Recent Projects

  • Microsoft Identity Manager Solution

    Replace MicroFocus NetIQ with Microsoft MIM for a Maryland University

    Q1 2021
    With operating costs for their existing MicroFocus NetIQ identity manager solution rising, and MicroFocus platform expertise dwindling, the University’s Center for Information Technology determined the need to replace their identity manager solution, as well as build in-house administration and management expertise for the new solution. Data Networks recommended and deployed the Microsoft Identity Manager solution […]
  • Server Refresh and Veeam DRaaS

    IT Infrastructure Security Update for Local Prep School

    Q1 2021
    A recent IT security audit revealed that this local prep school needed to maintain compliance with supported versions of their operating systems, hardware, and software to better secure and protect school data. They also determined the need to improve their disaster recovery capabilities – without deploying any physical infrastructure – by leveraging a more geographically […]
  • Chromebook Refresh

    CARES Act Student Chromebook Refresh for Maryland Public School System

    Q4 2020
    In December 2020, Data Networks was chosen to complete the school’s Chromebook Refresh for the 2020-2021 school year. This refresh project included imaging, White Glove configuration, and hardware repair services for 943 Dell Chromebooks. Tags: K-12, K12, education, client computing, computers
  • College Dorm Access Point Deployment

    Additional Dormitory APs Deployed for Maryland College

    Q4 2020
    After a recent Wi-Fi access upgrade in the college’s residential facilities, a passive Wi-Fi survey identified areas where signal coverage was inadequate requiring additional wall-mounted APs in the bedrooms of some dormitories. Data Networks recommended, configured, and installed 131 new Aruba AP505H Access Points in the dorms – plus an additional 19 spare Aruba access […]
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Deployment

    Hyper-V Cluster Deployment for Orange Water and Sewer Authority

    Q4 2020
    OWASA’s configuration at their Waste Water Treatment Plant consisted of Microsoft’s Hyper-V clustered on an HPe StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA). The software-defined hyper-converged solution was recently announced to be reaching its end-of-support lifecycle in HPe’s portfolio. Additionally, OWASA’s data capacity needs were growing beyond the expandable capabilities of the VSA, and local networking capabilities […]
  • DR Site VxRail Capacity Expansion

    DR Expansion for University Health Center

    Q4 2020
    Due to COVID-driven increase in demand on their production Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure, Data Networks determined this University Health Center’s DR site required more capacity to support the desired service levels for their infrastructure and to prevent capacity contention if production workloads needed to fail over to the DR site. To increase the capacity […]
  • 50 User VDI on Dell EMC VxRail

    Data Center Refresh for Garrett County Health Department

    Q3 2020
    GCHD required a refresh of its servers, storage, networking, and software at both of its outdated data centers in order to meet organizational compliance requirements. The goal was to reduce maintenance management overhead and add a holistic solution with enough capacity, performance, and capability not only to refresh the virtualized infrastructure, but also to deliver […]
  • Hyper-V Infrastructure Refresh with Dell Servers, Switches, and Storage

    Leveraging Existing Investments and Increasing Efficiency for Roland Park Country School

    Q3 2020
    Data Networks discovered that RCPS’ applications and data were hosted on outdated data center infrastructure with operating systems in extended support. The existing storage had limited scalability, preventing incremental scale-up investments for capacity or performance issues, and the school’s bandwidth needs had outgrown the 1GbE switching network. In order to better leverage RCPS’ IT investments […]
  • Dell Chromebook and Latitude Laptop Deployment Projects

    Leveraging CARES Act Funding to Support Distance Learning for Dorchester County Public Schools

    Q3 2020
    This year, Data Networks has won several laptop deployment projects with Dorchester County Public Schools. In Q1, DCPS ordered 100 Dell Latitude 3300 laptops and 60 Dell Latitude 5510 laptops to be imaged and deployed into Anywhere Carts by our Professional Services team. More recently, DCPS teamed up with Data Networks Account Executive Amy Bateman […]
  • Dell Servers, UPS, and Laptop Deployments

    Data Center Security Upgrade and Laptop Refresh for Montgomery County Public Schools

    Q3 2020
    Data Networks recently supplied MCPS several Dell devices, including 25 Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 servers and 25 Dell EMC SmartUPS 1500s to run and store video data for the district’s new security cameras. MCPS also used CARES Act funding to purchase 1,500 Dell Latitude 3410 laptops to support the special education distance learning initiative and […]