Office365, OpenMeetings
Lebanese University- Central Administration Learning Management Solution: Moodle + Office365, OpenMeetings 6x Faculties Faculties of sciences (1,2,3,4,5) Faculty of Pedagogy Done Done
Lebanese University- Central Administration LPI Academic Partner
Lebanese University- Central Administration LPI Academic Partner
Lebanese University- Central Administration Conclusion: …..As per LU IT team Experience LPI certificate is being integrated with official curriculum Basic Computer Hardware + Linux Skills = ~ ANY IT Service High Specification Computer Hardware = ~ ANY IT Service + Performance LU Annual Savings using Open-Source: Central Firewall ~ 60,000$ Faculty Firewall ~ 90,000$ = (3000$ x 30 Faculties) Services ~ License Fees (MEHE Agreement for Microsoft Software)
Lebanese University- Central Administration Conclusion: …..As per LU IT team Experience LPI certificate is being integrated with official curriculum Basic Computer Hardware + Linux Skills = ~ ANY IT Service High Specification Computer Hardware = ~ ANY IT Service + Performance LU Annual Savings using Open-Source: Central Firewall ~ 60,000$ Faculty Firewall ~ 90,000$ = (3000$ x 30 Faculties) Services ~ License Fees (MEHE Agreement for Microsoft Software) OSS practice & knowledge is an Asset to protect against commercial solutions’ bias