Brent Pienaar IT Manager Dubai Women’s College (Higher Colleges of Technology), UAE Unplugged and Live Using WLAN on Campus to Improve Staff and Student Productivity

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 A Wireless Story…

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Meeting Business Demand: Changes Required Business Drivers: The DWC Laptop Initiative DWC Experiences: Success factors and challenges Watching the technologies change: A never ending story Future Plans What you‘re going to hear…

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 “Technology alone cannot improve effectiveness.” Integrate IT within the curriculum The ability to apply IT knowledge Provide any time, any where curriculum Use collaboration tools Industry partnerships Prepare future entrepreneurs Meeting Business Demand Changes Required

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Meeting Business Demand Restructuring the Curriculum

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Aligning IT and Business Goals Fortifying Network Security Maximizing IT Investments Empowering a Mobile ‘Workforce’ Embrace (emerging) Technology More flexible classroom configurations Spontaneous groupings of students Meeting Business Demand Objectives Given

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 YearWindows Apple % of Students Oct % Oct % Oct % Oct % The DWC Laptop Initiative Business Drivers

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Business Drivers I feel that using the laptop is improving my learning. 92% Student Feedback

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Every faculty and student has a laptop –Approx wireless devices WLAN signal “blankets” the campus Every classroom (130) has access to the network and Internet –Wired and wireless connections Internal resources have been reallocated Business Drivers The Results

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Business Drivers Hours per day students spent using a laptop

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 DWC Experiences Started our first pilot in 2000 Partnerships key –60 Intel Wireless Cards –6 Intel Wireless Access Points Viewed as a strategic investment Staged purchase and deployment –In part driven by integrated antenna Currently have 40 Access Points Overview

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Novices - information sharing Cannot happen overnight Power and Cables Convenience Laptop Configuration Signal Strength - coverage Site Survey - placement of APs DWC Experiences Challenges

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Senior management sanctioned investment (time, resources & finance) Educators (strategy) need to lead (IT can’t) IT needs to innovate Strategic application and integration of technology (enabler) Partnerships Reverse engineering (back to the future) Time to mature; there is a process DWC Experiences Success Factors

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Success Factors DWC Experiences Added true value; did not add technology for the sake of it Didn’t always try for the hard sell Partnered with industry leaders (mutual benefits) –Worldwide Case studies by Intel and IBM –Reference to DWC by Intel CEO Integrated and seamless technology; not just an add-on

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Wireless Networking Cost Access Points Integrated Wireless Cards Battery Life Antennas Standards Security Bandwidth Watching the technologies change A never ending story Wired Infrastructure Laptop Chipset

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Watching the technologies change Additional Costs

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Wireless Networking Cost Access Points Integrated Wireless Cards Battery Life Antennas Standards Security Bandwidth Watching the technologies change A never ending story Wired Infrastructure Laptop Chipset

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Watching the technologies change Security

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Future Plans “ For DWC, wireless is now a core technology. ” “ Extending the DWC Network Through Wireless Networking ” “ Flooding the New DWC Campus with Wireless Networking ”

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Campus expansion –Gymnasium –Auditorium + Lecture Hall –Student Activity Center –Additional Classrooms Wireless everywhere –200 + APs Tri-band functionality Increased security Mobility and ‘other’ devices Future Plans

WiRELESS middle east, 30 January 2006 Notes Higher Colleges of Technology – Dubai Women’s College – Intel Case Studies – ai.pdfhttp:// ai.pdf – IBM Case Study – 63RCNZ?OpenDocument&Site=defaulthttp://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/DNSD- 63RCNZ?OpenDocument&Site=default

Brent Pienaar MIS, CPA, CISSP, CISA IT Manager Thank You!