Public Center for Social Welfare's Network Upgrade Reconnects Citizens

Belgium’s Public Center for Social Welfare is a public institution comprised of hundreds of social welfare and residential care centers across the country. One of these centers is Ten Hove, located in Mol, a small municipality known as a popular holiday destination in the province of Antwerp. Ten Hove specializes in elderly care and serves the local community of senior citizens as a retirement home and resource and activity center. The center recently celebrated its ten-year anniversary in May 2023.

Challenges

• Support new technologies and meet evolving user expectations with a reliable and secure network
• Update existing network infrastructure and equipment with a cost-effective solution
• Introduce greater management capabilities for municipality’s IT department

Extreme Solutions

• ExtremeSwitching™

Results

Out of the Box Solution

• New Network as a Service (NaaS) solution will operate Extreme switches via fixed monthly cost, with managed services expertise provided by Cipal Schaubroeck

Streamlined IT Management

• IT department spends less time managing network and more time on driving critical projects
• Support and maintenance in the form of convenient and predictable monthly subscription

Cost and Resource Savings

• No need to replace existing network equipment
• Saved time and money deploying integrate-able solution means IT budget does not take huge blow from network refresh