The Who
- High-achieving UK state school
- Nearly 2,000 pupils aged 11-19
- One single site housed in a historic building
The Challenge
- Legacy Wi-Fi network due for refresh
- Owing to strict term times, replacement had to take place in a 6-week window
- Roughly 90 networks needed to be replaced in this time
- Large volume of devices across multiple platforms
- Challenge of working within a legacy mixed estate
- Head of IT was shielding due to COVID-19, so their involvement had to be entirely remote
The Solution
- Compiled a vendor shortlist and proposed Cisco Meraki as the best fit
- Complete solution including site surveys through to acquisition and installation
- Modern network capable of handling growing device access
- Lifetime hardware warranty
- Ongoing support contract to assure performance
The Benefits
- Delivered ahead of time in just 4 weeks
- Huge network performance boost
- Meraki's single-pane-of-glass dashboard enables entire network to be monitored at a glance
- Policy-driven management and security made simple, which is particularly important for an education setting
- Project came in under budget
- 10-year licence on network futureproofs solution
Why Servium?
- Ability to be flexible and fit client's time constraints for site survey
- Longstanding existing relationship
- Confidence in ability to problem-solve
- Attractive commercials
