Current work scheduled for the Fall 2024

  • Zoom Phone Migration
  • Mohler and Ideal Office Network Switch Life Cycle (Ideal office Completed)
  • 300 Wireless APs Life Cycle
  • Increase 1 ISP to 20 Gbps, up from 10 Gbps
  • Clayton University Center Network
  • St. Peters Church Building-wide Wireless
  • Complete EWFM Data Center Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) Life Cycle (Completed)
  • Border Next Generation Firewall vendor selection (Completed)
  • AI Research Concierge Chatbot
  • Auxiliary Services and HR AI Chatbots (Completed)
  • Modernization and migration to Icinga2 enterprise monitoring tool (Completed)

Network Switch Life Cycle

  • Christmas-Saucon Hall
  • EWFM Library and Computing Center
  • Grace Hall
  • Linderman Library
  • Packard Lab
  • Packer Memorial Church
  • Philosophy Building
  • Price Hall
  • Trembley

Wireless

  • 600 wireless access points were replaced this year in buildings such as Fritz, Packard Lab, Coppee, Maginnes, Zoellner Arts Center, Price Hall and EWFM Computing Center. 
  • Improved building-wide wireless in Whitaker
  • Provided wireless connectivity in St Peter’s church for the Creative Inquiry summer program to be held in the church.
  • Iacocca Hall B and D wing wireless improvement project
  • Alumni Bus Shelter Wireless
  • Added additional wireless APs for Packard Lab 101 to handle larger classes.

Core Network (Campus Backbone Network)

  • All three core routers were life cycled to increase the network backbone capacity to 100 Gbps from 40 Gbps which translates to making it quicker to move large files and datasets.

Other Projects

  • University-wide Business Impact Analysis
  • LTS AI Chatbot available on LTS Website

Network Switch Life Cycle

  • Packard Lab
  • Business Innovation Building (New Building)

Wireless

  • Saucon Village wireless APs life cycle
  • Added outdoor wireless at 5 bus locations using the new Code Blue Emergency Phone Towers.