CHALLENGES
 Users growing and becoming more demanding
– E-learning, electronic registration and other services
– Require 24x7 access to learning materials hosted on
remote servers
 Exploding wireless adds to support burden
 High bandwidth utilization downloads
– Video clips
– Music
– Computer games
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SECURITY CHALLENGES
 Overall philosophy that information must
be shared…not necessarily protected
– Many depts. run FTP, Web Server
software
– Lax password security
– Desktops, laptops not professionally
administered
– Unwitting “launch pad” for DoS
attacks
 Explosion in wireless growth
– Prime “vector” for fast, repeated viral
infections
– Poor set-up parameters result in
vulnerabilities
 Staffing/budgeting issues preclude hiring
security expertise
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DELL CAN HELP
 Assures uptime of critical
systems hosting Learning
Management Systems
 Bridges gap between 24x7
users and 8am-6pm staff
 Proactively identifies and
protects critical resources
against security threats
 Cost-effectively monitors
and secures wireless access
points
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ONE INTEGRATED VIEW OF
NETWORKS AND SECURITY
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CASE STUDY: <COMPANY>
 Profile:
– Oldest community college in
CA
– 20,000 + full-time students
– 17 IT professionals (labs,
email, PCs, support, etc)
– Multiple locations connected
by T1s
 Issues:
– Distance learning increased
demand for 24x7 uptime
– Problems detecting failed
online registration servers
– Couldn’t dedicate operations
staff to IT monitoring
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Maximize Uptime Of Registration
Servers
“We continually needed to extend student online registration
due to server uptime issues. One of our favorite Dell
features is the ability to proactively alert on multiple network
performance issues, then provide us with recommendations
that enable us to preempt costly network downtime.”
Name, Title
Institution
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OPTIMIZE UPTIME OF LEARNING
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
…Reading lists for the quarter?
What was my Spanish grade?
Can Dr. Richards post the Geology 101 syllabus?
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ENSURE CRITICAL SYSTEMS ARE
UP
Do we need to schedule additional time
for sophomore registration?
Can students register for classes 24x7?
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IDENTIFY INCREASING
BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION
Flags unusual bandwidth increases
Why is access to remote campus resources slow?
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OPTIMIZE AVAILABILITY OF
WIRELESS NETWORK
Avoid monitoring every single access point
Monitor strategic points –
firewalls, routers, switches
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CASE STUDY: <INSTITUTION>
 Profile:
– 50,000 students; 16 campuses
– Predominantly Microsoft shop
– Using Dell to protect and
Institution logo / graphic
optimize availability of core apps,
such as HR, payroll, student
records
 Previous issues:
– Cost-prohibitive to hire multiple
security experts
– Products brought into the
university are “insecure out of the
box”
– Can’t keep up with Microsoft
patches
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DOCUMENT ASSETS…BEFORE
IMPLEMENTING SECURITY
PLANS
Automatically
discovers IT assets
Documents
equipment, O/S,
software packs
Customizable notes
section
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PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY ATTACK
VULNERABILITIES
Protect against legal liability in serving as a
launch pad for DoS attacks
Ongoing “white hat”
scanning
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PROACTIVE SERVER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Which of my core business servers are
missing the most patches?
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CORPORATE BACKGROUND
 Add company boilerplate info
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