Peralta Community College

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	Peralta gains operational efficiency and saves costs with a new consolidated, optimized infrastructure

"The HP team has blended into the Peralta culture really well. Thanks to them, we have a strong team with everyone pulling in the same direction, which is helping deliver our newly consolidated network infrastructure ahead of schedule. This will result in a more robust, flexible platform providing continuous and secure operations, while lowering the cost of ownership and opening the opportunity for us to deliver web-enabled classes and offer distance learning courses."

-- Roy Bernard, Chief Information Officer, Peralta Community College District

Company profile

Organization: Peralta Community College District
Location: Oakland, California
Telephone: 510-466-7200
URL: www.peralta.cc.ca.us
Primary business: College of Alameda, Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland and Berkeley's Vista Community College offer classes, programs, career counseling and other services.

Challenge

Reduce IT infrastructure total cost of ownership.
Offer comprehensive IT infrastructure security and stability.
Increase application availability.
Decrease the complexity of the technical environment.
Minimize labor-intensive system management.

Solution components

Network consolidation infrastructure services including needs assessment, infrastructure design, project management, education and implementation from HP Services.
A consolidated video, voice and data network infrastructure consisting of:
- 30+ HP ProLiant DL580 and DL380 servers hosting applications, web sites, network management and databases;
- Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) with Cisco switches and routers;
- Mitel digital telephony and Voice-over-IP; and
- Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory messaging.

Results and benefits

Bonding of a diverse team.
Project six months ahead of schedule.
Additional tasks being added to the original scope.
Significant levels of knowledge transfer to enable eventual self sufficiency.

Anticipated results:

Reduced operational technology costs.
The enabling of efficient district-wide processes on a highly secure and stable network.
A flexible, powerful foundation for future projects, which includes implementation of new student and administrative systems and distance learning via web-enabled classes.

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