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Drexel University will soon complete a project that will upgrade its wireless network across its main campus. Aruba Networks was selected to take on the project that will fully upgrade DragonFly, Drexel's wireless network, for the first time since 2004. "Last year we knew we would be starting the replacement cycle," Ken Blackney, associate vice president of IRT, said. "We first implemented DragonFly in 2000 and replaced it in 2004 with Cisco gear, and we knew that in 2008 we would have to go again, first because this technology is sort of evolving faster than a lot of others and four years is really all you can get out of it, and second because there are some emerging web standards such as 802.11n which provide a lot more speed." According to Blackney, the wireless network in residence halls is currently averaging about 70... [read full story]
