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Southampton Solent University Leverages Enterasys to Enable Wireless and VoIP
Upgraded Network Provides Students, Faculty and Guests Secure, Always-On Connectivity for Wired and Wireless Devices While Ensuring High-Availability for VoIP & Video
| Source: Enterasys
ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire - October 21, 2008) - Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks
Company™, today announced that Southampton Solent University, one of the
U.K.'s newest universities located in southern England, has selected
Enterasys to provide solutions to securely connect more than 3,500 network
devices which service more than 16,000 students and 1,000 University staff
across multiple campus buildings. Through its partnership with Enterasys,
Southampton Solent University now has the foundation necessary to implement
next-generation applications such as IP video multicasting and Voice over
IP (VoIP), while network users enjoy secure, "always-on" availability for
both wired and wireless applications.
Southampton Solent University officially expanded from a college to
university status in 2005. With the rapid growth of the University, the
desire to roll out next-generation connectivity services that enhance the
curriculum and allow students and staff to work more safely and with
greater efficiency became a priority. The University also required a
solution that was compatible with its multi-vendor infrastructure
environment, which includes Checkpoint firewalls and Dell servers.
"For more than 10 years, Enterasys and their partner NetConnection Systems
have supported us as our University and our network have expanded and
modernised," said John Carling, Head of IT at Southampton Solent
University. "We selected Enterasys solutions because they were proven to be
compatible with our existing IT infrastructure at a price point with
technologies that other leading vendors couldn't offer at the time. We were
also greatly impressed with the responsiveness and knowledge of Enterasys'
sales, service and support staff."
Today, Southampton Solent University's network connects three separate
locations within a 10-mile area, consisting of multiple buildings including
classrooms, administration offices and student residences. Connected
endpoints are secured through unified wired/wireless policy privileges that
distinguish between staff and student roles while proactively protecting
against unauthorized behavior by rogue devices or unauthenticated users.
Applications for campus-wide wireless access, next-generation multimedia
communications and a VoIP system are prioritized and secured. Carling has
plans to implement an Enterasys intrusion prevention system, and is
exploring the option of installing Enterasys' Enterprise Notification
System as well.
"The built-in security and self-healing redundancy provided by Enterasys
products have proven its value through service-oriented, identity-based
access to online resources depending on who you are and where you're
located. In short, the solution does exactly what Enterasys promises it
does, the company is easy to work with and the performance is very
reliable," Carling said. "As an IT professional, we understand that we
rarely get calls from users congratulating us when the network is running
well, but we do get calls when there's a problem. With Enterasys equipment,
we don't receive many of those calls. The network is transparent to our
users, highly visible to us, and if we want to make future enhancements, it
won't require a forklift upgrade."
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys is part of a joint venture with Siemens Enterprise Communications
led by The Gores Group, LLC. The joint venture is a multi-billion dollar
provider of hardware, software, and services to deliver service-oriented
networks that enable service-oriented applications in a mobile and secure
manner. Enterasys delivers Secure Networks™ that ensure the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IT services and the
business users that rely on them -- without sacrificing performance.
Thousands of enterprises, government agencies and educational institutions
in more than 70 countries worldwide rely on our convergence, compliance and
connectivity solutions to deliver business-oriented, identity-based
visibility and control of individual user and application priority and
security. The company's culture is centered on the principle, "There is
nothing more important than our customers." Enterasys' standards-based,
open-architecture approach to network security offers a long technology
lifecycle and significant operational and business benefits, while reducing
total cost of ownership. Information about Enterasys' award winning,
policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless products, security software and
services is available at www.enterasys.com.
About The Gores Group
The Gores Group, LLC, founded in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on
acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can
benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The
firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence
capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a
traditional financial buyer.
The Gores Group maintains offices in Los Angeles, Boulder and London. For
more information, please visit www.gores.com.
About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tennenbaum Capital Partners is a Santa Monica, California-based private
investment firm managing over $7 billion in committed capital in private
funds. The firm's investment strategy is grounded in a long-term, value
approach, and it assists -- both financially and operationally --
transitional middle market companies in such industries as technology,
healthcare, energy, aerospace, business services, retail and general
manufacturing. Tennenbaum's core strengths include in-depth knowledge of
equity and debt financing vehicles in the public and private markets, as
well as a thorough understanding of special situations. For more
information, please visit www.tennenbaumcapital.com.