Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 18 | Page 19

LATEST INTELLIGENCE BUILD THE RIGHT NETWORK THE FIRST TIME Keeping pace with digital learning in primary education Technology is transforming the way we educate our children. Classrooms are changing and are shifting away from rows of desks, to an environment that promotes collaboration between students, teachers and learning devices. Textbooks are swapped for mobile devices and printed exams to online assessments. BYOD is replacing wired computer labs. Skype and Google Hangouts are fuelling new study groups. And personalised learning programmes are developed to meet the individual needs of each student. Improving digital learning with a mobile first experience The digital classroom requires anytime/ anywhere access to cloud-based apps like Google Apps for Education and Office 365e. It provides guest access, encourages student collaboration and prioritises critical learning apps such as Online Assessments. Digital learning, especially in one-to-one environments, means school districts need Wi-Fi that can support the influx of mobile devices, along with the bandwidth-hungry applications running on them. Aruba Instant 802.11ac Wi-Fi solutions are well suited to handle increased network traffic as more users, devices and apps connect to classroom Wi-Fi. And with Aruba ClientMatch, school districts can optimise client roaming across the campus and enhance their Wave 2 WLAN performance. Our robust switching portfolio offers performance, scalability and Smart Rate multi-gigabit ports to support the mobile- first campus. Prioritise critical learning while protecting student data As educational video and gaming applications are used to enrich learning, performance can be a challenge. Aruba Instant AppRF provides granular visibility and control over applications and how they are performing. This allows district IT personnel to prioritise critical learning and online testing applications and block or throttle applications like Netflix traffic. To ensure a secure digital work environment, Instant offers a built-in firewall for different levels of access for guests, students and teachers. Integrated web content filtering ensures compliance with CIPA and blocks access to malicious sites or inappropriate content. n Download whitepapers free from www.intelligentcio.com/me/whitepapers/ www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 19