Case Study: Grove Public Schools reduces network management demands by more than 90% with Fortinet

Grove Public Schools reduces network management demands by more than 90% with Fortinet

Grove Public Schools faced a challenge common to many K-12 districts: a small IT team stretched thin by managing disparate network and security systems from multiple vendors. The manual configuration and monitoring were unsustainable, consuming excessive time and creating issues where vendors would blame each other for problems. They turned to Fortinet to consolidate their infrastructure.

By implementing Fortinet's integrated solutions, including next-generation firewalls, switches, and access points, the district deployed a new network across multiple campuses in less than a week. The results were significant, with Fortinet reducing network management time from 30 hours to just a couple of hours per week—a drop of over 90%. The solution also dramatically accelerated threat detection and issue diagnosis, proved resilient against penetration tests and everyday threats, and delivered high performance that eliminated the need for internet throttling.

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