Ethernet network helps university interconnect its largest campuses.
Lightpath. Long Island University (LIU), New York, the nation’s seventh-largest private university, has expanded its educational capabilities by upgrading the university’s network connectivity.
It has chosen to deploy a Metro Gigabit Ethernet network to interconnect the university’s largest campuses, including C.W. Post, Brooklyn and Southampton. The upgraded system will replace LIU’s legacy network infrastructure and enable vast educational improvements throughout the university.
“We are developing this network to provide our students and faculty members with access to state-of-the-art technology that will link them to resources across our campuses and around the globe,” says George Baroudi, LIU’s chief information officer. “We can now support new applications, such as distance learning through teleconferencing, adding an entire new dimension to the educational experience.”
Distance-learning enhancements will allow for an increase in course offerings and accessibility for students. The new network backbone also will be used to connect the university to Internet2’s high-performance academic research network, allowing LIU to collaborate with other research and education networks throughout the world.
LIU’s network upgrade has positioned the university to take full advantage of future applications as they become available, and to continue making network enhancements to provide students, faculty and alumni with communications services.