Connecting the Campus of India’s Biggest Lender with Managed WiFi
A leading public-sector bank’s management institute in Kolkata provides leadership training to students. It is modelled on the lines of pioneering international business institutes.
Business Challenge
• The institute wanted to provide a world-class WiFi experience for their staff and trainees within their campus, which is spread over 10 acres and houses 7 buildings. They needed a secure and reliable wireless network • The institute also wanted to provide a consistent and high-quality digital experience across all building floors in the hostel, auditoriums, training rooms, and by the poolside
Our Solution
• We deployed our Managed WiFi solution at the campus, with a single point of contact for bandwidth access. This consisted of over 500 access points and was integrated with redundant 500 Mbps internet links, to offer 99.9% uptime • The entire solution was integrated with WLAN controllers, network access control, load balancers and delivered with end-to-end support on hardware and software, for a 5-year period • To enhance security, we provided a 5GB DDoS mitigation service that protects the institute from growing cyber threats • Additional IP pools were also provided for the institute’s web-hosting requirements
Business Impact
• These solutions have delivered a cutting-edge WiFi experience on campus, consistent with the customer’s vision of building a world-class institution • It has established the bank as a major digital enabler • The Managed WiFi model deployed at the institute now serves as a model that can be replicated not only at other branches and sites, but also by other major Indian banks
