Cisco Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller Information Guide
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Customer Case Study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Customer Name: City of Amsterdam -
Development Alliance
Development Alliance
Industry: Government
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Number of Employees: Approximately 1,600
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
● Provide secure, user-friendly, reliable wireless
access throughout and around government
agency buildings
agency buildings
● Reduce costs associated with wireless
network operations
● Support online access from personal mobile
devices
NETWORK SOLUTION
● Standardize on Cisco wireless networking
solutions for wide array of digital devices used
anywhere on government properties
anywhere on government properties
BUSINESS RESULTS
● Facilitated centralized network management
for better responsiveness and efficiency
● Allowed employees to use any device,
anywhere to connect to Wi-Fi network
● Cut costs by eliminating use of external
telecom providers
Dutch Government Deploys Efficient Wireless
Network
Network
City of Amsterdam launches borderless Cisco network to improve employee
productivity while reducing costs.
productivity while reducing costs.
Business Challenge
A historic port city, Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ financial, cultural,
an
d government capital. The city’s metropolitan population of more
than two million residents is supported by a number of government
agencies that provide both essential and ancillary services
throughout the region.
Like many municipalities, Amsterdam’s government agencies are
challenged to strike the right balance between providing an array of
useful citizen services and managing spending of taxpayer dollars.
Six departments have joined to form the Development Alliance, in an
effort to share resources for more efficient delivery of services. The
departments employ approximately 1,600 workers, spread across
two campuses currently, with more to follow in the near future.
The two campuses house more than 50 buildings, and the city
wanted to lower costs by reducing office space without sacrificing
employee access to the data and information that they needed to do
their jobs effectively. “We wanted to find a reliable wireless network
their jobs effectively. “We wanted to find a reliable wireless network
infrastructure capable of supporting dense network traffic as we
consolidated work
space.” says Eric Bish, network and system
engineer at City of Amsterdam, the city’s official government entity.
“At the same time, it was imperative that we could manage it centrally and provide seamless connectivity for
employees and visitors alike from
anywhere on our campus.”