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| “School’s out for wired networks as Blackfen School for Girls chooses Meru’s wireless technology” Blackfen School for Girls, in Sidcup, Kent, is a fast-expanding school with more than 1200 pupils, including a thriving mixed sixth form. It has more than 200 full time staff. All those staff and pupils can open a laptop and get on the Internet immediately, anywhere on the campus, thanks to a Meru wireless LAN, which has exceeded the expectations of the school's IT manager, Shaun Neighbour: "It's made a big difference - teachers can use online resources in the lessons, without having to cart the kids down to an IT suite." Blackfen has undergone a revolution, taking it beyond the old model of desktop computers in an IT suite, to a new world where technology is universally available, wherever it may be needed. To meet those needs, Neighbour first developed an enviable expertise in planning complex wireless networks - and then found that specialist distributor Siracom offered a radical solution from Meru that sidesteps wireless LAN limitations and makes RF channel planning unnecessary. Demand for technology in schools has increased, as all pupils routinely used computers in most of their subjects. It is no longer possible for every class to troop into a specially-furnished IT suite whenever it needs PCs or the Internet. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Networking News :: home page |