London's Institute of Education Delivers Campus-Wide Mobile Services with Nortel Solutions

Nortel's Mobility Solution provides highly secure and integratedaccess to commonly used applications for more than 6,000 IoE studentsand 800 faculty and staff, regardless of where they are on campus. Thesolution was deployed across the Institute's three sites inconjunction with Nortel's channel partner, Applinet, and includesadaptive WLAN products and security switches.

In keeping with its commitment to the innovative use oftechnology, the Institute has also deployed Nortel's CommunicationServer 1000, enabling a seamless migration path for the Institute'sexisting voice network. To ensure a highly secure solution, Nortel'sEthernet Routing Switches and Ethernet Switches were also connected tothe core of the IoE network to create separate virtual LANs.

"Our new mobility solution has greatly enriched the educationalexperience at the Institute by extending the learning environmentacross our entire campus," said David Snewin, computing manager at theIoE. "The wireless network from Nortel is practical and easy tomaintain, and its centralised, layered approach to security eliminatesany concerns we had about the integrity of wireless communications."

"UK universities are evolving at a tremendous pace to meet thechallenges of a modern, interactive and mobile community of students,faculty and staff," said Peter Kelly, president, Enterprise Networksfor Nortel in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). "In thisenvironment, utilising technology to attract the best students andstaff while enhancing the learning experience becomes increasinglymore important."

"Mobility Solutions from Nortel are ideally suited to meeting thegrowing demand for students and faculty to have 'anytime, anywhere'access to applications and resources," Kelly said. "We are extremelypleased to have helped the Institute of Education realise itscommunication objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner."

Recognising the cost benefits of extending campus-wideconnectivity via a wireless LAN, IoE chose Nortel's WLAN solutionbecause of its proven performance and ability to offer highly securewireless access. "Nortel's Mobility Solution is already significantlyenhancing the productivity of IoE students," Snewin said. "By usingNortel systems, our students, professors and staff have immediateaccess to the academic resources they need, making our campus acohesive community where learning can take place anywhere at anytime."

"Applinet partnered with Nortel at a very early stage of theproject definition to help the IoE capture the technical and practicalrequirements of students and staff," said Darren Boyce, managingdirector, Applinet. "Applinet was able to deliver on the IoE's visionof greater access to more stakeholders by developing a highly securewireless LAN that has become central to the university's day-to-daycurriculum."

"We recommended Nortel products because they are so reliable, thequality of software and hardware is exceptional, and the support weget from Nortel is excellent," Boyce said. "The bottom line is I feelconfident that, with Nortel wireless LAN and converged solutions, mycustomers will get a great return on investment, and the Institute ofEducation is no exception."

Wireless LAN provides a strong foundation for Nortel's 'OfficeAnywhere' mobility solution for the Virtual Enterprise, designed toallow students and staff roaming in different locations to collaborateas effectively as though they were in the same place. With newapplications and solutions, Nortel makes it possible for all workersto take their 'Office Anywhere' through reliable, highly secure mobileaccess to business applications wherever they are working.

About the Institute of Education, University of London

Founded in 1902, with now over 100 years of excellence ineducation, the Institute of Education is a world class centre ofexcellence for research, teacher training, higher degrees andconsultancy in education and education-related areas of socialscience. The Institute is widely recognized as a world leader ineducational research, and its staff of pre-eminent scholars andtalented students from all walks of life makes up an intellectuallyrich and diverse learning community.

About Applinet

Applinet plc is a UK leading systems integrator specialising incorporate security solutions (including voice, convergence, wirelessand mobility) across a comprehensive portfolio of technologies fromall of the industry's leading security providers. Applinet's focus ison providing a true end-to-end capability ranging from infrastructuredesign, implementation and converged networks all the way through toapplication deployment. Applinet plc is one of Nortel's Gold SolutionsPartners in the UK and is fully accredited in Nortel's CommunicationServer portfolio, BCM, Layer 4-7 Switching and award winning Ethernetswitching ranges. Applinet's commitment to Nortel solutions is suchthat it offers demonstration facilities to include the latestconverged multimedia, traditional voice and data solutions.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communicationscapabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and powerglobal commerce, and secure and protect the world's most criticalinformation. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers,Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassingend-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services andapplications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve theworld's greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web atwww.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.

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