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
IT Matters
• 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 eective 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-eective, particularly
in terms of power consumption, simple to deploy and easy to manage. In
addition, HPE provided oicial clarification its products would not aect
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.
Case study
Atma Jaya
Catholic University
of Indonesia
Industry
Education
Page 3
Solution
Cost-eective, with lifetime guarantee
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has worked
with Atma Jaya Catholic University of
Indonesia since 2000, primarily on storage
and servers. Natalies says HPE Networking
was a natural starting point to discuss the
necessary network upgrade.
“Our focus was never to find the
‘best-in-class’ solution,” he says.
“Sometimes the best products don’t
necessarily oer the best solution.
For us, criteria such as cost-eectiveness
and lifetime guarantee had to be
considered. Maybe some of the more
expensive products could not be
oered with these extras.
“With HPE, the products selected to make
up the solution passed the requirements set
by the University – the servers and switches
proved to be cost-eective and came with a
lifetime guarantee. In addition, HPE provided
oicial certification clarifying its products
would not aect our medical equipment.”
The HPE Networking solution centres on
HPE 5406 and 2530 switches and the
HPE S3010F Next Generation Firewall.
The proposal was developed in conjunction
with local partner Mitra Integrasi Informatik.
“They have been excellent,” says Natalies
of the local partner. “They were very open
for discussion, and flexible when we made
requests to change things. Also, they
provided 24hour support although the
contract only stated support in within
oice hours.”
The core network was upgraded within
four months, with full training for Atma
Jaya running concurrently. “Our internal
engineer didn’t have experience with
these particular HPE products, but HPE
provided comprehensive training to reduce
the amount of eort required in switching
technologies. The switchover was seamless.”
Benefit
Connected campuses,
better student experience
“The implementation of the HPE Networking
solution gives us a good foundation,” says
Natalies. “It provides a solid infrastructure
and network, allowing all business
processes, including communication and
collaboration, to run in a new way. It creates
a more eicient and faster environment.”
Case study
Atma Jaya
Industry
Education
Catholic University
of Indonesia
Customer at a glance
Hardware
• HP 5406R zl2 Switch 4 unit
• HP 2530-24G Switch 21 units
• HP S3010F NGFW Appliance 1 unit
• Server DL380 20 units
• Server ML350 10 units
• Server DL180 3 units
• C7000 2 units
• C3000 1 units
• Bl460 32 units
• P2000 4TB
• MSA 2000 5TB
• EVA 3000 8TB
• Integrity 7440 1 unit
“The HPE servers and switches proved to be cost-eective,
particularly in terms of power consumption, simple to
deploy and easy to manage. In addition, HPE provided
oicial clarification its products would not aect our
technical equipment.”
— Danny Natalies, head of IT, Atma Jaya Catholic University
Atma Jaya is now able to integrate its three
campuses, linking them together, making
communication faster and more eective.
It can plan with confidence the expansion
to a fourth campus.
Being able to manage the entire network
through one platform delivers the space and
time to manage and allocate the budget to
other IT projects required by the University.
“It brings us closer to our vision of a
multi-campus, connected university,”
says Natalies. “The security of the lifetime
guarantee means we can invest the
IT budget into new projects. Our budgets
stretch further.”
The University now has 2,000 data access
points, up from 500 previously, with a
160MB internet connection. This exceeds
government requirements and is considered
high-performing by Jakarta standards.
He says the upgrade will transform
the University’s approach to teaching.
Students will be able to participate in
lessons whether they’re in class or not,
discussions with faculty can take place
online, and the library of teaching material
is extended. Natalies expects to see a 10-15
per cent reduction in teaching costs as the
University reduces its paper and print bill.
“And we can deliver courses for those in
Jakarta and across Indonesia,” he says.
“Students will be able to access coursework
from anywhere in the country. The upgrade
positions Atma Jaya as a leader in the
university sector, with one of the academic
campuses in Indonesia.”
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“Clearly the biggest benefit is to our
students. Students are benefitting from
this upgrade on a daily basis,” says Natalies.
“But there are longer term implications.
The upgrade benefits the reputation of
the University and graduates leave with
an expectation of what is possible given a
good internet connection. Part of our
remit is to show students the potential
of modern technology.”
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