ARUBA J9776A Product Data Sheet

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
Case Study
Objective
Upgrade the University network to integrate three campuses and improve student learning
Approach
Developed a project plan with HPE Networking, a long term supplier, a local HPE partner
• Simplifies management and maintenance of the network through one supplier
• Completes upgrade within agreed timescales with appropriate knowledge transfer to in-house team
• Guarantees lifetime of hardware, allowing IT budgets to be spent, with confidence, on new project
Business Matters
• Connects three campuses, with the means to add fourth campus
• Delivers the network strength to develop e-learning services
inspires a generation
HPE Networking creates connected learning experience for Indonesian students
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia has consistently focused on providing and improving quality education.
To deliver an eective learning environment it needed to upgrade its core network, linking three separate campuses. HPE Networking has designed, planned and implemented the upgrade.
Challenge
Education to drive a nation
Indonesia’s population of 255 million has more than doubled in the last 40 years. That makes the world’s fourth most populous country incredibly youthful: one quarter of Indonesians are aged 14 or under.
This presents the country with a huge challenge, and a huge opportunity. Rich in natural resources and on the doorstep of the Chinese, Japanese and Australian economies, Indonesia is well positioned to capitalise on regional growth – if it can tap into the potential of its young population.
Case study
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
“The HPE servers and switches proved to be cost-eective, particularly
in terms of power consumption, simple to deploy and easy to manage. In addition, HPE provided oicial clarification its products would not aect our technical equipment.”
— Danny Natalies, head of IT, Atma Jaya Catholic University
Industry
Education
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The government ploughs $7 billion a year into education, and every child is guaranteed nine years education. Higher education has grown dramatically in recent years. In 1950, the year after the country established independence, there were just 10 higher education institutions in the country. Today there are more than 3,000.
Enabling the best universities to grow
In June 1952, the Bishops at an all-Java Bishops Meeting first dreamed of founding a Catholic institution of higher learning. The inspiration took form on 1 June 1960 with the establishment of The Atma Jaya Foundation. This institution later founded Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. Today, the University, located just south of Jakarta, caters for around 10,000 students across seven faculties. Since 1967, Atma Jaya gradually moved to the campus at Jalan Jendral Sudirman, now known as the Semanggi Campus, and then also to the Pluit Campus in North Jakarta which houses the Faculty of Medicine and Atma Jaya Hospital and; a third campus in BSD City, southern Jakarta, opens in 2017.
“For now, we want to integrate the three existing campuses. Students and sta should be able to share, communicate and collaborate from anywhere,” says Danny Natalies, Atma Jaya head of IT. “We also want to put in place the infrastructure to enable remote, e-learning. Education providers have a role to play in bringing greater access to the internet for all Indonesians, not just those on the university campus.”
Indonesia, spread across 17,000 islands, is a prime candidate for e-learning. Longer term, says Natalies, the University wanted to take advantage of opportunities within Cloud.
“We needed a solution that had an open platform, that was easy to configure and came with the lifetime guarantee,” he explains. “This last point was critical. Having an open platform would allow us to add other devices – including students’ own laptops and tablets. We also need the solution to be planned and implemented with minimum downtime. We don’t have the resources to deal with implementation problems.”
From an IT perspective, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia faces several challenges. It must meet strict government regulations on IT standards, in terms of facilities and broadband access, and, as a private institution, it must meet these without the aid of government funding. The University aims to grow to 25,000 students by 2020, and plans to add a fourth campus.
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