Aldine Independent School District Selects Enterasys Networks for Major Switch Upgrade.Business/Technology Editors ROCHESTER, N.H. and HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2000 Texas School District Provides Increased Bandwidth for Network and Internet Access See how to access the Internet. to Support 51,000 Students with the Award-Winning SmartSwitch 6000 Enterasys Networks This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events. It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available. , a Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) company, today announced that Aldine Independent School District Aldine Independent School District is a school district based in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. Aldine ISD covers a part of northern Houston as well as parts of unincorporated Harris County and a portion of the city of Humble. (ISD See IDD. ), one of the largest school districts in Texas, has chosen Enterasys' SmartSwitch 6000 solution for its $6 million, district-wide network switching upgrade. The SmartSwitch 6000 enables Aldine ISD to deliver high-performance 10/100 Ethernet switching to more than 16,000 computer workstations, providing more than 50,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff members with the bandwidth they need to utilize critical educational and administrative applications. "Aldine ISD relies heavily on its network to provide students, faculty and staff with the information they need to accomplish their daily activities," said Mardee Barnett, executive director of technology services at Aldine ISD. "Enterasys Networks was chosen based on their superior cost-effective technology, the ease of interoperability offered by the SmartSwitch, and the service and attention Aldine has received from Cabletron in the past. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Cabletron's newly-formed Enterasys Networks." Cabletron and Aldine ISD enjoy a successful, long-standing partnership, with Cabletron's switches and routers found in virtually every aspect of the school district's infrastructure. Enterasys SmartSwitches and SmartSwitch Routers provide Aldine ISD with the bandwidth to offer advanced software applications to both students and teachers. Enterasys has also provided Aldine with the knowledge and expertise of a dedicated engineering staff to aid in network planning and installation. Aprisma Management Technologies Aprisma Management Technologies was created after Cabletron Systems was broken up into 5 smaller pieces, as the business unit to continue the highly successful SPECTRUM network management suite. It was acquired in early 2005 by Concord, which in turn was acquired by Computer Associates. , a Cabletron Systems company, supplies the network management software with its award-winning SPECTRUM management platform. The students and teachers of Aldine rely on the campus network as a critical learning tool. The network powers leading educational applications such as SuccessMaker, Josten Learning, Plato and NovaNet. Computer labs use developmental software for core subjects such as math, reading, writing, science and history. Teachers are coupling computers with either projectors or large-screen televisions to create classroom presentation devices. With applications in word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , database creation, spreadsheets and the Internet, teachers and students have incorporated network resources into their daily curriculum and are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. opportunities to enhance their lessons through the use of new technologies. Aldine ISD consistently has students and their projects selected for participation in the annual National History Fair in Washington, D.C. The students rely heavily on technology not only as a research tool, but also for multimedia product development. Aldine ISD includes more than sixty educational facilities over a 111 square-mile area. The network supports nearly every aspect of its daily operations, including such vital data as student records, financial data, payroll information, personnel data, attendance records, instructional materials and employee communications. "Much of the data that crosses our network is very sensitive in nature and must be protected according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. state and federal laws," said Barnett. "We must also protect our students from inappropriate contact from outside the network. Enterasys provides us with a solution that is not only fast and manageable, but also creates a secure network environment that our students and faculty can depend on." "Enterasys Networks is proud to work with a school district like Aldine, whose main concern is to always provide the very best for its students," said Robert Anderson There have been many well-known people named Robert Anderson, including:
About the SmartSwitch 6000 Cabletron's SmartSwitch 6000 solution is a modular, five-slot, chassis-based switching platform with high-speed Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. connectivity. The SmartSwitch 6000 offers the control functions of Layer 4 with built-in features such as rate limiting In computer networks, rate limiting is used to control the rate of traffic sent or received on a network interface. Traffic that is less than or equal to the specified rate is sent, whereas traffic that exceeds the rate is dropped or delayed. , advanced VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network and QoS functionality, while maintaining the simplicity of Layer 2 forwarding and configuration. The lowest per port cost switch in its class, the SmartSwitch 6000 also features full remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a (RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. ), a distributed switching architecture, scalability, port trunking and mirroring, integrated backbone switching, and increased fault tolerance. About Aldine Independent School District The center of Aldine Independent School District is located approximately 15 miles north of downtown Houston. Aldine ISD covers 111 square miles of North Harris County and encompasses Bush Intercontinental Airport and Greenspoint Mall, the Houston area's largest regional mall. The district includes a variety of communities, from rural, to suburban, to commercial and industrial. The student population is steadily increasing with an enrollment of approximately 51,000 students for the 1999-2000 school year. Aldine is one of the twelve largest school districts in Texas. Aldine ISD has received a high-performance rating for academic achievement from the Texas Educational Agency for three consecutive years and has received state and national recognition for the district's approach to curriculum and the results in student performance. About Enterasys Networks Enterasys Networks is the only provider of total network solutions singularly focused on enterprise-class customers. By optimizing enterprise network solutions for e-business applications, and by providing global 24 x 7 service and support, Enterasys provides competitive advantage through IT infrastructure to enterprise customers. More information on Enterasys Networks can be found at http://www.enterasys.com. About Cabletron Systems Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS), Enterasys Networks parent company, is a holding company for four of the most innovative, customer-focused organizations in the telecommunications and networking industry. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500-index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. |
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