CASE studyKRONE Australia Holdings Pty Limited 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259 Phone: 02 4389 5000 Fax: 02 4388 4499 Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kro
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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
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NM IT standardises on KRONE PBE across seven campuses
Quality, flexibility and local manufacture were
deciding factors for Northern Melbourne Institute
of TAFE (NMIT) when it chose to standardise on
KRONE's Patch-by-Exception (PBE) solution across
its seven campuses
" We pride ourself on delivering cutting-edge
information technology resources across the NMIT,"
said Mary Waterhouse, IT Manager, NMIT
" Our network demands have escalated and it is an
ongoing challenge to ensure we continue to
provide the best technology assets for our teachers
and students That's why we decided, about three
years ago, to look at a standard cabling
infrastructure solution across the NMIT network."
Gordon Hall, Network and Communications
Manager for NMIT, pointed out that since that time
NMIT had been investigating various options such
as pair managed, RJ45 and PBE solutions from
KRONE as well as from other suppliers
" However, when it came down to the final decision,
NMIT really had to look no further than our
Greensborough campus," said Mr Hall " We
installed KRONE's HIGHBAND
PBE methodology at the site about six years ago as the backbone for a
high-density telecommunications enterprise on the
back of Cisco switches and routers It was extremely successful and gave the IT department that immeasurable luxury of more time
" There are 18 of us reporting to Mary Waterhouse
in the IT team with responsibility across all campuses Our time is at a premium The upgrade
to KRONE's PBE solution will give us HIGHBAND 8 modules neatly rack-mounted in frames with cable tails coming into the active equipment Clutter is minimised, cables are efficiently tied, labelled and organised and active equipment is readily accessible," said Mr Hall " Fault finding becomes much easier to track and we can perform diagnostic research either through our online management system or offline."
Aquaculture and viticulture research and development are just two of the newer courses NMIT offers that demand sophisticated information technology resources As NMIT' s educational offerings expand, existing campuses are relocated
or refurbished and new campuses are added to the network
NMIT' s seven campuses include a range of architectural styles from contemporary office administration blocks to heritage prison and hospital buildings, farms and vineyards
The challenges when networking such diverse types
of premises are many and varied " We're using KRONE fibre as our wide area connection to each
Gordon Hall, Netw ork and Communications
M anager, NM IT pictured w ith KRONE PBE racks
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2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
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campus from our head office administration centre
at Preston," said Mr Hall
" KRONE' s PremisNET
PBE solution will be progressively installed at each campus under the
premium KRONE 20-year parts and labour warranty
Most of our metropolitan cabling work will be done
by KRONE endorsed installer, Newscom We were
also delighted to find a KRONE endorsed installer in
the country Rural Phones and Data will be
undertaking the work for our Australian College of
Wine campus at its historic Aradale Vineyard at
Ararat, 40 kms north of Melbourne."
Glen Johnston, Manager Marketing and Product
Development for KRONE Australia explains: " The
Patch-by-Exception methodology means NMIT can
activate any moves, additions or changes
immediately by using a patch cable in a simple plug
and play operation The patching overrides the
hardwired side of the HIGHBAND
module and re-connects the old service to the newly designated
area It has worked well for NMIT at the
Greensborough campus and it' s gratifying for
KRONE to see PBE applied across the seven NMIT
campuses It's also rewarding to know that our own
Australian-designed and manufactured HIGHBAND
technology is at the core of PBE technology."
" The fact that KRONE HIGHBAND was developed
and manufactured in Australia was icing on our
cake," said Ms Waterhouse " Our supplier
specifications state that NMIT must buy Australian
product wherever possible We have been able to abide by the rule while, at the same time, getting the best and most flexible solution for our future needs."
About NM IT
NMIT is a multi-campus, multi-discipline TAFE, which delivers diverse training programs to young and mature-aged students
Over 300 full-time, part-time and short courses are offered to 30,000 students across NMIT's seven campuses located throughout the inner and northern Melbourne regions of Preston, Heidelberg, Epping, Collingwood, Greensborough, Parkville and Fairfield
Excellent resources including state-of-the-art technology are features of NMIT's high quality training programs There are also fully equipped laboratories and workshops, audio visual equipment and studios, language laboratories, and computer equipment