Xirrus has announced the deployment of its high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi
Arrays across Penola Catholic College located in Melbourne, Australia.
Anthony Austin, IT manager at Penola Catholic College, said: "Penola
Catholic College had a wireless system previous to the installation of
Xirrus, but looking at going to a student laptop program we could see that
it was not going to be suitable, it would not do what we wanted it to do, it
would not handle a one-to-one student laptop program.
"It was quite obvious that Xirrus was the way to go, the guarantee that
Xirrus provides to be able to support a one-to-one student laptop program
and get the density within the buildings that we have is second to none,
there is no better guarantee than what Xirrus provides.
Galen Catholic College
Galen Catholic College has deployed a series of Xirrus Wi-Fi arrays to
enable a ‘one-to-one computer initiative’ at its campus in Wangaratta in
Victoria.The College said the deployment made it possible to replace
its desktop PCs with hundreds of HP and Apple devices for staff and students
to access the school’s on-demand learning environment, Clickview, and
Microsoft Sharepoint.
Xirrus said this enabled the college to save ‘hundreds of thousands [of
dollars] by repurposing two computer rooms for general instructional use.”
“At Galen College, we work hard to provide our students and teachers with
the latest technology for enhanced collaboration, document-management, and
Internet access,” said Dave Seiter, Principal at Galen Catholic College.
The Xirrus arrays are said to support the 802.11a, b, g and n standards,
providing the school with an upgrade path to 802.11n, according to James
Shields, regional manager for Xirrus.
“Student productivity drastically increased as a result of the Xirrus
[802.11n] deployment,” said Shields.
Galen Catholic College is a year 7 to 12 co-educational Catholic secondary
college located three hours north of Melbourne. It services nearly 900
students from Wangaratta and surrounding districts.