Meeting the challenges of a world gone mobile means more than just using some hardware to create WiFi connectivity. Businesses and organizations are faced with supporting mobile apps, ever evolving WiFi standards, design and performance and growth of device types supported. Abilene Christian University launched a one-to-one mobile learning initiative in 2008 and has been on the forefront of integrating mobile technology ever since. Today, with over 900 access points that cover 7.1 million square feet, the University accepts an average of 250,000 connections a day. Over the last six years, ACU has seen its fair share of challenges supporting a dynamic mobile environment and learned many lessons along the way. Arthur Brant, director of Enterprise Infrastructure, Abilene Christian University shares the mobile challenges and successes he’s had at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. This presentation was shared with exhibit attendees at Interop Las Vegas 2015.

1. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education

2. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
7.2 Million square feet
517,114 Associations/Day
50% of clients on 5GHz
$1.9M spent on WiFi
660,660TB of WiFi data

3. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
#5 Students expect WiFi!
66%of teens live in
households
with high-
speed internet
service
60%of people said
they can’t go
without WiFi
for more than
one day

4. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
#4 Students use WiFi for everything

5. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
#3 Students want WiFi everywhere

6. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
#2 Balance “ease of use” w/ Security

7. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
#1 Change is Constant

8. Mobile Challenges in Higher Education
Want to hear more?
Mobile Advantages, Mobile Challenges:
Lessons Learned on Applications, Budgets &
Device Management
Friday May 1, 2015 @ 10:15am
Location: Breakers C
Arthur Brant
Director, Enterprise Infrastructure
Abilene Christian University