Five schools in the north of the Netherlands are exploring ways to strengthen their combined capabilities, not only to enhance the quality of secondary education, but also to improve their operational efficiency. A shared, state-of-the-art fiber-optic network built by Eurofiber provides a solid foundation for increased cooperation. Education has a growing need for connectivity.
The five schools, which provide education at varying levels, from practical through senior vocational programmes to pre-university level, for roughly 7,500 students launched a combined connectivity call for tenders. Jan Albert Emmelkamp, IT Manager for the Association, explains why: “Each school had its own Office environment, dedicated servers as well as their own network. That needed changing, and replacing with a joint network and a single shared datacenter for all the schools.” Our basic position is ‘in the Cloud, unless’, which brings with it a need for reliable connectivity. We foresee an escalation in data traffic driven by the expanding role of videos, photographs, 3D models, virtual reality and augmented reality. This, in turn, will drive a need for increasing bandwidth on our part.”
Robust, reliable and a future-proof network
The Network Monitoring Center (NMC) monitors the entire infrastructure 24/7 to ensure that any issues are identified and analysed as soon as possible before being remedied, often before the client has even noticed something is wrong. The provision of these services is part and parcel of the ‘vital infrastructure’ quality mark that Eurofiber’s fiber-optic network proudly bears.
“Eurofiber has a proven track record in education and is recognised as a reputable and reliable partner,” stresses Emmelkamp. The growing number of online applications is increasing our reliance on infrastructure. Our locations need a high-speed, stable and reliable network, otherwise the entire organisation - including the teaching functions - could face disruption or even be incapacitated. That underlines just how important connectivity is for us. Eurofiber is an indispensable link in the chain.”
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