Case Study: Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (GLR) achieves a high-performance, scalable mobile campus and broadcast-quality AV network with Extreme Networks

Netherlands Creative College Tackles Mobility Challenge with Extreme Networks HighPerformance Network

Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (GLR), the largest creative college in the Netherlands with about 4,000 students and 350 staff, faced a mobility and future-proofing challenge: students and staff needed location-independent access to professional-quality audio, video and data from multiple devices, and the college wanted an Ethernet network capable of transporting broadcast‑quality AV. GLR selected Extreme Networks and its solution stack — including BlackDiamond X8 core switches, Summit X460 and X670 edge switches, ExtremeXOS, NetSight NMS and Audio Video Bridging (AVB) technology — to meet these requirements.

Extreme Networks implemented the deployment in June 2014 (two BlackDiamond X8 cores with Summit X460/X670 edges running ExtremeXOS and managed via NetSight), delivering a high‑performance, scalable and resilient network that unifies data, audio and video on a single infrastructure using AVB. As a result, GLR can support mobile, location‑independent learning for its 4,000 students and 350 staff, scale to more devices per user, simplify management with a single OS and monitoring portal, and transport/edit professional AV content anywhere — achieving a future‑proof, easier‑to‑manage campus network with clear operational and pedagogical benefits from Extreme Networks.

Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (GLR)

Fred van Vliet

President of the Executive Board