Recent Projects

  • Teacher Laptop Refresh

    ESSER Fund Laptop Refresh for North Carolina Public School System

    Q4 2021
    This quarter, Data Networks delivered 2,000 Dell Latitude 5420 laptops to this North Carolina public school system as part of the district’s laptop refresh leveraging Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding. Tags: K-12, K12, education, client computing, computers
  • IP Migration Project

    Data Center IP Readdressing for Maryland University

    Q4 2021
    In November, Data Networks worked with this Maryland University to create new private IP subnets, vLANs, and VxLANs, allowing the school’s servers to be managed on a single, reliable, and scalable network infrastructure. Data Networks Engineers also readdressed host systems, VDS, and NSX systems to the new private IP addresses, vLANs, and VxLANs, and configured […]
  • Client Device Migration

    Breakdown, Reassembly, and Verification of 181 End User Devices for Maryland University

    Q4 2021
    In November, this Maryland University needed to move 180 end user client devices to a new location, and required assistance with site tear down, tagging, inventorying, and packing the devices, as well as deploying, connecting, and troubleshooting the devices at the new location. Data Networks provided a team of end user client specialists to identify, […]
  • SRX Upgrade Project

    Firewall Upgrades for Private Maryland University

    Q4 2021
    This private Maryland university needed to upgrade their existing firewall to better protect and extend the school’s wireless network. Data Networks reviewed the school’s existing firewall configuration and determined the changes required for the new firewall, including network configuration of IP addresses, vLANs (IRBs), zones, rules, screens, and HA configuration requirements. Engineers unboxed and connected […]
  • Network Upgrade

    New Switches and Network Management Solution for Maryland Public Health Department

    Q3 2021
    In September, Data Networks designed a network upgrade solution for this Maryland county public health department. The health department’s existing Cisco switches were EOL and were not configured for centralized management, preventing visibility into the network’s performance. Data Networks recommended replacing the outdated and unconfigured network equipment with 8 modern, managed Juniper switches, leveraging Mist’s […]
  • Server Refresh and Workload Migration

    Server Host Refresh with Shared Storage and Workload Migration for Local Biopharmaceutical Company

    Q3 2021
    Aging infrastructure, with most systems near end-of-warranty, non-redundant fault domains, and limited scalability of existing investments inhibited this local biopharmaceutical company’s business growth. The expansion of their manufacturing and production staff created a need for a scalable solution with greater availability that leveraged existing investments, limited re-licensing costs, and delivered better maintenance options. In July, […]
  • Witness and Proxy Server Update

    Deployment of New vSAN Witness Server and Proxy Update for Maryland University

    Q3 2021
    This local Maryland university needed better maintenance and update cycles for their VMware investments and Dell servers while facing a strict security requirement: nothing could directly contact the internet. In order to securely update the university’s data center investments, Data Networks developed a solution to deploy a new physical host server with an update proxy […]
  • Credential Authentication Project

    Radius/NPS Certificate Services for Wi-Fi Networks for Local Public School System

    Q3 2021
    In September, this local public school system requested a Wi-Fi user authentication solution that was virtualized and integrated the File Share into the disaster recovery solution, while minimizing costs, increasing availability, and simplifying management. Data Networks deployed an NPS/Radius solution based upon Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and created a secure, geographically diverse, high availability solution […]
  • Anti-Spoofing Deployment

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Mail Security for Local Independent School

    Q3 2021
    This local independent prep school was facing phishing attacks and needed to protect its vulnerable users from intrusion and bad attachments, while also fostering a better culture of security for its users. In order to protect against broad volume-based attacks and secure email and collaboration tools from zero-day, malware, phishing, and other security compromises, Data […]
  • Microsoft Azure File Services

    Low Access Data Migration to Cloud-Hosted File Services for North Carolina Water Utility Agency

    Q3 2021
    In September, a Data Networks’ water utility customer located in North Carolina discovered a need to reduce the overhead on their block storage, preferably moving their vast amount of archived data to a cheaper and higher capacity storage solution. Data Networks recommended leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit from their Microsoft and Azure Tenant to move low […]