Arctiq (formerly DynTek) helped the Babylon Union Free School District significantly upgrade its IT network, resulting in enhanced student learning and improved safety measures.
Challenge
The Board has established seven priority areas as part of its “Forward Together” improvement blueprint. Achieving success in two of those areas – providing technically advanced schools and ensuring a safe school climate – required a full overall of the district’s IT network.
As part of their technology plan, Babylon needed a district-wide WiFi network to optimize the use of tablets they had provided to students. Their security plan required installing security cameras throughout the grounds and buildings of the schools. Neither of these were possible with the existing, antiquated Alcatel network which was at end of life. Babylon engaged Arctiq to help drive the implementation of the new network.
Solution
Working to complete the work over the summer to be ready for the fall schools’ opening, Arctiq installed a comprehensive new network in six weeks.
Arctiq’s six phase methodology consisted of discovery, initial walk through to determine scope, high level design, deployment to outline configuration details, analysis to capture configurations and patch panel discoveries, and testing to confirm connectivity after each cutover.
Results
“Over the past year, Babylon has gone through a massive technology overhaul of which Arctiq has been an integral part,” said David Dileo, District Director of Technology and Accountability. “We would not have been able to accomplish rebuilding our entire network in less than two months without the Arctiq team.”
With the new network in place, Babylon has made significant strides in meeting their goal of “expanding their infrastructure needed to support dedicated, high speed connections that provide better access to innovative digital technologies and teaching/learning opportunities in a technologically advanced world.”
The Solution Included
• Upgrading the existing 1GB backbone to 10GB
• Implementation of 4500X Cisco switches in VSS mode in each of the three buildings
• Implementation of Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Meraki Wireless Solutions in all three buildings and outside fields
• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 Servers with Dell EMC VNX VSS 1600 storage for security camera content
• Cisco ISE implementation
• TACACS for authentication to routers and switches providing a single point of security management
