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As 2025 began, a family member in college was already discussing summer plans and potential internships—a clear reminder of how fast time moves. In the wired and wireless networking world, summer often marks a busy season for higher education institutions, with major infrastructure upgrades demanding long hours from IT teams. The extensive process of assessing needs, evaluating vendors, and aligning capabilities with budgets often pushes other projects to the sidelines.
Often, the months-long effort focuses on replacing just one part of the LAN, such as outdated wired Ethernet switches. Before long, the cycle starts again as aging wireless access points begin generating more trouble tickets. Over time, this repetitive process simply becomes the norm when dealing with technology in a higher education environment.
Imagine dealing with the following for every refresh before you even speak to potential vendors:
- Budget constraints and separate purchasing lifecycles and dealing with the rising operational costs and reduced funding.
- Complex decision-making hierarchies with cycles spent navigating multiple layers of administrative approval processes that prolong timelines.
- Determining needs of stakeholders to understand and address the diverse requirements and preferences of students, professors, and administrators.
- Compliance and regulatory requirements that demand strict adherence to evolving standards and the navigation of constantly shifting regulations.
- Assessing IT resources to determine if adequate technical and project management skills exist internally or if outside assistance will be required.
There must be a better way.
The New and Improved Alternative
Starbucks and Tesla transformed traditional industries like coffee and automobiles by reimagining the customer experience. Similarly, Nile is reshaping the networking industry with a fresh approach. Universities and colleges can now leverage a vertically integrated wired and wireless campus network offering that allows them to take advantage of simplified deployment and operations tasks, built-in AI and Zero Trust capabilities, and 24/7 network monitoring—all delivered via a Campus Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model.
Gone are the days of repetitive refresh cycles, manual VLAN and ACL configuration, and security risks that exploit lateral movement after compromising a single device in your research department or a dormitory. With the Nile Access Service, built-in AI automation handles much of the manual configuration needed to optimize your users’ Wi-Fi experience.
For guest access, the Nile Guest Service provides a secure alternative to traditional open VLAN-based methods, eliminating the need for complex and expensive NAC solutions. Plus, if Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations arise, Nile manages the resolution process on your behalf, reducing administrative overhead.
Nile customers, including the University of Denver and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), benefit from high-performance wireless access points and Ethernet switches across every site where Nile is deployed. This has led to an exceptional user experience while significantly reducing cumbersome troubleshooting and recurring trouble tickets.
They have embraced innovation and a fresh approach in an old technology space, breaking away from the traditional network consumption model!
To learn more about how Nile is helping universities and colleges enhance the experience for students and staff while improving their return on investment, explore the additional content below.
- Campus NaaS for Higher Education solution brief
- University of Denver case study
- UMKC video testimonial
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