Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Network Device K-12 - Manual (Page 9)

Alcatel-Lucent | Creating Digital Learning Spaces - Solutions for K-12 9
Success Story
Cheltenham School District
Location: Elkins Park, PA
(in suburban Philadelphia)
Solution: Converged networking with voice
over IP and wireless handsets
Cheltenham needed to address the
inability of its communications network to
support business operations across
separate phone systems. District goals
included reducing telecommunications
costs from Centrex, and installing
advanced call features, security with text
messaging, and e911.
With Alcatel-Lucent, Cheltenham achieved
cost savings with voice over IP and
implemented an IP communications system
that delivered:
Digital classrooms connecting students
to the world
Enough bandwidth to support video
streaming in the classroom and teacher
applications like LetterGrade
District-wide emergency notification
and lockdown communications to
phones, wireless handsets, and PCs
“We now have more open communication,
and the technology provides the district
with tools to make us more productive,
efficient and successful that were not
previously available to us. The impact is
very significant.”
Gary Bixby, Director of Facilities and
Support Services
In support of physical security, teachers can signal an emergency in the
classroom from a PC or phone and instantly, simultaneously notify the
principal, security officer, nurse or counselor on their mobile phones, desk
phones, PCs, etc. IP-enabled alarms on doors, windows, or smoke
detectors can signal those same staff members as needed. Administrators
can also deliver lockdown alerts to every classroom via email, text or
voice message to phones and/or computers, supporting school and district
security policies.
SECURITY FEATURES
• Check user devices for virus protection status before granting network
access
• Isolate/quarantine unrecognized or suspicious users without disrupting
access of authorized users on the same port
• Monitor file sharing to limit legal exposure on copyright violations
• Seamless, flexible delivery of information via voice, data, and video to
multiple devices
• Alarms and monitoring plus notification messages
• Support for SIP, XML, and other open communications standards
SOLUTION COMPONENTS
• OmniVista with Quarantine Manager – integrated security management
that screens, maps, and inspects users accessing the network and
enforces district policies
• OmniAccess WLAN Series – secure switches that define user roles and
extend VLAN security procedures to the wireless data network
• OmniAccess SafeGuard – management application that allows IT
managers to ensure compliance with acceptable use policies
• VPN Firewall Brick – advanced firewall to protect against hackers and
denial-of-service attacks while delivering high-speed content security and
premium authentication services
• FortiGate Security Appliance (in partnership with Fortinet) – multipurpose
intrusion detection and prevention system, antivirus, and firewall
appliance capable of issuing a simple network management protocol
(SNMP) trap or syslog message upon detection of a violation