Schools Give High Grades for Performance and Web Safety A Case Study in Network Security July 200 and in the A+ range with WatchGuard and “I would have graded our old product at a D, we’re eMazzanti Technologies. The impact since WatchGuard has been implemented is night and day. Terry Complaints from the business office, from teachers, from administrators, they’re almost gone.” Van Auken, School Business Administrator, Andover School District BACKGROUND Located in Sussex County, New Jersey, Andover Regional School District serves approximately 750 students in grades K through 8. The district takes great pride in putting technology in the classrooms. Every year when the school board declares its goals for the district, technology initiatives are always near the top of the list. Unfortunately, the and access imposed huge district’s Internet security limitations on what the organization could accomplish. That led them to eMazzanti Technologies, a local technology consulting firm, two-time WatchGuard Partner of the Year, and a company with broad experience serving educational institutions. CHALLENGE The district was suffering from an Internet bottleneck. With 350 computers across two school campuses and the business offices, there was contention for bandwidth especially when multiple – classrooms were pulling video and audio streams. Recalls Terry Van Auken, School Business Administrator, were experiencing tremendous difficulties, on a daily basis. It was not only “We impacting the classrooms and the was impacting the business office to the teachers’ lesson plans, it point where we were having difficulty performing daily functions.”
Schools Give High Grades for Performance and Web Safety A Case Study in Network Security July 200 “I would have graded our old product at a D, and we’re in the A+ range with WatchGuard and eMazzanti Technologies. The impact since WatchGuard has been implemented is night and day. Complaints from the business office, from teachers, from administrators, they’re almost gone.” Terry Van Auken, School Business Administrator, Andover School District BACKGROUND Located in Sussex County, New Jersey, Andover Regional School District serves approximately 750 students in grades K through 8. The district takes great pride in putting technology in the classrooms. Every year when the school board declares its goals for the district, technology initiatives are always near the top of the list. Unfortunately, the district’s Internet security and access imposed huge limitations on what the organization could accomplish. That led them to eMazzanti Technologies, a local technology consulting firm, two-time WatchGuard Partner of the Year, and a company with broad experience serving educational institutions. CHALLENGE The district was suffering from an Internet bottleneck. With 350 computers across two school campuses and the business offices, there was contention for bandwidth – especially when multiple classrooms were pulling video and audio streams. Recalls Terry Van Auken, School Business Administrator, “We were experiencing tremendous difficulties, on a daily basis. It was not only impacting the classrooms and the teachers’ lesson plans, it was impacting the business office to the point where we were having difficulty performing daily functions.”