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How to elevate the campus experience with managed services

In today’s college environment, both students and faculty expect constant connectivity and on-demand access to coursework and other resources. To ensure a quality campus experience, you need a reliable and scalable network solution.

In this article, you will learn about the many benefits of managed solutions for higher education including enhanced network security, reliable and managed Wi-Fi, and multifactor authentication.

Read on to learn more about how you can create a smarter and safer campus for your faculty, staff, and students through digital transformation and managed services for your Wi-Fi and network performance.

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    Upgrading to Wi-Fi 6 and 6E is crucial for higher education campuses to enhance connectivity. 96% of students ranked access to Wi-Fi as the most important technology for studying. That was in 2020, when most students had two connected devices, on average. Just three years later, people now have an average of seven connected devices each, and there’ll soon be over 29 billion networked IoT devices.

    This white paper details the benefits of these protocols for colleges and universities, including:

    • Higher bandwidth, speed, and capacity for increased device use and applications like AR/VR
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    • Greater operational efficiency through IoT systems for energy management, asset tracking, etc.

    Meraki's cloud-managed Wi-Fi networks offer the reliable connectivity essential for modern campuses. Discover how to advance your network infrastructure by reading this white paper.

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    In brick-and-mortar stores, wired connectivity isn’t agile enough to accommodate retail technology trends. Today’s retailers are embracing a cellular-driven approach to maximize connection reliability and flexibility.

    View this infographic to discover how the wireless WAN branch, which puts LTE and 5G first, is helping these retailers realize benefits such as:

    • Hybrid WAN flexibility
    • Centralized network management
    • Integrated security
    • And much more

    Download now to see where the wireless WAN branch can take your retail business.

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