At a glance.
Northwestern University
Industry Size
21,000 students
3,300 faculty members
Illinois
The need.
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Guaranteed bandwidth to conduct advanced research.
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Meet data demands of students and faculty living and studying on campus.
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Streamline VoIP and IP video initiatives with high-bandwidth connections and reliable network availability.
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A private network to ensure the highest levels of security.
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Redundancies built in to prevent any disruption from a single failure.
The solution.
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We built a dark fiber network to allow Northwestern to meet bandwidth needs at a fixed cost.
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A fully redundant fiber optic ring connecting the university’s two campuses at multiple locations, with a connection point at the StarLight facility, an advanced international network exchange funded by the National Science Foundation.
The impact.
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With their new dark fiber solution, Northwestern is able to meet the high-bandwidth demands of their students and faculty.
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The built-in redundancies give them security and the knowledge that a single failure won’t jeopardize their research.
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Communication is optimized between Northwestern’s two campuses.
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With the ability to share and explore high volumes of data, researchers are able to collaborate with colleagues across the globe.
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