Case Study: Town of Enfield, Connecticut achieves secure, on‑demand network access and major cost savings with Extreme Networks SDN Platform

By Leveraging Extreme Networks' SDN Platform, Enfield Revolutionizes Services and Dramatically Lowers Costs

The Town of Enfield, Connecticut, a suburb of more than 44,000 residents operating 32 municipal buildings and supporting 3,000–4,000 users, needed a highly available, secure and easy-to-manage network with just two IT staff. Faced with limited bandwidth, thousands of devices (including ~4,000 school devices) and the need to prioritize more than 600 educational applications and on-demand classroom resources without a costly rip-and-replace, The Town of Enfield, Connecticut selected Extreme Networks and its SDN Platform to meet those requirements.

Extreme Networks implemented its SDN Platform—integrating S-Series, C-Series and Summit switches, NetSight management, Purview analytics and IdentiFi wireless—to work with Enfield’s existing infrastructure, giving centralized visibility, bandwidth control and stronger security. The deployment enabled prioritized testing and STEM traffic (supporting 1,800 students tested online simultaneously and supporting 1,600 student iPads at the new high school), moved the town to burstable bandwidth across five Internet links, improved operational efficiency for a two-person IT team, and produced anticipated telecom OPEX savings of about 20% with potential for 30–50% while delivering better on-demand access and management.

The Town of Enfield, Connecticut

Carl Merrick

Network Manager