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SCHOOL<br />
THE COMPANY<br />
Locaon:<br />
Christchurch, Dorset<br />
Specialism:<br />
Bespoke Network and Systems<br />
Design<br />
Web Site:<br />
www.schoolcare.co.uk<br />
Employees:<br />
15 Dedicated Individuals<br />
“SchoolCare<br />
designed and<br />
implemented<br />
a robust<br />
soluon to<br />
meet the<br />
needs of our<br />
amalgamated<br />
schools”<br />
Linda Gibson - School<br />
Network Manager<br />
THE CUSTOMER<br />
<strong>Brockhurst</strong> Infant and Junior School are schools based in Gosport,<br />
Hampshire with a combined student base of around 320 pupils. From<br />
September 2016 both schools are amalgamating to become <strong>Brockhurst</strong><br />
Primary School.<br />
THE CHALLENGE<br />
SchoolCare have been working with <strong>Brockhurst</strong> Infant School for<br />
a number of years, providing ICT systems and services support.<br />
<strong>Brockhurst</strong> Junior School have been receiving support from a third<br />
party.<br />
As part of the amalgamaon process both schools required a<br />
consolidated ICT plaorm a llowing staff and students to acces s<br />
services from either site.<br />
The sites are situated relavely close to one a nother, however they<br />
are based in a high density residenal area, something which pose d<br />
a challenge for a number of technology opons.<br />
Both sites were also connected to the Hampshire HSPN2 service<br />
(required for access to Hampshire Hosted Services), however the<br />
capacity of these links was too low causing slowness for users. As<br />
part of the project both school’s required access to a high speed<br />
broadband connecon.<br />
To allow staff and students to work across both sites using mobil e<br />
devices, a consolidated wireless network soluon was required t o<br />
ensure that both sites have access to the same network.<br />
THE SOLUTION<br />
SchoolCare has a long history delivering ICT soluons to schools<br />
from industry leading “best of breed” vendors.<br />
The first challenge for SchoolCare to tackle wa s providing a reliable<br />
link between the two sites. As part of the planning service a number<br />
of opons were considered. The opons included Ethernet Acces s<br />
Direct (EAD), and WiFi. EAD was discounted due to the recurring<br />
costs as the schools were looking for a soluon with an inia l<br />
capital outlay.<br />
Due to the density of wireless networks the surrounding residena l<br />
area, the use of standard WiFi Point to Point links was discounted due<br />
to interference, as were licensed WiFi links, due to comparavely<br />
low bandwidth even in the 802.11ac standard.<br />
To link the sites SchoolCare have<br />
supplied and installed a Siklu<br />
60Ghz millimeter wave wireless<br />
soluo n. This link allows 1Gbps<br />
Full Duplex operaon between th e<br />
sites. The high frequency resolves<br />
both the interference issue and<br />
the bandwidth issue apparent with<br />
5Ghz links.<br />
As part of the install, SchoolCare<br />
have provided a high speed fully<br />
filtered internet connecon usin g<br />
their own Broadband4 product<br />
as well as a new server, custom<br />
Acve Directory deployment an d<br />
full site wireless coverage using<br />
our in house Cloud Hosted Wireless<br />
plaorm, powered by Ruckus<br />
Networks.<br />
THE RESULTS<br />
Both sites now benefit from a<br />
unified network, allowing student s<br />
and staff to login at either site. Th e<br />
WiFi network is extended across<br />
both sites, allowing seamless<br />
roaming of devices.<br />
<strong>Brockhurst</strong> Primary school<br />
now benefit from a high spee d<br />
broadband internet connecon ,<br />
which is fully protected by<br />
Lightspeed Systems filtering.<br />
A new server with high speed<br />
storage securely backed up by<br />
SchoolCare’s MyCloud Backup<br />
plaorm allows both sites t o<br />
securely and quickly access their<br />
stored data.<br />
The whole deployment is supported<br />
by SchoolCare’s ProFlex ICT Support<br />
service.<br />
“SchoolCare and Broadband4 have<br />
delivered on their proposal, on me<br />
and on budget. Both sites now have<br />
secure high speed connecvity, which<br />
will serve the school for years to come<br />
”