Healthcare and education are but two of the most information intensive vertical markets for information. Additionally, they have high demands for reliability of the network. Finally there are pressures to contain costs.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania rightsized their network infrastructure with high performance 802.11N from Aruba Networks.
"New system is expected to save $250,000 per new building, $100,000 per existing building, and over 25 metric tons of carbon savings per building per year.
Using Aruba wireless networks in existing facilities will eliminate 1050 Ethernet ports and fourteen 80 port switches per building, a savings of $100,000.00 in existing buildings and $250,000.00 in new buildings that would otherwise require wire installations. Additionally, the reduced cooling and power requirements of the Aruba Wi-Fi networks are expected to lower the carbon footprint of each building by more than 25 metric tons per year.
Network rightsizing is a three step process that matches infrastructure with user needs. The first step entails assessing the actual or projected utilization of closet switches and ports. In a typical an existing facility is not unusual to find that 40% of ports are underutilized or not used at all. The second step involves consolidating required ports into fewer switches to lower deployment and maintenance costs, and reduce electricity and HVAC usage. The third step involves deploying 802.11n Wi-Fi with Adaptive Radio Management to enhance the mobility and productivity of users who don't need a wired link. Aruba has developed a calculator to show the estimated monetary and C02 emissions savings resulting from rightsizing.
"One of the reason's customers are drawn to Aruba's networking rightsizing program is because Aruba's 802.11n wireless LANs are designed to deliver performance comparable to, or better than wired networks" "Electrical and cooling expenses are reduces because they have designed power efficient 802.11n access points and controllers, the latter drawing in some cases one quarter the wattage of competing controllers"
