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University of Phayao

The University of Phayao's new networking solution delivers reliable connectivity to over 20,000 users, including students and faculty.

Country: Thailand
Industry: Education
Solution: Autonomous Network, Intelligent Fabric

Business Partner: Lannacom Co., Ltd

The University of Phayao is a government funded university located in Phayao Province in the north of Thailand. It offers 62 Bachelor’s degree programs and 15 Master’s degree program to about 20,000 students. The university employs over 1000 faculty and staff.

Now, both university students and staff can access our IT systems faster than before - anywhere and anytime. This is the greatest benefit we get from the highly performing ALE solutions that we implemented.

Samran Tonpaeg, Ph.D Vice President for Planning and Development

University of Phayao Customer Reference

Challenges

Education is increasingly reliant on technology to teach and prepare students for the constantly evolving workforce. The University of Phayao wanted a state-of-the art network to enable outstanding education on campus as well as through its e-learning platform and educational mobile applications. The university also wanted to provide faculty and students with reliable and secure WiFi anywhere on campus.
University of Phayao also needed a network that could support the growing network of IoT devices on campus, including CCTV cameras and smart city.

Results

Technical benefits

ALE Intelligent Fabric (iFab) simplifies operations in the University’s network environment. It also recognizes the network protocols and carries out self-configuration such as STP, LAG, OSPF and SPB-M.
The solution provides complete interoperability with third-party network components enabling the infrastructure to automatically discover and join the existing network.

Financial benefits

The network delivers exceptional value within the university’s strict budget.

User experience benefits

The solution offers reliable connectivity to over 20,000 users, including students and faculty.
The security and comfort of the university community is safeguarded thanks to network-dependent IoT devices like CCTV cameras and Smart City.