UTS partners with Nexon Asia Pacific on $20 million-plus network modernisation
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has partnered with
Nexon Asia Pacific (Nexon) on a $20 million-plus refresh of the network and
Wi-Fi across every UTS campus. The multi-year engagement will support UTS 2030
and position the university for the AI-native generation of students arriving
through the end of the decade.
Nexon was selected following a competitive open tender featuring
some of Australia’s technology leaders. The partnership brings together Nexon’s
25-year track record across Australian higher education with Extreme Platform
ONE™, an all-in-one AI-powered networking platform that unifies networking,
security and AI which Nexon has deployed across higher education and other
sectors.
The modernisation covers UTS’s full network and Wi-Fi environment
across every campus, including wired and wireless, core and edge, data centre
connectivity and security controls. The latest wireless standard, Wi-Fi 7, is
being rolled out to meet the bandwidth and density demands of a modern campus.
AI-native capabilities are being built into the network itself, supported by
zero-trust security principles.
Following the design and proof of concept, the partnership moves
into an 18-month build phase, with ongoing managed services, strategic advisory
and support continuing across a multi-year term.
“The students arriving at UTS by the end of the decade will be
the first to have grown up with AI woven through their everyday lives,” said
David Reeve, Chief Information Officer at UTS.
“They’ll expect learning environments that match their digital
fluency and research facilities built for the data volumes ahead. Our network
has to be ready for them.”
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