1. IS 312 Group Presentation Spring 2010 3COMM Wireless Case Albuquerque Public School District Members: John Isaacs Hugo Jordan Melissa Parra J.D. Peralta Iwan Radithyawan

2. Albuquerque Public School District Servers approximately 90,000 students Employs 15,000 faculty and staff Includes 142 schools 1 IT manager, 3 IT techs are responsible for the network infrastructure for over 1,000 buildings

3. Albuquerque Public School District A secure, reliable and robust network solution 1.Cost 2.Distance 3.Different needs for each location

4. Albuquerque Public School District Components:

5. Albuquerque Public School District Price – Conserved over half the cost with 3Com solutions compared to Cisco and other solutions. – Twice as many network connections with full campus-wide wireless networking. Performance – Setting standards for public education in New Mexico. – Bandwidth standards that allow gigabit switching on every desktop. Reliability – Dramatic 2% failure rate decrease with the utilization of 3Com equipment. – Major improvement over a span of 5 years. Support – 3Com’s technical support team trains full time IT staff. – Support hotline is also available for unresolved technical issues where they are able to send a system engineer next day.

6. Albuquerque Public School District Transitioning to 802.11n access points. Upgrading its edge switches to the 4500G solutions. Replacing all 5500G switches with the 3Com switch 7900 series of modular switches.

7. Albuquerque Public School District