Texas State University-San Marcos, a public university, has selected Mirage Networks’ (
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The solution is expected to help Texas State University to provide remediation for noncompliant devices, while dramatically decreasing the help desk work load.
In 2009, the solution is expected to cover the university campus entirely.
“College students bring a wide range of devices into the dorms, posing many threats to the network and creating many IT help desk requests,” said Jim Hull, information technology assistance center director, at Texas State University, in a statement.
“However, Mirage’s policy engine allows us to manage traffic of all endpoints and keep them compliant with self-remediation capabilities. This has relieved congestion at our IT help desk and allowed us to keep our residence hall networks running smoothly.”
Texas State University is a diverse coeducational institution founded in 1903 and located in San Marcos, TX. The university offers its 29,125 students 109 bachelor’s, 88 master’s and eight doctoral degree programs on campus.
Mirage officials said that its NAC solution facilitates maximum network performance by controlling network access, isolating non-compliant and threatening endpoints, and providing self-remediation capabilities.
The officials claim that the network-based solution is the easiest NAC solution to deploy, as it requires no agent software, deploys
virtually inline, and works in any network environment.
“We welcome Texas State to our growing list of higher education customers,” said
Trent Fitz, vice president of marketing for Mirage Networks.
Fitz said that many higher education institutions rely on Mirage to monitor traffic and endpoints, while minimizing costs and downtime.
He claimed that Mirage NAC reigns in the unpredictability of campus residents and allows universities to offer better network access at greatly reduced costs.
Mirage Networks, Inc. is a provider of Network Access Control (NAC) solutions. Mirage’s patented technology gives organizations control of all network devices, increases network uptime, ensures policy compliance, and reduces operational costs.
Anil Sharma is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anil's articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
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