Open Source Infrastructure implementations at Royal Roads University
Steve Beaudry
Royal Roads University
Stephen Beaudry, the manager of the Server, Network, and Telecom Infrastructure team, has been a member of Royal Roads University’s staff for over 15 years, and avidly involved with technology for over 25. Steve started with Royal Roads teaching network technologies, security, and systems administration, then eventually moved into the IT department. During his time managing that unit, he has led the team there through the successful implementation of their VoIP system, wireless network deployment, 10GB Ethernet core networking, and many other infrastructure projects. He is responsible for the virtualization of the data centre there, and has successfully made use of many open source technologies and commodity hardware to reduce the TCO of the data centre significantly, while maintaining higher availability and increasing performance.
Abstract
At Royal Roads University, we have employed many open source technologies in situations where the majority of other institutions are using commercial offerings. We would aim to share our experiences with these choices, both... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Steve Beaudry (Royal Roads University)
Topic Areas
IT in Higher Education: Addressing the consumerization of technology and the “bring your o , IT in Higher Education: Integrating non-traditional devices into your campus infrastructur , IT in Higher Education: Network planning to meet higher demand, expectations and wireless
Session
CAN3.4M » Techncial Infrastructure (14:30 - Monday, 20th June, CCIS L1-140)
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