About Wake Forest Technology
- Wake Forest is a private, four-year, liberal arts University small in size, big in technology resources
- Wake Forest launched one of the nation's first ThinkPad programs in 1996 which provides every student with a color printer and IBM ThinkPad computer
- More than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and approximately 1,700 faculty and staff are served by the University's Information Systems department
- Recent initiatives include pilot programs that explore the future in mobile computing
- About the Next Generation Network
- replaced 1,200 switches in 57 campus buildings on the University's Reynolda Campus
- added ubiquitous 802.11g wireless coverage, supplemented with 802.11a in all classroom and residence hall buildings, and in most other campus buildings.
- wired connectivity speed of 100 Mbps
- wireless connectivity speed up to 54 Mbps
- 680 wireless access points all across campus
- highly redundant
- significantly reduced network ports -- from 35,000 to 15,000
- migrated more than 150 servers to the new network
- wireless made secure through 802.1x implementation, LEAP and inter-VLAN mapping
- supports a variety of mobile devices such as PocketPC, Smart Phone, ThinkPads, and others
- enabled VoIP technology
- no disruption to business during the transition
- completed two weeks ahead of schedule with all goals achieved
- Using the Next Generation Network
- Click here to read what Jay Dominick, our assistant vice president for Information Systems and Chief Information Officer, says about the new network and the future of mobile computing. From the Wake Forest News Service, August 2004.
- Read about other pilot programs from our Research and Development office.
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