Procera Expands Smart Campus Solution for Higher Education
March 29 2011 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Procera® Networks Inc. (NYSE Amex: PKT), the intelligent policy
enforcement company, today announced it has expanded the
capabilities of its Smart Campus traffic management solution
offered to Higher Education customers. Procera has deployed Smart
Campus at more than a hundred higher education institutions in the
U.S. and Canada alone, all of which are using its PacketLogic™
turnkey solution to gain network traffic visibility to ensure
better Internet service quality, better utilize network
infrastructure investments, and better comply with anti-piracy
legislation.
"Smart Campus is a flexible traffic management system with
advanced intelligence and policy enforcement features that extend
beyond the capabilities of traditional packet shaping devices and
enable universities to have enhanced insight and control over their
network traffic," commented Jon Linden, Procera's VP of Marketing.
"We can easily tailor Smart Campus to support common use cases
including dynamic bandwidth provisioning by role, such as student
or faculty, and enhanced granular quota assignments. These advanced
management features guarantee fair usage for users, while helping
schools control their infrastructure costs."
"Procera's Smart Campus enables us to identify and enforce usage
allowances for users consuming high-bandwidth applications across
multiple devices, such as laptops pulling down HD movies and
streaming gaming consoles," said Al Stern, Director of Systems and
Networking for The University of Dayton. "Once users exceed their
bandwidth allotment, we can dynamically reduce their consumption
rate, thus preserving the Quality of Experience for other users and
allowing us to avoid increased operational expenses associated with
bandwidth upgrades."
In addition to existing capabilities for usage management, P2P
control, peering control, and network visibility, Procera has added
new capabilities under the Smart Campus umbrella.
Smart Campus solution enhancements include:
- Integration with Cisco's Clean Access and ImpulsePoint's
SafeConnect for user identification
- Location, Device, and Application-based usage management and
control
- Security-based DMZ/Quarantine services for abusive or infected
users
- Peer-to-Peer Auditing capabilities for HEOA compliance and
simplified DMCA response
- Bandwidth quota enforcement over multiple internet-enabled
devices
- Departmental Chargeback
With these enhanced services, Higher Education institutions can
build cost-effective networks that deliver high Quality of
Experience to their students and faculty without bandwidth usage
and costs spiraling out of control. Procera's PacketLogic is an
Intelligent Policy Enforcer (IPE) that leverages advanced Deep
Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to properly classify traffic.
This intelligence is presented in real-time and can be acted upon
with automated policies that take multiple properties and
conditions, like application, location and time of day, into
consideration. The PacketLogic solution portfolio extends far
beyond traditional packet shaper deployments, and is a strategic
part of the evolution of higher education networks.
Devin Smith, Lead Network Engineer, offered insight on the
mechanics of the Smart Campus installation being utilized in the
network at The University of Dayton: "After the initial integration
of Smart Campus with our Cisco Clean Access NAC server, we were
immediately able to identify not just IP addresses, but the actual
User ID's of students and faculty accessing our residential and
academic networks. Working closely with our Procera engineer, we
were soon able to dynamically provision bandwidth based on the User
Role, as well as enforce consumption-based quotas across the
multiple traffic shaping devices across our network."
Internet is crucial to any business that relies on access to
timely convenient information. Besides assuring availability and
quality, there are also obligations and legislations that apply to
higher education institutions. In the US, the Higher Education
Opportunities Act (HEOA) was signed in 2008, requiring colleges and
universities to take measures to limit copyright infringements.
PacketLogic provides visibility and viable functionality that
renders it recognition in "HEOA Role Models" published by the
nonprofit association EDUCAUSE and endorsed by the RIAA &
MPAA
"Smart Campus demonstrates our commitment to the Higher
Education market and extends our thought leadership in this space,"
said Trevor Failor, Director of Channel Sales, Americas, at
Procera. "After soliciting feedback from our customers, we've
customized our service provider solutions to accommodate the
technical nuances specific to universities, thus providing them
with highly scalable solutions designed to meet their specifics
needs, and at a compelling price-performance ratio."
Procera offers a special program called PacketLogic Smart Campus
for Higher Education institutions, which is a packaged solution
that accommodates the functionality requirements of these
customers. For more information on PacketLogic and Smart Campus,
please visit www.proceranetworks.com.
About Procera Networks Inc. Procera
Networks Inc. delivers Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE)
solutions, leveraging advanced Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
technology. This enables carriers, services providers and higher
education institutions to improve the quality and lifetime of their
networks, better monetize their infrastructure investments, control
hazards, and create attractive services for their users by making
qualified business decisions based on granular user and traffic
intelligence. Procera's core product suite, the PacketLogic line of
platforms, is an engine that drives the PCC (Policy and Charging
Control) ecosystem, by enforcing advanced network and service
policies. PacketLogic is deployed at more than 600 customers who
value the unparalleled accuracy and high-end performance of the
PacketLogic solution. Founded in 2002, Procera (NYSE Amex: PKT) is
based in Silicon Valley and has offices around the globe. More
information is available at www.proceranetworks.com.
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