Aardvark IT Solutions Helps Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Achieve Campus-Wide Wireless Connectivity.Business Editors/Education Writers/High-Tech Writers BROOMFIELD & LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2003 RMCAD RMCAD Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (Lakewood, CO) is the nation's first art college to offer students a comprehensive wireless solution for both indoor and outdoor Internet and network access Aardvark IT Solutions, an IT design and implementation firm, in conjunction with Gateway and the Rocky Mountain College Rocky Mountain College (informal: Rocky or RMC), located in Billings, Montana, is a private comprehensive college offering more than 25 liberal arts- and professionally-oriented majors. In fall 2006, the college had 898 enrolled students. of Art & Design (RMCAD) completed a landmark project that converted its new campus into the nation's first wireless-enabled art and design college. Its new college grounds, comprised of 18 buildings and structures This is a list of famous or notable buildings with articles about them. By Category
In order for students to take advantage of RMCAD's wireless connectivity, they must have a laptop and a wireless Ethernet The standard for wireless networking within a home or office. Also known as a "Wi-Fi" or "802.11" network, wireless Ethernet is the wireless counterpart to regular, wired Ethernet, which is also the standard for local networks. See 802.11 and wireless LAN. card that supports LEAP technology; which costs about $100 for a basic card. There are a few simple configurations that need to be set up on each laptop, but once this initial step is completed, future log-ins are as easy as typing in a username and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. code. Using a state of the art CISCO switch, router, firewall infrastructure and CISCO Access Server, Aardvark IT Solutions devised three separate virtual networks, one for students, one for teachers and administration personnel and one for guests, which allow Internet access See how to access the Internet. only using any wireless network card. Although teachers have access to all RMCAD networks, students do not, which ensures access to sensitive information, such as student or personnel files, are kept secure. Through these networks, students and teachers can wirelessly access designated servers, post and save documents, download data files, and send print jobs to any campus printer in real time. "Technology is an integral part of our lives and at RMCAD we strongly believe that a blended teaching approach that interconnects technology and art offers our students a world of opportunities without boundaries," said Stephen C. Sumner, president of RMCAD. "Through our wireless initiative, we are able to offer our students the choice to select their location of creative inspiration, be it inside or outside on our campus lawn." RMCAD currently offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts The Bachelor of Fine Arts, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. Also named in some countries the Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA. degree with various programs of study to meet individual and professional art/design needs. Disciplines include Animation, Art Education, Graphic Design & Interactive Media, Illustration, Interior Design, Painting & Drawing, and Sculpture. With more than 400 students and 75 faculty and staff, RMCAD is one of the top private educational institutions nationwide for people seeking an art or design degree. "As IT professionals, our goal is to help educational organizations, such as RMCAD, maximize their IT budget through strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and innovative use of technologies," said Wray Smith, president of Aardvark IT Solutions. "By designing a highly scaleable network, we helped RMCAD achieve the technical functionality it needed to meet the demands of the college today, but also be able to support future upgrades without overhauling their existing infrastructure." To learn more about Aardvark IT Solutions, please visit us online at www.thevark.com or call us at (303) 465-9800. To contact RMCAD, please call 1-800-888-ARTS, or visit them online at www.rmcad.edu or drop by the new campus located at 1600 Pierce Street in Lakewood, CO. 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About Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design RMCAD is a four-year, fully accredited college, and hosts programs in graphic design and digital media, animation, interior design, illustration, art education, and fine arts majors of photography and video, sculpture, ceramics, and painting. , located in Lakewood, Colorado The City of Lakewood is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fourth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 164th most populous city in the United States. , is a NCA (Network Computing Architecture) An architecture from Oracle for developing applications within a networked computing environment. It provides a three-tier distributed environment based on CORBA that uses program components known as "cartridges. regionally accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. specialty art and design college. RMCAD has over 450 students working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with emphasis in one of seven different programs in the fine and applied arts: Art Education; Graphic Design & Interactive Media; Illustration; Interior Design; International Animation; Painting & Drawing; and Sculpture. The founder, Philip J. Steele, started the school in downtown Denver with 3 students back in 1963. Today, RMCAD is still dedicated to the passion of art and design. |
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