Since 2008, Step by Step School has been providing and environment where passionate and caring educators commit and work tirelessly with young minds, shaping a community of students who are well rounded and rooted to their culture
The school endeavours to keep itself updated and regularly introduces teaching methodologies that are based on the latest research in the field of education, to make learning as exciting and meaningful for children possible.
The school was managing multiple vendors and solutions for its Wi-Fi infrastructure. The process was providing to be complex and time consuming for its IT team to handle. Due to this, the school was facing these three challenges
The Wi-Fi
infrastructure was
offering poor real-time
monitoring and
visibility
Creating
role-specific policies
across the network
was complicated
and hard to provision
Limiting Student
and staff access to prevent any inadvertent exposure to harmful content was proving necessary
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Over time, as more educational tools required internet access, ensuring uninterrupted and fast internet access quickly became a necessity. The IT team was required to know how their network was performing at any given time and troubleshoot any incidents quickly. Updating for new security measures, as needed, would take a significant amount of time and manpower.
Meraki is known to offer solutions that are the best when it comes to improving the IT infrastructure, security and network visibility - exactly what Step by Step School was looking for.
Since Cisco Meraki offers a single vendor solution for access points, it offered Step by Step School the confidence it needed to overcome its network challenges.
The Meraki dashboard would give the IT team real-time and historical visibility into the health of the network and empower it to easily configure and push policies and schedule updates. The IT team was able to troubleshoot any problems from anywhere. In case of any major incident, they had the tools at their disposal to rectify and resolve them quickly. Not to forget that the built-in wireless intrusion protection and intrusion detection systems of the access points prevented any security breaches. Overall, Cisco Meraki offered a secure network that protected their staff and students alike, ensuring a safe and engaging atmosphere for growth
Since Meraki also offers simplified ways for troubleshooting, implementing updates and reducing downtime, it automatically fit the bill and turned out to be the best choice.
Meraki access points were installed across the campus
The deployment was quick and easy
One dashboard for real-time visibilty, management, and troubleshooting was provided
Enabled and access
points were
installed
management
and visibility of
users and
quality of
experience
in time for
completion
of updates
in time for
identification
and resolution
of potential
incident
After a first-hand experience of the global favourite Meraki dashboard, the IT team at Step by Step School was able to view the overall health of their network and proactively solve issues before they became critical.
They were also able to push and schedule any updates across all their devices remotely and simultaneously. The students and staff experienced faster browsing speeds and better Wi-Fi coverage, cultivating a dynamic and engaging atmosphere for learning. The Meraki solution also turned out to be cost-effective for Step by Step School as it eliminated the need for additional equipment, which would have resulted in significantly higher costs. Overall, the new Meraki infrastructure benefited the students and staff in equal measure and gave Step by Step School a new and safe infrastructure and network that they can proudly boast and recommend to others.
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