Join Carolina Advanced Digital and HP engineering teams to discuss the latest networking technologies announced at Interop, including the HP 5400R with new v3 modules and OpenFlow support for SDN, HP’s 6th generation ASIC, and Smart Rate multi-gig ports for 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless support.

Technical Topics Covered
– Network Visualizer SDN app- Integrates with AD to speed up troubleshooting and eliminate the need for mac-IP user correlation. Plus updates to Network Protection and Network Optimizer SDN apps.

– New 6th Gen ASIC- Provides 4x better throughput and 3x lower latency compared to the Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E.

– HP 5400R Chassis- overview of the new 5400R, offering the redundancy of the 8200 for the price of 5400. Overview of interoperability, migration path and enhancements.

– Smart Rate multi-gigabit ports- Provide 1Gbps, 2.5Gbps, 5Gbps and 10Gbps on a single wired interface for enhanced 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless support.

– 5400 v3 modules- New 40GbE and QSFP support, MACsec for link encryption, enhanced QoS, DLDP, OpenFlow enhancements and Distributed Trunking enhancements. Overview of interoperability and performance upgrades.

From the team that’s brought you successful NAC implementations for over 15 years! Join us for the second Tech Talk episode with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, Mark and Jen (and Ron if we can coax him) will cover:

• a vendor-neutral look at planning for NAC
• best and common practices plus “gotchas”
• phased approaches for implementing NAC
• vendor comparisons
• a short intro to FortiNAC including a demo
• updates on the product roadmap (at least whatever we can share that’s not NDA).

In future Tech Talks we’ll be covering Aruba’s ClearPass, and vendor-neutral topics of dynamic segmentation and Zero Trust Network architectures. This first NAC session will lay some groundwork for later.

Kick off your eRate expedition with our engineering team covering what you need to know for planning your wired, wireless, and security projects for K12. We’ll cover highlights of these vendor-neutral topics and provide a brief introduction to our company, team, and contracts you can use including NC 204X and DPI.

• What’s New in Wi-Fi: K12 edition
• What to consider for your next edge switch upgrade to support IoT and upcoming Wi-Fi
• Considerations when moving to the cloud for network services
• Security hot topics for schools in 2021

Kick off your eRate expedition with our engineering team covering what you need to know for planning your wired, wireless, and security projects for K12. We’ll cover highlights of these vendor-neutral topics and provide a brief introduction to our company, team, and contracts you can use including NC 204X and DPI.

• What’s New in Wi-Fi: K12 edition
• What to consider for your next edge switch upgrade to support IoT and upcoming Wi-Fi
• Considerations when moving to the cloud for network services
• Security hot topics for schools in 2021

eRate 2021: Aruba Solutions Overview for K12 (Wi-Fi, edge switches, and ClearPass). Based on your pre-event feedback, we’ll cover some or all of the following topics:

• Aruba WiFi 6 solutions
• Aruba WiFi management options, Central Cloud, AirWave, and controllers
• New and upcoming from Aruba (what to expect after your funding and ordering)
• New Aruba CX edge switches and NetEdit
• Brief overview of Aruba ClearPass for authentication and NAC
• Q&A

eRate 2021: Mist & Juniper Solutions Overview for K12 (Wi-Fi, edge switches, and Marvis)

• Mist’s AI-driven network management and benefits of the cloud
• Deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi with Mist cloud
• Comparison of pricing and features to other solutions and architectures (e.g. controller)
• Short intro to managing edge switches in the cloud
• Optional location services plus contact and proximity tracing (with built-in BLE array)
• Q&A

eRate 2021: Fortinet Solutions Overview for K12 (firewalls, remote access, and more). Based on your pre-event survey of topic interests, we’ll talk about some or all of the following:

• Firewalls, filtering, and gateway security
• When and how to use sandbox technology for K12
  
• Email security
• When and why you need SSL inspection
• Secure remote access
• SD-WAN
• Other security, NAC, SIEM
• Q&A