Network failure spurs IT overhaul at law school
Four years ago, when the New England School of Law in Boston suffered a total network failure that lasted almost a week, the IT department knew a major overhaul was in order.
From two cramped server rooms, the school's small IT staff was trying its best to maintain a wireless network for 1,100 students, e-mail, VoIP phones, payroll applications, Web servers, FTP servers, an ERP system, and specialty applications that handle building security functions