University Puts Cisco Mobility To Work

May 28th, 2009

At the University of British Columbia (UBC), the wireless network spans 100 hectares with multiple campuses — and it continues to grow to support more than 55,000 students, professors and staff for learning and research.Like most major universities, UBC relies on technology to help it deliver educational services to its students and keep its faculty on the cutting edge of research and development. When UBC needed a solution that would scale with its growth and allow mobile workspaces anywhere on campus, it turned to Cisco.

“Cisco’s new technologies allow for a faster connection and increased density for lecture theatres that hold hundreds of students, allowing them to simultaneously use throughput-intensive course materials such as streaming media,” said Marilyn Hay, manager of the University of British Columbia’s Network Management Centre.

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