Triware Networld Systems Announces Completion of IT Network Infrastructure for San Francisco Conservatory of Music's (SFCM) New Campus.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- SFCM's New Multi-Media Ready Network Uses State-of-the-Art VLAN and Positions the School for Future IT Service Expansion

Triware Networld Systems, a leading Information Technology network service and support provider, today announced the completion of its installation of San Francisco Conservatory of Music's new campus IT network infrastructure. The new network is ready for multi-media content running at multi-giga-bit speeds. Triware Networld Systems worked with SFCM's internal IT staff and the campus' builders designing and installing its new network which includes a state-of-the-art Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) using Hewlett Packard's latest layer 3 switches with over 12 subnets and the ability to support several hundreds of devices running at giga-bit speed.

"When we started this project we wanted to ensure that the new campus was outfitted with the most effective and efficient network we could provide but also we were mindful of their future growth," said Benson Yeung, senior partner for Triware Networld Systems, L.L.C. "We believe the infrastructure we have installed positions the school nicely for future IT expansion services."

"We have been working with Triware Networld Systems for over five years and we knew that they would work closely with our builders to ensure that our new campus was equipped with only the best IT network features," stated Jeff Fisher, IT manager for SFCM. "Additionally with Triware Networld's 24/7 monitoring service (Service & Support Operation Center or SSOC) we feel confident that our system will perform without any problems."

SFCM's new $80 million facility has a total of 8 floors and the network was designed with future expansion and fail-prove in mind for each of the floors. In anticipation of the new move Triware Networld Systems working with SFCM's IT staff phased out and consolidated SFCM's older servers over the past few years. The company worked with SFCM's internal IT staff and the builders to design the network that would be ready for the multi-media content running at multi-giga-bit speeds. The new campus network is set up with state of art VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) using HP's latest layer 3 switches with over 12 subnets and the abilities to support several hundreds of devices running at giga-bit speed. The school's old server platform (Windows 2000 Active Directory) was changed to a new Windows 2003 Active Directory and Exchange 2003. Triware Networld Systems also set up EMC's IP SAN and a new backup autoloader to significantly expand the storage capacity of the school for their ever increasing demand for the digital storage. A centrally managed print server was also set up to allow staff to maintain and support many printing devices with ease. This also gives staff the ability to utilize advanced printing features such as printer pooling and to move printers from location to location without needing to re-set them up. Plans for redundant internet connections and firewalls are also in place to be implemented in the very near future so that the school can provide higher shared bandwidth and automatic fail-over should one of the Internet Service Providers goes down.

Founded in 1917, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music is one of the leading music schools in the world. Each year, the Conservatory serves more than 1,300 students through its Collegiate, Preparatory, and Adult Extension divisions and summer programs, and its students and faculty present more than 1,600 public performances to more than 100,000 Bay Area residents and visitors annually. For more information, please visit www.sfcm.edu

Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Triware Networld Systems, L.L.C. is a leading computer network related service & support provider covering the San Francisco Bay Area. TNS has been highly successful since founded in March 1991, with 100% of its business originating from referrals. For more information contact Triware Networld Systems, L.L.C. at 408-330-8900 or visit their website at www.tns.com.

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