Recent Projects

  • New Switches + Network Management Solution

    Network Upgrade 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 Data Networks recommended replacing the outdated and unconfigured network equipment with 8 modern, managed Juniper switches, leveraging Mist’s […]
  • Credential Authentication Project

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

    Q3 2021
    In September, this Maryland public school system requested a Wi-Fi user credential 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 […]
  • 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 a proxy update […]
  • Host Server Refresh and Workload Migration

    Host Server 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, […]
  • Windows Server 2019 Upgrade

    Domain Controllers Upgrade to Windows Server 2019 for Local Prep School

    Q3 2021
    In July, a local Maryland prep school’s domain controllers were running older versions of the Windows Server OS (2016), which is no longer supported under Microsoft mainstream support. The school needed to update the existing domain controllers to Windows Server 2019 with the latest update while maintaining services availability. Data Networks performed the Windows Server […]
  • New VoIP System and LAN Upgrade

    LAN Upgrade to Support New VoIP System for Private Maryland College

    Q2 2021
    In May, Data Networks delivered upgrades to this private Maryland college’s existing LAN to support a new VoIP system. This new VoIP phone system required 24 Juniper Networks EX series switches, which were designed, configured, and integrated into the school’s existing LAN infrastructure by Data Networks’ Professional Services team. Tags: Hi-Ed, higher education, networking
  • Client Device Refresh

    CARES Act Laptop Refresh for Maryland Public School District

    Q2 2021
    This quarter, Data Networks was awarded to supply this Maryland public school district with 2,000 Dell Latitude 3310 laptops as part of the district’s client device refresh leveraging CARES Act funding. Tags: K-12, K12, education, client computing, computers
  • File Server & Migration Services

    New Server and Migration Services for Baltimore Religious Organization

    Q2 2021
    In April, Data Networks provided a new server deployment plan and migration services for a Baltimore-based religious organization, ensuring operational continuity with their current applications, data, and services during the transition. This project included analyzing and preparing the existing host server for the migration services, deploying the new server with Windows Server 2019, configuring the […]
  • Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

    Foundational Security with Azure for Local Prep School

    Q2 2021
    In April, Data Networks completed a vulnerability and risk assessment to provide visibility into the vulnerability of assets deployed in a Local Prep School’s network. The risk assessment consisted of scanning to identify networked assets, determining potential vulnerabilities, and assessing potential vulnerabilities. Data Networks’ engineers completed this assessment by conducting an external and internal vulnerability […]
  • SQL Server Migration

    Physical to Virtual Server Migration for Washington State Public School

    Q2 2021
    A Washington State Public School District discovered their SQL database, running on a physical server, was aging and no longer under support. Data Networks assessed the District’s environment and recommended deploying an optimized Virtual Machine for hosting SQL. Data Networks provided a SQL server migration to migrate the District’s data and preserve their applications from […]