Legacy was founded over 50 years ago with 11 locations spread out around Ohio. Legacy Health Services specializes in nursing homes and rehabilitation.
Working at Legacy’s Head Quarter site and 10 locations we were able to Implement a robust wired & wireless network infrastructure. Providing them with fast, reliable voice grade wireless connectivity across their facilities campuses. We updated equipment to be able to continue supporting the connectivity needed at patient care systems. And then used Aruba central to centralize & unify their network for cloud based management.
Community Care serves 911 contracts, hospitals and nursing facilities in Northeastern Ohio, employing over 270 certified critical intensive care providers, paramedics, advanced and basic EMTs, emergency medical dispatchers, wheelchair technicians and support personnel across 5 locations that care for thousands of patients each year.
Laketec was able to provide an Avaya IP Office infrastructure in order to upgrade the communication capabilities of a highly critical organization. Community Care Ambulance utilized Laketec’s capabilities regarding Structured Cabling and Avaya IP Office hardware, software and installation in order to better serve the communities that rely on them in times of great need.
Hawken High school is one of the top private schools in the state With state of the art resources provided to their students.
Hawken High School came to us with the desire to add outdoor wireless coverage to their football stadium and concession stand. This would mainly be used for broadcasting sports, students outside of the classroom and for events held there.
Laketec installed new cable runs, switches, and outdoor wireless Access points to meet the needs of Hawken’s request.
This not only provides wireless access to all coaches and patrons at the stadium, but also allows them to utilize their wireless network at the concession stand and ticket booths to make their point of sale transactions easier.
Aruba Equipment Installed
Aruba 2930F Switch – Edge switch providing connectivity to AP’s.
Aruba AP 575 Series – Outdoor Wireless Access Point
Aruba AP 270 Series – Outdoor Wireless Access Point
Project Completion: April 2021 – Microsoft Office 365 Solution
Founded over 50 years ago Legacy Health Services specializes in nursing homes and rehabilitation.
Legacy Health Services uses Office 365 at 11 different locations. They came to Laketec looking for options to increase their security while being able to keep their existing process close to the same experience for their end users.
By upgrading Legacy Health Services Office 365 licensing, Laketec was able to implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) across the enterprise and implement Intune for Mobile Device Management and Mobile Application Management.
Laketec was able to reduce the impact of this change to users to only require MFA when devices owned by the company were outside the corporate network. By implementing MFA this creates a layer of defense, making it difficult for an unauthorized user to access information such as physical location, computing devices, phone, network, or the database.
Project Completion: December 2020 – Aruba Networks Outdoor Wireless Solution
Founded in 1953, Archbishop Hoban is a private Catholic High School with over 800 students enrolled.
Archbishop Hoban High School came to us to with the desire to supply outdoor wireless coverage to the areas surrounding the high school as well as their football stadium.
Laketec installed new cable runs and wireless Point-to-Point links to extend the network to the football stadium.
This not only provides wireless access to all coaches and patrons at the stadium, but also allows them to utilize their wireless network at the concession stand and ticket booths to make their point of sale transactions easier.
Aruba Equipment Installed
Aruba AP-387 – Point-to-Point AP model that provides 1G throughput for up to a quarter mile.
Aruba AP-377 – Outdoor directional AP.
Aruba AP-375 – Outdoor Omni directional AP.
Aruba 2930F Switch Series – Edge switch providing connectivity to AP’s.
Project Completion: February 2021 – Aruba SD-WAN Deployment
Aruba SD-WAN Gateways installed at all NRP Group sites across the country
Founded in 1994, The NRP Group is a vertically integrated developer, owner, builder, and manager of best-in- class multifamily housing. NRP has delivered more than 35,000 apartment homes, and currently manages over 20,000 residential units.
Laketec and Aruba deployed Aruba SD-WAN Gateways to over 130 NRP Group sites across the country. Laketec and Aruba were able to stand up secure and reliable connectivity, despite all the hybrid aspects of 2020 work locations.
The Aruba Branch Gateway solution gives organizations a reliable, high performance secure network that supports broadband, MPLS and LTE WAN uplink connections. Aruba Gateways are ideally suited for branch and small campus networks.
Aruba Equipment Installed: Aruba Gateway – 9000 Series Aruba Wireless Access Points – Model 515 Aruba Wireless Controller – Model 7010 Aruba Central Cloud Based Management
Project Completion: January 2021 – Microsoft Office 365 Migration
Hinkley Lighting is a leader in lighting and ceiling fan products.
As Hinkley Lighting continues to grow, their on-premise hardware became more populated, and they began looking for secure cloud options. Hinkley Lighting engaged Laketec to perform a Microsoft Office 365 migration that would migrate Hinkley from their existing on-premise Exchange server to Microsoft Office 365. This migration offloaded their infrastructure, provided a more robust experience for users, and reduced the support burden of the internal IT teams.
Laketec also implemented security components to enhance the Cybersecurity posture of the company along with protecting Hinkley’s data.
Project Completion: November 2020 – E-Rate Wireless & Network Switches
Marlington Local School District is located in Alliance, Ohio, with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students.
Marlington Local Schools engaged Laketec to upgrade the cabling in all buildings and improve their wireless infrastructure to a feature rich, robust solution to handle the load of today’s education environment.
Marlington Schools used E-Rate funds make this Network and Wireless transition to Aruba Networks. Laketec installed and configured Aruba Network Switches and Aruba Instant Wireless in all their buildings.
Not only did this solution help the district to future proof the network with enterprise grade wireless technology, but the Aruba Switches installed will give the district to many network efficiencies like device profiling.
Aruba Equipment Installed: • Aruba 2930M Switch Series – Model 2930M 48-port switches • Aruba AP-310 Series – Model IAP-315 Instant Access Point
Keystone Local School District located in LaGrange, Ohio serving over 1,500 students.
Keystone Schools desired to upgrade their wireless and switching infrastructure to handle the load of more and more devices being introduced to the network. Their infrastructure was aging, and they understood the need to future proof their network with enterprise level Aruba wireless to handle the load for years to come.
Keystone took advantage of the Aruba Instant wireless design which gives the district the financial advantage of not having to purchase a controller and support costs as well as the peace of mind the instant infrastructure provides with virtual controller redundancy.
Aruba Equipment Installed: Aruba Instant Wireless Access Point – Model 515 Aruba 5400 Switch Series – Model 5412R 92GT & Model 5406R
Project Completion: Summer 2019 – Managed Wireless Solution in all Residence Halls
Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio with an enrollment of over 5,500 students.
Ashland University came to Laketec with a wireless coverage problem in the Residence Halls.
According to a university survey, students were not happy with the wireless in the halls. Laketec helped Ashland design, implement, and manage an Aruba Wireless Solution to cover dead spots throughout each hall. This project included upgrading all the cable to the latest category to support the new AP’s.
Laketec installed and manages over 650 AP’s across 18 Residence Halls.
Aruba Equipment Installed: Aruba 2930M Switch Series – Model 2930M 48-port Aruba 7200 Wireless Controller – Model 7220 Controller Aruba Access Points – Model 315, 345 & 303H
