公司规模
1,000+
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- nGeniusONE Service Assurance platform
- InfiniStreamNG software and hardware appliances
- vSTREAM virtual appliances
- nGenius Packet Flow Switches
技术栈
- Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
- Google Domain with Domain Controller
- VPN
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Customer Satisfaction
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
- 网络与连接 - 网络管理和分析软件
- 网络与连接 - WiFi
适用行业
- 教育
适用功能
- 商业运营
- 人力资源
用例
- 网络安全
- 远程协作
- 远程控制
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
本案例研究中的客户是该州最大的公立学区,拥有一万多名员工和数万名学生。该学区在为其多样化的学生群体提供优质教育方面拥有多年的经验。然而,远程学习的挑战现在摆在他们面前,这不是一种新兴趋势,而是在 COVID 大流行期间促进学习的一项要求。该学区一如既往地致力于为学生提供引人入胜、富有指导意义的体验,并为教职员工提供一流的支持。该学区实施了一个变革性的软件定义网络,该网络利用思科的应用中心基础设施 (ACI),采用先进的主干和叶子设计,非常适合应对大流行和远程学习带来的挑战所需的变革。
挑战
该学区是该州最大的学区,由于 COVID-19 疫情,该学区面临着确保在远程和混合学习期间为学生和教师提供高质量学习体验的挑战。该学区已实施了变革性的软件定义网络,该网络利用了思科的应用中心基础设施 (ACI),具有先进的主干和叶节点设计。然而,突然转向远程学习带来了新的挑战。该学区必须确保从小学低年级开始的所有学生都能获得与往常相同的教育体验,但现在必须以数字化方式授课。该学区必须为学生和教师提供通过各种终端用户设备进行的远程学习。该学区还必须确保通过 VPN 提供的教师和管理人员之间的服务(包括 Cisco Jabber、Cisco WebEx 和 Microsoft Office 365)具有高度响应和可用性。该学区的学生信息系统 (SIS),Infinite Campus,用于基于网络的 K-12 学生管理服务,必须达到最佳性能,以便实时访问学生、家长和教师门户,进行管理、教学、沟通、课程和报告。
解决方案
该学区在其私有数据中心环境中利用 nGeniusONE 服务保障解决方案和战略性部署的 InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) 设备。NETSCOUT 设备部署在 DMZ 外部和内部,检查入站和出站流量。此外,还使用专门的 NETSCOUT 探测器帮助监控某些无线网络的性能。该解决方案在使用应用服务时提供最终用户体验保证,无论是远程托管还是通过其 Cisco ACI 数据中心,nGeniusONE 的智能数据监控和智能分析以及针对应用的 ISNG 设备均可提供。这些应用包括学习平台、员工协作通信(如电子邮件)、Office 365、Cisco Jabber、WebEx、VoIP 及其 SIS、Infinite Campus 等。该解决方案还利用整个 NETSCOUT 解决方案加速故障排除和问题解决,通过在整个交易路径中(包括数据中心服务器、网络本身和任何相关 VPN)查明性能下降、中断和错误的真正来源来减少服务的 MTTR。网络流量聚合和分配是通过 nGenius 数据包流交换机实现的,以便查看数据包数据并将其传送到监控工具(包括 ISNG 设备),从而实现整个数据中心和主机托管的服务保障和性能管理。
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